Copying .tib files
Hi,
I try to build redundancy into my back-up routines. And I always use password protection encryption on my Acronis back-ups.
I back-up to a USB HDD and like to keep a duplicate of the back-ups in case my USB HDD fails/gets stolen. Rather than having to run the Acronis back-up process twice is it possible to copy the .tib backup file from one USB drive to another with a simple Windows copy and paste?
I thought this was working... but I've tried to restore from my secondary USB HDD and cannot access the back-up. In one case it tells me I have entered the wrong password; on another backup series it seems to get into a loop of asking for the password multiple times without ever opening the back-up or telling me the password is wrong.
Obviously I know the password is correct and can open the back-up on my primary USB HDD.
I'm wondering if Acronis stops the effective copying of the back-up onto another drive unless you run the restore process?
Any other ideas why my secondary back-up isn't working? Not much point having a redundant back-up process if it doesn't work!!
Many thanks,
Steve


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The Acronis Active Protection (AAP) is most likely the cause of your issue. It prevent copying or possibly accessing .TIB files to protect from malware. You could disable this service via the icon in the system tray or in the application.
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I agree that ActiveProtection will stop you from copying *.tib files, but I do not see why it would prevent opening of *.tib files that have been copied to a new location. I am still having trouble working out why this is happening.
IAn
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" The Acronis Active Protection (AAP) is most likely the cause of your issue. It prevent copying or possibly accessing .TIB files to protect from malware. You could disable this service via the icon in the system tray or in the application. "
AAP does not prevent reading .tib files. You can copy .tib files all day long if the target drive is not monitored by AAP. (E.g., you can copy to a NAS drive.) Further, it should not block ATI's access to a .tib file in any case. And finally, when it does block access it does not rely on password protection.
All the above statements contain an implied "when working correctly". In steve's case, something is clearly not working correctly, and the "something" appears to be within ATI. I think this should be reported to Acronis support.
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This is probably desperation I my part, but you could try doing a repair installation of ATI2018. Download the full installation (not the web one) from your Acronis Account and then do a "Run as Administrator" and when prompted select "Repair".
Ian
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Many thanks Ian, Thomas and Patrick. Apologies for not replying earlier I didn't have notifications on! Newbie error!
AAP seems to be the culprit, together with my old laptop with an older version of ATI. I think I couldn't open on my laptop because of the old version of ATI and because AAP has probably protected the USB drive from when it has taken the backup off my desktop.
It was also throwing up new errors when I tried to copy .tib files from one USB HDD to another (The parameter is incorrect).
On my desktop now and I've turned off AAP temporarily and happily copied .tib files from one usb HDD to the other. I can also double click and open them in Windows with the appropriate password and bring them into ATI 2018 on my desktop. Now turning AAP back on until the next time I want to duplicate .tib files.
My action is to update my laptop!
Thanks so much for your helpful pointers in the right direction :-)
Steve
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The only protection that would be available once the USB drive is attached to a different computer would be the password. Acronis Active protection monitors what is happening to *.tib files but does not install any protection on the USB device. One reason why you may not be able to open the *.tib file because the version of ATI on the other computer does not support ones created with ATI 2018. There is a knowledge base article that may help you work out what the problem is: see here. The information is more concerned with reading older versions with newer versions rather than the other way. I would expect that versions older than ATI 2015 would not recognise ones created with ATI 2018 but this is just supposition on my part.
Ian
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In reply to The only protection that… by truwrikodrorow…

Thanks Ian, Yes my old laptop has ATI 2014 on it - I must upgrade it!
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