Log Hell
Posted: 05 Feb 2021, 22:05
I'm a massive fan of cobian and have used it for many years now.
I have cobian setup to email me backup logs so that I know when they've failed without having to manual check the logs. This worked for years but stopped about 2019 on one computer, then 2020 on another. I haven't been able to get them working again. Mail test works every time.
I assume it's log size but have tried log in body and log as attachment with no resolution.
Today I found a folder (not the folder my cobian logs go to) full of 10gb worth of cobian backup logs. again this is not the folder I have set to store my logs which also is full of logs.
I just don't understand the logging anymore. I've already been bitten trying to do a restore some months ago to find the majority of my backups were incomplete but without mail alerts had no idea.
I know you're not updating Gravity currently, but it'd be great if something can be improved for any successor. Maybe something as an option to not mail to log at all, but to just send an email with the number of errors vs number of successes (which was the only info I cared about in the mails anyway - I can read the logs for more info). It'd be great to get a range of user-friendly mail options one day.
In the meantime, I think I'm going to have to turn of the mail feature entirely and try to monitor both these log folders (the one I set and this other appdata one ) and parse all the logs for successes and errors and email that independently or something.
I have cobian setup to email me backup logs so that I know when they've failed without having to manual check the logs. This worked for years but stopped about 2019 on one computer, then 2020 on another. I haven't been able to get them working again. Mail test works every time.
I assume it's log size but have tried log in body and log as attachment with no resolution.
Today I found a folder (not the folder my cobian logs go to) full of 10gb worth of cobian backup logs. again this is not the folder I have set to store my logs which also is full of logs.
I just don't understand the logging anymore. I've already been bitten trying to do a restore some months ago to find the majority of my backups were incomplete but without mail alerts had no idea.
I know you're not updating Gravity currently, but it'd be great if something can be improved for any successor. Maybe something as an option to not mail to log at all, but to just send an email with the number of errors vs number of successes (which was the only info I cared about in the mails anyway - I can read the logs for more info). It'd be great to get a range of user-friendly mail options one day.
In the meantime, I think I'm going to have to turn of the mail feature entirely and try to monitor both these log folders (the one I set and this other appdata one ) and parse all the logs for successes and errors and email that independently or something.