Nonstop backup does not work
After having Easeus ToDo Backup fail on me when I really needed it, I decidede to replace it with a different backup program. I am currently evaluating TrueImage using TrueImage 2016 Trial. I have been trying to get nonstop backups to work for about 10 days now. I have made 4 attempts so far. It starts out working great, however on three occasions, it suddenly dissapears from the backup list in the program window and failing to backup any new changes. It will then reappear, like after the computer wakes up in the morning, only to disappear again while trying to do a backup. All this time I have had two tech support people trying to help, without success. The fourth attempt has not disappeared at all, however it keeps stopping when it tries to update.
Now, what I would like to know is if anybody is successfully using nonstop backup? If so, did you have any problems getting it run? If you did, how did you fix it?
Regular scheduled incremental backups do work without any problems at all. I like TrueImage's capabilities and ease of use, but after having ToDo backup fail on me, I am concerned about using a backup program which has a major feature that simply does not work.
Please let me know your experiences.
Ray Saunders
Hi Steve,
It seems, from what I have seen so far, nonstop uses less storage space than incrementals because it only records file dfifferences. I have not been able to get it to run long enough to see its total effect over time. I do have a 2 TB disk which I only use for backup.
I am not sure that I need that kind of protection either. I tried File History in win 8.1, but that ate up a tremendous amount of storage so I quit using it. Also, it did not do anything for complete system restore.
I am sure I could get along well using incrementals, but as I indicated in my post, I am quite concerned that a major feature does not work in a program that I considering buying and will be relying on to protect my system.
Hi Ray, take a read of post https://forum.acronis.com/forum/116914 and in particular, the last post from Slava (Acronis Expert Support Professional) about how NSB works.
Thanks Steve, somehow I missed that post. The way I understood NSB to work ids exactly the way Slava indicated it should work. NSB should take care of itself. It is the stopping for no reason problem that concerns me. NDSB simply does not work at the present time.
Raysaun,
Personally, I think you're right, but I have no experience with NSB for the same reason you have concerns. The forums just seem to show too many issues with it remaining reliable at this time. I'm sure it works just fine for some, but it does seem to be one of the more buggy versions. If you don't need 5 minute backups, you can create more frequent incremetnals with automated cleanup tasks to run every hour. If you need them more often, 1) I'd make sure you're using Windows System Protection which uses VSS by default on the OS drive, but can be turned on other drives as well. That alone should give you easily accessible recovery within Windows and then Your Acronis incrementals will include those if you remove the default exclusions in Acronis. If you need even more, you could do two incrementals so they run 30 minutes apart - I'd recommend even spreadking out when the fulls take place so one job does a full on Monday and the other on Thursday. Overall, I think Acronis is a very good product - especially when starting with fresh/clean installs and a healthy OS. You can test it for 30 days with some limitations (recovery only using offline media). Additionally, if you do purchase, you have a full 30 days to request a full refund for no questions asked.
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Bobbo,
I have been running the 1 hour incrementals along side of the Nonstop. I have not had any problems with that. I deleted the nonstop and gave up running it until they come up with some fixes. Right now, I am planning to buy it when the trial period runs out. It does have the easiest to use interface than all the others I have tried.
Glad to hear it! I've been using Acronis for about 6 years and really like it. I've tried them all, but keep coming back to this one. Not perfect by any means, but neither are the others. The real bread and butter for me is the 100% recovery success I've had with my images that I take using the offline bootable media and restoring offline as well. I let the Windows app do its thing for automation, but still take time to do an offline backup as often as I feel necessary (just in case). The online backups are solid, but can't ever rule out an issue from windows, third party apps, antivirus, malware, etc so it's another layer of protection I incorporate to be on the safe side.
As a rule of thumb, the 3-2-1 method should be your miniumum backup protection (3 copies of data, 2 backups in different locations + 1 of those offsite). I'm a bit paranoid so I do one weekly incremental backup to local storage (1 full + 6 incrementals for 7 days and keep 4 version chains = about a month). I do a second backup to a network SMB share on another USB drive with differentials (1 full + 3 diffs that run every other day and also keep 4 version chains). I am now using the cloud backup for an additional offsite backup location so that hits the 3+2+1 backup rule. Additionally, I also do an occassional full offline backup to another USB drive (whenever I'm going to do anything major to my computer or just feel like I should have one) as I like to have one completely outside of Windows in case something in the OS or another application causes trouble... the offline one is completely independent of the OS.
Yup, you are a bit paranoid.
Maybe, but I've never lost any personal data or had to rebuild an OS that I didn't intend to :)
Unfortunately, there are too many people who set the one backup, but never check their disk or try to restore until they are in a situation where they need to and then they find out their backup drive is physically bad, or accidentally restored to the wrong drive, or something. 2 backups is a good idea - however they're done or stored - perhaps even with different products or tools too.
Hope everything works for the best with Acronis for you!