I assume this was because of some network problem as it's target is \\server\folder and it worked fine when I tried it a second time. But I've never seen this sort of error message before, so I thought I'd share. All the stuff in the comment block was red.
2023-03-06 11:46:12 Applying the parameters to the task "Backup to GoneFishing" (if any).
2023-03-06 11:46:12 Requesting the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy image for the source...
2023-03-06 11:47:17 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully created.
2023-03-06 11:47:17 Starting the copy. The user running the task is: ira
/*
[color=#FF0040][b][i][size=150]ERR 2023-03-06 11:47:18 An unexpected error occurred: Illegal characters: ["] in path.
Parameter name: path
ERR 2023-03-06 11:47:18 Source: AlphaFS Details: at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional, Boolean allowEmpty)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.ApplyFullPathOptions(String path, GetFullPathOptions options)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.GetRegularPathCore(String path, GetFullPathOptions options, Boolean allowEmpty)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.GetPathRoot(String path, Boolean checkInvalidPathChars)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.VSCClient.GetFileOrDirectoryCopy(String fd)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.BackupBase.CheckVSC()
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.LocalBackup.StartBackup()
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.TaskBackupExecutor.startBackup(BackupTask subTask, String backupId, SourceDestination realSource, DateTime backupTime, Boolean lastDestination)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.TaskBackupExecutor.Process()[/color][/size]
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*/
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Backup for the task "Backup to GoneFishing" has ended **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Processed files: 0. Backed up files: 0. Created folders: 0. Backup size: 0 bytes. **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Number of errors: 2. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 1 minutes, 5 seconds. **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 Deleting the Volume Shadow Copy image...
2023-03-06 11:47:19 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully deleted.
2023-03-06 11:47:19 The backup has ended. There are errors. Consult the log file.
It's an incremental backup, all the other jobs work fine. This picture sholes all the paths in the job. It use to work but stopped for no reason I can see. Thew paths on the right are all exclusions.
It was right there. I didn't think anything of the quoted path in the filters as that's legal in Windows for paths with spaces, but it seems you allow spaces in paths without surrounding quotes and don't strip them if they are there. I'd guess it would be more Windows like if you stripped them or didn't allow saving them.
ira wrote: ↑06 Mar 2023, 21:07
I assume this was because of some network problem as it's target is \\server\folder and it worked fine when I tried it a second time. But I've never seen this sort of error message before, so I thought I'd share. All the stuff in the comment block was red. bitlife
2023-03-06 11:46:12 Applying the parameters to the task "Backup to GoneFishing" (if any).
2023-03-06 11:46:12 Requesting the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy image for the source...
2023-03-06 11:47:17 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully created.
2023-03-06 11:47:17 Starting the copy. The user running the task is: ira
/*
[color=#FF0040][b][i][size=150]ERR 2023-03-06 11:47:18 An unexpected error occurred: Illegal characters: ["] in path.
Parameter name: path
ERR 2023-03-06 11:47:18 Source: AlphaFS Details: at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional, Boolean allowEmpty)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.ApplyFullPathOptions(String path, GetFullPathOptions options)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.GetRegularPathCore(String path, GetFullPathOptions options, Boolean allowEmpty)
at Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.Path.GetPathRoot(String path, Boolean checkInvalidPathChars)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.VSCClient.GetFileOrDirectoryCopy(String fd)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.BackupBase.CheckVSC()
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.LocalBackup.StartBackup()
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.TaskBackupExecutor.startBackup(BackupTask subTask, String backupId, SourceDestination realSource, DateTime backupTime, Boolean lastDestination)
at Cobian.Reflector.Engine.TaskBackupExecutor.Process()[/color][/size]
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*/
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Backup for the task "Backup to GoneFishing" has ended **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Processed files: 0. Backed up files: 0. Created folders: 0. Backup size: 0 bytes. **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 ** Number of errors: 2. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 1 minutes, 5 seconds. **
2023-03-06 11:47:18 Deleting the Volume Shadow Copy image...
2023-03-06 11:47:19 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully deleted.
2023-03-06 11:47:19 The backup has ended. There are errors. Consult the log file.
The fact that the target path, "\server\folder", worked fine when you tried it a second time suggests that the issue may have been temporary or related to a momentary network glitch. It's always a good idea to document any error messages, steps taken, and any changes made to help troubleshoot future occurrences or provide necessary information when seeking assistance.
Last edited by lilycollins9x on 09 Jun 2023, 04:44, edited 1 time in total.
The error message suggests that there might have been a problem with a specific character (likely a double quote ["], as indicated) within the path to a file or folder being backed up. This caused the backup process to fail. retro bowl
