Tool for viewing a Backup's settings?
Hello, I'm a new user of ATI2019 and have several backups scheduled, but would like to check to see exactly WHAT I set them up to do (in terms of schedule - frequency and day/time - , password/no password, what folders/drives are included, etc.). I suspect I'm missing the obvious here, but could someone steer me in the right direction? Thanx!
Thanx for the reply Enchantech.
I am familiar with the UI, but I was hoping there was a tool that would dig out all that pertinent data from each backup set. I eventually did it myself manually and made a spreadsheet listing each backup by name, schedule, etc. It took a few minutes, so not as bad as I thought it would be. Thanx again for the reply.
Hello Michael,
I'm not certain your desire was the same as I also have...that is, for any existing TIB file (stored on external HDD) I would like to know what ATI version (major No aka 2016,2017 etc) and hopefully minor Rev Nr nnnn. created the TIB. I'm not so interested in any "options" that might have been selected (in the Win based U.I.). I've found that creating backups using the WinPE- based "Bootable rescue media" is far more stable for me. Plus, I use a "rotating" set of 3 external HDD drives, which hold backups for several PCs...For my needs, the Win-Based ATI application "tries to be too-helpful" and its "backup-database" causes a lot of issues when several PCs are backed up to the same External HDD.
If you have found a method to decode (as stored in the TIB file), information about what ATI version etc was used to create it, perhaps you could share this information?
Thanks
Bob
Bob, your request looks to be very different to that from Michael, however, if your .tib files include the OS drive, then assuming that your installed ATI application matches the rescue media being used for offline backups, you could simply look at the properties of the TrueImage.exe program file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome folder which shows the version & build info.
Otherwise, the obvious solution here is to include a small text file in all your backup .tib files with this information included.
Enchantech wrote:Michael,
You can view and modify this information by clicking on the Options button on the Backup screen in the application GUI.
The trouble is that "modify" part. I sometimes want to look without risking a fumble-fingers modification. Also, I've never know how much I can do in the Options without resetting the backup scheme counters.
Michael Christian wrote:I am familiar with the UI, but I was hoping there was a tool that would dig out all that pertinent data from each backup set.
I, too, have wished for this. Some of the data is in the backup scripts: ProgramData>Acronis>TrueImageHome>Scripts
I don't know where the rest of the data is. It's probably in some of the ATI databases but that's just a guess. And I don't think the format of the ATI files and databases is available to regular customers. The MVPs may know, but we shouldn't ask; that information is almost certainly covered by a nondisclosure agreement.
If any MVP were to create such a tool, it sounds like there would be at least two users. :-)
Patrick, Michael, I worked with another user, Chris, last year when he was working on a tool for doing this type of purpose (gathering task setting information). The List Settings tool that Chris created was tested by myself and some other MVP's but didn't go any further, so was only tested on ATI 2016 - 2017, but still runs on my 2019 system.
The zip file (attached) contains 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the List Settings tool where the version relevant for the computer architecture should be used and run as Administrator.
Great! Thanks, Steve.
The first time I tried it I got a message saying schedmgr.exe had to be in the same directory as List ATIH backup settings64.exe. Just yesterday I saw schedmgr.exe and wondered if I still needed it. Today I know the answer is "Yes".
That's a great tool for debugging when I want to know exactly what settings I have but want to be absolutely sure I change nothing.
Thanx for the link Steve! I'll check it out soon.
Michael, you will need the Acronis Scheduler Manager tool (used to get schedule info) - link in my signature.