@ts678, thanks for the advice. So I have set the backup as a service according to this post, ie. the official way:
Migrating from User to Service install on Windows.
It appears to be running now without so many objections. Obviously it objects to the PageFile.sys and I’m sure there are a number of other OS specific files I should not backup (I select the complete C:\ drives since I did not want to miss important files by inadvertantly not selecting them).
The last incremental backup saw 117 issues, as noted I suspect they are file in use errors. I am getting errors like this:
Failed to process path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\modellog.ldf
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\modellog.ldf’ because it is being used by another process.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.FileStream…ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream…ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
at Duplicati.Library.Snapshots.SystemIOWindows.FileOpenRead(String path)
at Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.BackupHandler.HandleFilesystemEntry(ISnapshotService snapshot, BackendManager backend, String path, FileAttributes attributes)
This is a TEMP file (AFAIK) for MYSQL. For a novice like me, I guess the obvious question is: Does the actual MYSQL database get backed up. I assume it does, but if it doesn’t then that’s a major issue. Do you have any thpughts / advice?
Again, thanks for your advice to-date.
Kevin