Invalid Timestamps Resulting in Copy Failure

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VV Pro 2.5 Build 2513 64bit Server Edition

Resolving invalid timestamps

I have been frustrated in my attempt to mirror a source drive
containing about a half million files of which ten thousand or so
have invalid timestamps. VV Pro can find the issues but does
not contain any mechanism to either ignore and or correct them.
This is causing unreliable backups as VV Pro simply skips them,
and in this particular case, is stalling the retirement of a server.
We had a NAT Samba server that did not play nice in a Windows environment which was determined to be responsible for this date problem.


Can you advise how to solve this issue in an efficient fashion. I have already Google'd for programs to do this easily - there are a few but nothing to take care of the number of files involved with this particular issue.

My question(s) are:
Can VVPro correct this on its own, if so how.
If VV can not do this correction, would it be a consideration for
a future version (detect invalid TS and set to DDMMYY)

Thank you in advance

[domains@apcircuits.com]

I noted that many have had issue with Maxstore.
This unit is a Thecus NAS 5200 Pro.
It's no longer supported by Thecus so no quick fix from
the manufacturer.

[TGRMN Software]

Right now that is the ViceVersa behavior, e.g. if a file has an invalid timestamp, then the file is skipped from the copy. Could you maybe change the timestamp of the files using a powershell script, such as :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/582553/how-do-i-programatically-change-the-create-modify-access-date-on-a-file/582638

thanks
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[domains@apcircuits.com]

The script would probably work if the files were in a common folder, in this case there are several hundred sub-directories involved with a few files in each folder.

As the date stamp is no big deal to change, and causes issues with file copy, would it be a consideration for a future version?

Give VV an Ignore Invalid Timestamp option and copy (I would prefer to see it use an operator provided date in these cases and correct the file during copy). In my case the mix in errors are: no creation dates or the modified date is in the 1600's.

This is the only "gotcha" I have yet to experience with VV. Wouldn't this be an fairly easy one to program options for VV to correct?

[TGRMN Software]

Let me check if we can change that quickly and send you a special build that does not exclude these files...
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[TGRMN Software]

Hi, I think we can do this if needed, do you still need ViceVersa to copy those files? thanks!
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[TGRMN Software]

We have a special build that will copy files with invalid timestamps, do you want to try it? thanks
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[domains@apcircuits.com]

I would welcome a chance to test this feature out! What do we do next??

Dan

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Can you please contact us at support , see: http://www.tgrmn.com/web/popup/definitions.htm#contact
We will send instructions on how to download the special build. thank you.
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[TGRMN Software]

Hi, were you able to try the special ViceVersa build? thanks
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[Sonny]

I have the exact same problem. Would it be possible for me to try the special build as well.

Thanks

[TGRMN Software]

Hi , can you write to support @ tgrmn.com ? thanks!
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