File compression

mjg · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 2

Recently my main hdd in my file server went down. Luckily I had been backing up all that data to a different hdd every night using Vice Versa. In my Vice Versa projects I decided to use file compression to save space on my backup hdd. I have all my files on the backup, but they are compressed. Is there anyway I can restore those files to another hdd and uncompress them at the same time? I have about 10,000 folders and about 10 files in each folder. So roughly 100,000 files. I would hate to have to go through each folder manually to extract the files.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

First, create a new ViceVersa project where:

a) The Source is compressed. This is where you stored your compressed files.
b) The Target is uncompressed. This is where you want to restore your files.

Then Run a comparison by clicking "compare".

Once in the ViceVersa comparison window you can run a replicate sync which will copy all files from Source to Target and uncompress them.

Instead, if you want to select specific files or a group of files, select them from the list and right click with the mouse. In the context menu select "copy" or "copy to... ". This command will copy and uncompress only the selected files.
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Guest · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:33 am Post subject:

Thanks, worked like a charm. It saved me several hours of manually uncompressing my files.

Guest · Guest

I'm replicating files from source to target automatically upon source file change using the VVLauncher. I need to have VV pro compress the file on the source prior to replication and then uncompress the file on the target after replication via automatic operation to limit the size of transferred data through our dedicated pipe. How is this performed?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

Once the data 'arrive' on the target you need to decompress with software running on the target. It cannot be done from the source. You could setup a job on the target that decompresses data using ViceVersa.
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Stewart · Guest

TGRMN, can you confirm that with the option of 'target files compressed' that the source files are compressed BEFORE pushing/sending?

I want to ensure that the bandwidth usage is minimised...

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

Confirmed, files are compressed before transmitting over the network.
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Guest · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

menora · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 10

I want to do the same thing but the uncompress option doesn't appear anywhere in the program, can someone please advice?

my version. ViceVersa Pro 2 Build 2015

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

Hi, create a new ViceVersa project where:

a) The Source is compressed. This is where you stored your compressed files. (under profile settings -> compression/encryption)
b) The Target is uncompressed. This is where you want to restore your files. (under profile settings -> compression/encryption)

Then Run a comparison by clicking "compare".

Once in the ViceVersa comparison window you can run a replicate sync which will copy all files from Source to Target and uncompress them.

Instead, if you want to select specific files or a group of files, select them from the list and right click with the mouse. In the context menu select "copy" or "copy to... ". This command will copy and uncompress only the selected files.
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menora · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 10

[quote]a) The Source is compressed. This is where you stored your compressed files. (under profile settings -> compression/encryption)
b) The Target is uncompressed. This is where you want to restore your files. (under profile settings -> compression/encryption)[/quote]

possible any ideas why i don't have uncompressed option in my software?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

It is under profile settings -> compression/encryption
If you do not click on "Compressed" then the files in the folders are not compressed. thanks
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menora · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 10

i sorry, let me clarify the question.

i want to know how to uncompress couple of files or folders at once (e.g. in a case of restoring the data), because i don't want to uncompress one file at a time. However the software on my machine only shows compresion/encryption but no uncompressed option.

I hope you could understand. Thanks.

MikeSmith · Joined: 30 Sep 2013 Posts: 11

If I do not select any compression, does ViceVersa compress regardless during the file copy to speed up network transfers?

I don't want the source or target files sitting in a compressed state on my servers but if there is a way to speed up my network transfers by compressing, is there a way to do that?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8761

Hi, ViceVersa only compresses files if the source and/or target are compressed.

You could setup two profiles:

A (not compressed) to B (compressed)
B (compressed) to C (not compressed)

A is on server 1
B and C on server 2
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