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FBackup doesn't see .hosts or C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

(12 posts)

  1. primehalo

    Member
    Joined: Oct '11
    Posts: 4

    I'm running the latest FBackup as of this date (just downloaded the one from this link to see if it would fix the issue I'm having, but it did not: http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/major-update-fbackup-46#post-3206) on a 64-bit Windows 7 desktop machine.

    I'm trying to select "C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\.hosts" as one of the source files, but FBackup doesn't show the "etc" directory in the directory tree. I have hidden and system files visible but it does not seem to help. This "etc" directory showed up fine when I was running FBackup on a 32-bit version of Windows 7.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  2. Admin

    Administrator
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 1,492

    Hi,

    Is the "etc" folder backed up correctly?

    Posted 7 months ago #

  3. primehalo

    Member
    Joined: Oct '11
    Posts: 4

    The "etc" does not get backed up because I cannot select it in the file tree (because it does not show up).

    Posted 7 months ago #

  4. Admin

    Administrator
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 1,492

    Hi,

    Try to back up "C:/windows/system32/drivers"

    Posted 7 months ago #

  5. primehalo

    Member
    Joined: Oct '11
    Posts: 4

    I selected "C:/windows/system32/drivers" for backup, but it doesn't stick. After I click Save and then reopen the Properties > Sources screen, it is no longer selected. And when I run the backup, that folder does not get backed up.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  6. primehalo

    Member
    Joined: Oct '11
    Posts: 4

    As a test I tried selecting more folders: "Program Files", "Program Files (x86)", and "PerfLogs". When I click "Save" and then reopen the Properties > Sources screen, all of those are unchecked but "Config.Msi" is checked. What's going on here?

    I should note that when I originally created the backup profile, I started by checking the entire C drive and then went through and unchecked all the folders I did not want.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  7. Admin

    Administrator
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 1,492

    Hi,

    Please create a new backup job.
    Go to Backup Properties->Sources.
    Press "Add folder".
    Paste: "C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc"
    Press OK then press Save and run.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  8. b8two

    Member
    Joined: Feb '12
    Posts: 3

    I have this same issue of not being able to see the hosts file in FBackUp.

    also any files in this directory are also hidden in FBackUp
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config

    I found a way to trick FBackup to backup the Host file but the same method is not working for this IIS config folder.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  9. Admin

    Administrator
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 1,492

    Hi,

    It should work the same way. Can you manually copy those files to another location?

    Posted 2 months ago #

  10. b8two

    Member
    Joined: Feb '12
    Posts: 3

    copy C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\*.* g:\Test
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\administration.config
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\redirection.config
    3 file(s) copied.

    When I use Explorer, I get the same files, If I copy the folder with explorer I get two copies of every file.

    Posted 2 months ago #

  11. Admin

    Administrator
    Joined: Oct '08
    Posts: 1,492

    Hi,

    I just backed up those files with no problem.
    Please make sure you use an administrator account and you start FBackup as administrator.
    What is the error message you receive if you use as source the "config" folder?

    Posted 2 months ago #

  12. b8two

    Member
    Joined: Feb '12
    Posts: 3

    Perhaps I should Clarify, this was tried in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 64bit is the equivalent)
    The Account is not "Administrator" but is an administrator of the machine.

    I hacked the (ini) file to include the files I wanted;
    (Note that the first two files (Test & Hosts) have icon's in the GUI but the last three files do not)
    "
    General:
    Name: IISconfig
    Group: My Backup Jobs
    Description:
    Ini file: C:\Users\TrackIQ\AppData\Roaming\Softland\FBackup 4\IniFiles\IISconfig.ini

    Destination:
    Destination type: Local hard drive
    Drive: G:
    Folder: G:\My Backup\
    Catalog: G:\My Backup\IISconfig.fkc

    Source(s):
    C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config\administration.config
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config\applicationHost.config
    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config\redirection.config
    G:\Test

    Filters:
    Main:
    Include filter:
    Include all files.
    Exclude filter:
    Temporary Files - use as exclude
    ( File name = '*.tmp|*.temp|*.bak|*.chk|*.fkc-journal')

    Backup type:
    Type: Mirror
    Clear archive bit: No
    Folder name prefix: none
    Fast mirror: Yes
    Create full paths: No
    Copy files in a subfolder: No
    Remove excluded or deleted files from backup: Yes
    Only if source drive is available: No
    Zip the files: No
    Copy NTFS security permissions: No
    Copy NTFS alternate file streams: No
    Allow file splitting when spanning: No
    Sort mirror files for optimized spanning: No

    Advanced settings:
    Backup:
    Use local catalog: Yes
    Test after backup: Yes
    Delete sources after successful backup: No
    Ask for backup label before execution: No
    Backup open files: Yes
    Store temporary catalog data in memory Yes
    Backup execution priority: Normal priority
    Actions:
    Action before backup: not enabled
    Action after backup: not enabled
    Comparison:
    Comparison criteria: [Size, Date modified, Date created, Read-Only, Archived, Hidden, System]
    Sounds: not enabled

    Emails: not enabled

    Scheduler:
    Show warning and error messages when scheduled: No
    Abort backup when source drives are not available: No
    Ask for user input when backup cannot continue: No
    "

    I've now removed IIS from the machine and will image a virtual machine instead.

    Posted 2 months ago #

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