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  1. WordPress 3.0.1 and higher. XCloner — Backup and Restore is an open-source plugin for backing up WordPress. It is able to create complete and differentials backups of your site, manually or automatically through the built-in scheduler and back them up to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage. No integrations match these filters.
  2. I have set up a Backblaze B2 account and tested the credentials with an s3 command line program. I also tested UpdraftPlus with an AWS bucket and that works well. When I set up a connection to Backblaze B2 using the S3 generic option and run the S3 Settings test I get the following error.

My Problem

Backblaze encrypts all your files with the standard AES 128-bit, which is generally uncrackable. It is estimated that it would take a supercomputer several billion years to break it. Besides that, any would-be eavesdropper are kept at bay with file encryption being done. Backblaze’s strength lies in the simplicity of its design. When you first install the programme, it immediately scans your hard drive for all files (except for operating system files, applications and temporary files which may cause complications when trying to restore them) and gives you an overview of the files to backup.

I use Microsoft Office 365 and OneDrive for my consulting work to keep my files synced between multiple devices and preserved from loss should I have my laptop stolen or otherwise destroyed. I use Backblaze as part of my strategy to back up the data and keep version history of my files. This can be a tiny bit tricky since Backblaze can’t back up the files if you have OneDrive “Files On-Demand” turned on. However, once you turn Files On-Demand off, Backblaze should be able to back up the files just like any other file on your hard drive. In theory.

In practice, I was unable to get one particular folder contained within OneDrive to back up to Backblaze. This was a considerable problem because that one particular folder was the main folder that I kept all of my business files in. It was essentially the only folder that I cared deeply about having backed up, and as luck would have it, it was the only folder that wasn’t showing up in my list of files that I could restore from Backblaze. Rakhwala 1971 songs pk.

After considerable work with Backblaze support, we came to the final solution.

My Solution

Reparse points! Check to see if the directory that isn’t being backed up has the ReparsePoint attribute. There are a few ways to do this, but the most plain one that I used was:

As it turns out, OneDrive apparently has a history of changing if and when it marks a directory with the ReparsePoint attribute. Here’s where I have to insert a giant disclaimer:

I don’t know if changing the ReparsePoint attribute manually out from under OneDrive will do anything nasty and prevent OneDrive from working as intended. I also do not know if OneDrive will silently add the ReparsePoint attribute to folders again, thus causing Backblaze backups to silently fail. I’ll be checking this over time, but you should check it for yourself as well.

However, note that changing a directory’s ReparsePoint attribute in this situation will not delete data.

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As it turns out, most if not all of my directories under the one crucial directory were marked with the ReparsePoint attribute. My only choice was to recursively check each directory and remove the attribute. If you take such a scorched earth approach, this will very likely tamper with any junctions and/or mount points that you have in that tree of your filesystem, so beware of what that implies for your usage. For me, there were no known negative implications.

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My solution was to mass change the troublesome directory with some PowerShell:

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For more information, check out the help document for the fsutil tool. Keep in mind that while the verb delete is scary, it doesn’t actually delete any files or directories, rather it’s simply removing the reparsepoint attribute on the filesystem object.

After that, I forced a rescan of the files that Backblaze should back up (Windows instructions here, and then Mac instructions here). Suddenly thousands of new files were discovered and began uploading. After a little while, I checked Backblaze.com for what files I could restore, and sure enough, the troublesome folder and seemingly all of it’s child items were in my available backup.

I’ll periodically check back on my filesystem to see if any directories were re-marked with ReparsePoint and make note of it here. If I was smart and diligent, I’d make a scheduled task to remove that attribute from the areas of my filesystem that I’m concerned with.

This second post is to clarify questions I had about some of the cloud based backup solutions. I haven’t tried out Jungle Disk, since the pay as you use storage costs would be too expensive for me. Also with Jungle Disk you would need to pay for the product and the storage costs. This would be expensive for me and so haven’t investigated the service further. Ps cc 2017 crack.

So for me personally it has come down to either Mozy or Backblaze.

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Mozy

  1. User can customise the backup sets.
  2. Mozy account can be used to backup more than one computer
  3. If you supply a personal encryption key, the contents of your files are encrypted, but you can still view the file names from the web interface. I like using my own encryption key, but having to download a decryption utility means that I can’t easily get my data on another machine.

Backblaze

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  1. I like that if you supply your personal encryption key you don’t have to use a decryption tool to retrieve your data. This makes it easy to get your data from another machine.

Conclusion

I have used both products and can’t really make up mind on which one I like better. Both products have their salient features. I’ll update this post when I finally decide which product I want to go with.

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