tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30982613.post5921386110300757317..comments2024-03-13T18:47:58.121-07:00Comments on Inventor Tales: The Importance of Being Earnest (about Autodesk Vault Backups).Jonathan Landeroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199133267550586672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30982613.post-29751323380492621312010-10-13T22:07:55.222-07:002010-10-13T22:07:55.222-07:00I can't say I've seen that exact circumsta...I can't say I've seen that exact circumstance occur before, but here's a couple of thoughts where I've seen something similar appear.<br /><br />1) Make sure your password in your script match the password in the Vault. If not, the actual backup portion can't execute, although the deletion of directories still can.<br /><br />2) You stated this happened after upgrading to 2011. Make sure you update the script to reflect the new 2011 installation directories. It could be that the script can execute the *.exe, which could cause the same issue.<br /><br />The only other thing that comes to mind, and this is purely speculative, is if some sort of virus protection or another security precaution things the script is doing something naughty, and is halting it. <br /><br />I hope this helps point you in the right direction!Jonathan Landeroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199133267550586672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30982613.post-69061909737722918032010-10-13T08:50:15.468-07:002010-10-13T08:50:15.468-07:00This post was very helpful. I have been trying to ...This post was very helpful. I have been trying to set up automatic vault backups, and between this and the Autodesk documentation I have it working now. One flaw in the .bat file that I have come across while trying to get this working is that if the vault backup does not complete 2 times in a row all of your backups are deleted. The first time that it does not complete, the A directory ends up empty and you have a 1 day old backup in the B directory. The second time the backup does not complete, both the A and B directories are empty. I have tried putting in some conditions like if A directory is empty then just run the backup and do not cascade the directories, but I'm not very good at batch file commands so I haven't been able to get it to work yet. For me, this problem showed up when I upgraded from 2010 to 2011 and the program path changed. I checked my backups and the A directory was empty and I noticed to changed the path. If I had not checked this for two days, I would not have any backups. (Except for the backup of the backup that I make).JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375091344090060942noreply@blogger.com