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This will fix the diff time and Windows intervention (/uy /hash)...

set TBIParms=/b /uy /d:w1 /comp:12 /hash /enc:3 /nt /geoa2k /pw:

In Scheduled Tasks select "Run whether user is logged in or not". Then you won't see the GUI when IFW runs.

Also, another /uy...

set TBIDifParms=/uy /v

 

Thanks for that. But I meant, is there a way to get IFW to not prompt for the password when creating diffs? I'm running the reworked script now and I'll let you know the results.

Thanks Brian!

 

It seems to work just fine; the full images are created along with the differential. But I am curious, what changes dud you make in the parameters? Images time was reduced by a third with /comp:12 and by 2/3 with /comp:14. That's crazy fast. The resulting images are a tad larger with /comp:14 but....geez! I can create a fill image in about 6 minutes, about 50 gb of data, and a differential in 5!

 

You need to edit this...

TBIDifParms=/uy /v

with /enc:3 /pw:

I don't understand.

I like /comp:14 as the backups are faster and the restores are faster. The more you compress the image, the longer the backup and restore times. Admittedly the image size is a bit larger with /comp:14 but I do lots of restores, so for me it's a good compromise.

 

I think these switches cause the increase in creation time /enc:3 /pw: . I'm just going to get rid of them and use /comp:14

 

/comp:14 is the default so these are the same...

TBIDifParms=/uy /v /comp:14

TBIDifParms=/uy /v

 

You could do auto restores from an IFL UFD using a script similar to this...

Code:

#! /bin/sh
/tbu/imagel --r --uy --d:l0 --f:l1@0x1:"/My Backups/nate*" --v --vb
shutdown -r

 

• Version 3.05 - December 17, 2016
• Added /del (DelUsedHash) backup option for changes only backup to delete hash files used (if any).
• Added new .#_# hash file to support changes only backup while moving .tbi files elsewhere.
• Changed the file created by consolidation (/combined) to remain the base of any remaining backups in the chain when the /del (DelCombined) option is used.
• TBWinPE builder updated.
• Other potential changes, updates and enhancements.

 

Thanks for the update info.

 

If you don't use Terabyte's "incremental" capabilities (changes only), almost nothing affects you. If you do, and move those files around, in many cases you must carry around various separate HASH files so that their processing may occur properly elsewhere. Also an option to clean up those separate HASH files when no longer needed.

 

Interestingly, the IFWRotate script cannot correctly function is your base storage location for *.tbi files is in a partition root. That's a shame. I created a partition just for backups and the script doesn't like that. When I run it full images are always created, even if I run it a second time directly after. No differentials are ever found is the location of storage is a root; B:\ as opposed to B:\TBI. The latter works fine,

Any idea why that is,or how to fix that?

 

Don't include the trailing backslash for the drive and it should work. For example, just use B: (instead of B:\).

 

Thanks! That worked perfectly!!

 

How can I alter this so that the differentials that get created daily are then deleted once the 6 diffs are then "rolled" into the next corresponding full image? There's no point to having them if the full images is there.

 

Sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to do.

 

The script currently calls for 1 full images to be created every week, and then daily incrementals every day, with a total of 5. That means that on day 6 we'll have 1 full image and 5 incrementals. Then the next time the script is run, presumably the next day, another full images will be created. That full image will contain everything already contained in the daily incrementals that were created before it. Essentially, after a full image is created there is then no need to also have the incramentals. So, how can I alter the script to delete them?

 

I assume you mean differentials rather than incrementals. Don't you want daily images going back a week or so? It is sometimes useful to restore to a particular day in the past rather than to the most recent image. If you delete the differentials you will only have 2 images, a week apart. Nothing in between. But if that is what you want to do you could add a Robocopy line to the end of the Full script. Robocopy could delete all *diff*.TBI. Or you could have a separate Robocopy script that will delete any *diff*.TBI older than a certain number of days.

 

Let's assume your images are in F:\source
You could use this...

Code:

MD "F:\source\delete"
robocopy "F:\source" "F:\source\delete" *DIFF*.TBI /move /create /minage:6
RD "F:\source\delete" /s /q

... to delete any diff older than 6 days. Please test the script in a non critical folder.

 

I could to that, but then that requires copying 50gb of data every time I want to delete something? Since I switched from my SSD, that's slow. Also, if I don't deleted the differentials, then, what, I keep them forever? That doesn't seem practical?

 

No, the script takes 1 second to run and then the relevant diffs are gone. No copying of 50 GB.

 

Really? This line: robocopy "F:\source" "F:\source\delete" copy anything from F:\source to F:\source\delete. If the file I need to delete is large, it will need to be copied to F:\source\delete first. Swing and a miss Brian K.

On another note, is it possible to auto-restore; auto-restore after reboot similar to how Macrium does it? I have an older, less technically-inclined friend, and she asked for some help with software. But I think IFW/IFL will be too much for her as it's not as gui-driven.

 

Try it. It takes 1 second.

 

I have tried it. My results are not what yours are. I think that maybe you are forgetting there's a difference between robocopy and regular copying within windows. Robocopy takes much longer, but is more accurate.