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Won't run on schedule, and now not even manually

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New computer, Windows 10.  Loaded ATI 2016 and set up my scheduled backups.  First night: nothing happened.  When I first touched the computer the next morning, all three backups immediately began running. I was also having trouble getting remote desktop to wake up the computer when it was sleeping, I assumed that may also be affecting ATI.  Next night it ran without my changing anything.  ???  Next night: nothing.  Couldn't even run "Back up now" so I ran the installation software and it did a Repair.  Next night: nothing.  It did start all three backups as soon as I touched the mouse next morning.  Finally yesterday, I set my computer to never sleep.  So, last night: nothing!  This morning the backups didn't start when I started the computer and I cannot click Back Up Now and get anything to work.  

I just ran the repair again and can now Back Up Now.  After suffering along with Acronis for six years, I was pleased with the GUI at long last, and was optimistic going forward.  Not.  Repairing daily and manually backing up just doesn't fly.  I really want this to work--help?

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I would uninstall the software, restart the computer and reinstall the software.

Then, I would set up one backup trial backup task and schedule it to run a few mn in the future. Make sure the task runs as expected in the destination you will use.

This will make sure that the problem is not on the scheduler.

The type of problem you are seeing is typically due:

- sleep/wake issue or settings (Wake times should be enabled)

- ATI cannot complete the task because of a variety of possible cause: computer goes to sleep, it shut down, or some issue on the destination side (disks goes to sleep, network connection is interrupted, read/write access issues)

When you schedule the task, click on the advanced settings and choose carefully your options. Make sure prevent sleep is check, and turn off run backup at startup if missed until you have debugged the situation. While you debug, avoid running a validation after the backup.

Finally, editing a task is of course supported by the product, but can create issues or unexpected results. As you debug, create separate trial tasks in empty directories.

Thanks Pat L for mentioning the scheduler.  That simplified the fix for me of ATI 2016 on Win 8.1.  I changed the settings to manual backup (no scheduling), then closed, but did not uninstall ATI.  I then brought up Windows Task Manager, and found Acronis scheduler still running.  I closed it, then restarted ATI, and it worked perfectly when I clicked Back Up Now.

Hello All,

As Pat mentinoed, wake timers must be enabled for wakeup feature to work in Acronis True Image 2016. Step-by-step screenshots where to find this setting: https://www.anuko.com/world_clock/faq/enable_wake_timers.htm

"Backup now" did not work because it still depends on Acronis Scheduler service. Even manually backup starts go through that service. If it is not reacting properly, "Backup now" will do nothing.

If you have upgrade to Acronis True Image 2016 from a previous version, doing a clean instlalation with cleanup utility would be a good idea, excluding possible issues during upgrade process.

Your computer may be going from one sleep mode into a deeper mode (S1-S4) after some time. That could be affecting scheduler`s ability to wake up computer. Resetting BIOS UEFI settings to default and temporarily changing Windows Power Plan to "High performance" or "Balanced" could help to localize the issue.

If the problem persists, you can always contact Acronis technical support at http://www.acronis.com/support/. If you will be paying a support fee and then it will be confirmed that there is an issue in Acronis product, the fee will be refunded.

Regards,

Slava