Mirror Job backups up files at random

[rotbus197142]

I don't think that is it. Only *some* files in 'Downloads' are copied over and over, only some in 'Videos', only some in 'Code'. Dunno. Incremental fixes it so bigger fish to fry!

[cobian]

have you tried the verbose log mode?

[rotbus197142]

I'll give it a go tomorrow at some point and report back.

[rotbus197142]

Switched on verbose, second full backup mirror below. No clues that I can see but it appears to be backing up and zipping* everything again.

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    2024-02-27 10:06:04 Backing up some selected tasks.
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 A backup has started...
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 Individual file operations will be logged only to the log file and not seen on the user interface! Consult the log **file** when the backup is done.
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 Calculating the number of files. This could take a while...
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 Backing up the task "Mirror test"
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 Applying the parameters to the task "Mirror test" (if any).
    2024-02-27 10:06:05 Requesting the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy image for the source...
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully created.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Starting the copy. The user running the task is: Bubba
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Backing up the directory "D:\Downloads\__TEST" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Backing up the directory "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.folder d" to "C:\_Mirror Test\.folder d"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 The directory "C:\_Mirror Test\.folder d" has been successfully created.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.folder d\New Text File.txt". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.folder d" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.folder d" to "C:\_Mirror Test\.folder d".
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 The directory "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.folder d" has been backed up.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\.whatever". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:06 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z" to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.7z.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg" to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.jpg.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip" to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\2024-01-22-14-00-55-632.zip.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\banksy-1.jxl" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\banksy-1.jxl" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\banksy-1.jxl" to "C:\_Mirror Test\banksy-1.jxl.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\banksy-1.jxl" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\banksy-1.jxl.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\favicon.svg" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\favicon.svg" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\favicon.svg" to "C:\_Mirror Test\favicon.svg.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\favicon.svg" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\favicon.svg.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.7z" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.7z" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.7z" to "C:\_Mirror Test\not a zip.7z.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.7z" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\not a zip.7z.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.archive" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.archive" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.archive" to "C:\_Mirror Test\not a zip.archive.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\not a zip.archive" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\not a zip.archive.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\ntuser.dat{d3711b0d-8141-11ee-bae8-049226dae2ee}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\ntuser.dat{d3711b0d-8141-11ee-bae8-049226dae2ee}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\NTUSER.DAT{f69ea965-80ae-11ee-badf-049226dae2ee}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\NTUSER.DAT{f69ea965-80ae-11ee-badf-049226dae2ee}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Ignoring the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\ntuser.ini". Reason: exclusion list.
    2024-02-27 10:06:07 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test vid.mp4" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test vid.mp4" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test vid.mp4" to "C:\_Mirror Test\test vid.mp4.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test vid.mp4" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\test vid.mp4.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test-01.txt" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test-01.txt" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test-01.txt" to "C:\_Mirror Test\test-01.txt.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test-01.txt" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\test-01.txt.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 Compressing the file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test.txt" to "C:\_Mirror Test"...
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test.txt" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test.txt" to "C:\_Mirror Test\test.txt.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The file "D:\Downloads\__TEST\test.txt" has been successfully compressed to "C:\_Mirror Test\test.txt.zip".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The archive attribute for "D:\Downloads\__TEST" has been removed.
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Downloads\__TEST" to "C:\_Mirror Test".
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 Checking if there are empty subdirectories...
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The subdirectory "C:\_Mirror Test\.folder d" has been deleted. Reason: empty subdirectories should be deleted according to the task advanced settings.
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The directory "D:\Downloads\__TEST" has been backed up.
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 ** Backup for the task "Mirror test" has ended **
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 ** Processed files: 17. Backed up files: 10. Created folders: 1. Backup size: 453.84 MB. **
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 ** Number of errors: 0. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 14 seconds. **
     
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 Deleting the Volume Shadow Copy image...
    2024-02-27 10:06:20 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully deleted.

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[cobian]

The verbose mode is only logged to file, not to the UI.

2024-02-27 10:06:05 Individual file operations will be logged only to the log file and not seen on the user interface! Consult the log **file** when the backup is done.

[rotbus197142]

I know. That is from the log file - hence individual file operations are listed.

[cobian]

If you disable compression, does the problem persists?