Scenario:
Local system (XP, SP3) has about 100K files on 3 drives, X, Y, Z. I use junction points under XP to access all 3 drives as a directory on C: (that is, "C:\!VirtualDir").
Remote system (XP, SP3), a backup for the local system, also has about 100K files on 3 drives, X, Y, Z. I use junction points under XP to access all 3 drives as a directory on C:.
Files are added to, deleted from, and moved around on the local system daily, usually involving less than 100 files, but the dates may be current or old (so selecting changed files by date won't work).
My link is about 1 MBit/s. It takes well over an hour to run a direct compare of the "virtual drive" directories.
So instead I run (via Remote Desktop) BC2 on the remote system to generate a BCSS file of C:\!VirtualDir, which I then download to the local system to compare to the local C:\!VirtualDir using BC3 (or BC2 -- the problem below exists with both). That shows what has changed. Fine so far.
What I then want to do is use Copy to Folder to copy just the changed local files to a transfer folder (e.g., "D:\Transfers"). The transfer folder is intended to let me run a direct compare of its contents to the remote system, and sync the moves and adds for the local drives to the remote drives (this doesn't help for deletes -- I have to do the mirror-image process for that to work). This comparison runs quite fast, even with my slow link.
HOWEVER, when I then select all of the changes shown for the local dir (C:\!VirtualDir) and try to copy them to the transfer folder, BC3 and BC2 lock the computer up tight -- requires a power switch reboot. BC3 says "Refreshing" but that's it. I let it "refresh" overnight even -- no joy.
This *may* be a problem with XP's junction point, since I do NOT have the problem IF I compare one real directory (e.g., X) at a time against the corresponding portion of the downloaded BCSS file, then try Copy to Folder on the results. I have to do this 3 times (for real drives X, Y, Z), but it works under BC3.
So, my questions:
-- Any clues as to whether this is a BC or an XP problem, and any suggestions for solving it?
-- Is there a better way of solving my syncing (a faster link isn't possible -- using cable connections over the Internet)? For example, after my Local-to-BCSS compare to find changed files and directories, is there a clever way of having BC3 then directly compare THOSE changes to the real remote directory, so I can sync directly rather than use a transfer folder?
TIA for any help. John Land
Local system (XP, SP3) has about 100K files on 3 drives, X, Y, Z. I use junction points under XP to access all 3 drives as a directory on C: (that is, "C:\!VirtualDir").
Remote system (XP, SP3), a backup for the local system, also has about 100K files on 3 drives, X, Y, Z. I use junction points under XP to access all 3 drives as a directory on C:.
Files are added to, deleted from, and moved around on the local system daily, usually involving less than 100 files, but the dates may be current or old (so selecting changed files by date won't work).
My link is about 1 MBit/s. It takes well over an hour to run a direct compare of the "virtual drive" directories.
So instead I run (via Remote Desktop) BC2 on the remote system to generate a BCSS file of C:\!VirtualDir, which I then download to the local system to compare to the local C:\!VirtualDir using BC3 (or BC2 -- the problem below exists with both). That shows what has changed. Fine so far.
What I then want to do is use Copy to Folder to copy just the changed local files to a transfer folder (e.g., "D:\Transfers"). The transfer folder is intended to let me run a direct compare of its contents to the remote system, and sync the moves and adds for the local drives to the remote drives (this doesn't help for deletes -- I have to do the mirror-image process for that to work). This comparison runs quite fast, even with my slow link.
HOWEVER, when I then select all of the changes shown for the local dir (C:\!VirtualDir) and try to copy them to the transfer folder, BC3 and BC2 lock the computer up tight -- requires a power switch reboot. BC3 says "Refreshing" but that's it. I let it "refresh" overnight even -- no joy.
This *may* be a problem with XP's junction point, since I do NOT have the problem IF I compare one real directory (e.g., X) at a time against the corresponding portion of the downloaded BCSS file, then try Copy to Folder on the results. I have to do this 3 times (for real drives X, Y, Z), but it works under BC3.
So, my questions:
-- Any clues as to whether this is a BC or an XP problem, and any suggestions for solving it?
-- Is there a better way of solving my syncing (a faster link isn't possible -- using cable connections over the Internet)? For example, after my Local-to-BCSS compare to find changed files and directories, is there a clever way of having BC3 then directly compare THOSE changes to the real remote directory, so I can sync directly rather than use a transfer folder?
TIA for any help. John Land
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