First couple backups, 3300 warnings

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Hi there! Any help appreciated. I’m a noob, I’m just trying to backup my whole personal machine onto an external drive. I downloaded it, set it up, and the backup has run twice, each with ~3000 warnings and no errors. What do these mean? Google so far hasn’t turned up anything that appears identical to my issue.

Here’s the complete log of the second one, and then, immediately afterward, the errors that are shown on the first page of the list:

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  "DeletedFiles": 8107,
  "DeletedFolders": 178,
  "ModifiedFiles": 7367,
  "ExaminedFiles": 2377877,
  "OpenedFiles": 13313,
  "AddedFiles": 5946,
  "SizeOfModifiedFiles": 1794709850,
  "SizeOfAddedFiles": 1486878975,
  "SizeOfExaminedFiles": 2904651254625,
  "SizeOfOpenedFiles": 3521156607,
  "NotProcessedFiles": 0,
  "AddedFolders": 281,
  "TooLargeFiles": 0,
  "FilesWithError": 0,
  "ModifiedFolders": 0,
  "ModifiedSymlinks": 0,
  "AddedSymlinks": 51,
  "DeletedSymlinks": 51,
  "PartialBackup": false,
  "Dryrun": false,
  "MainOperation": "Backup",
  "CompactResults": {
    "DeletedFileCount": 0,
    "DownloadedFileCount": 0,
    "UploadedFileCount": 0,
    "DeletedFileSize": 0,
    "DownloadedFileSize": 0,
    "UploadedFileSize": 0,
    "Dryrun": false,
    "VacuumResults": null,
    "MainOperation": "Compact",
    "ParsedResult": "Success",
    "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
    "EndTime": "2022-04-21T18:05:50.1833208Z",
    "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T18:03:53.878659Z",
    "Duration": "00:01:56.3046618",
    "MessagesActualLength": 0,
    "WarningsActualLength": 0,
    "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
    "Messages": null,
    "Warnings": null,
    "Errors": null,
    "BackendStatistics": {
      "RemoteCalls": 76,
      "BytesUploaded": 1996657261,
      "BytesDownloaded": 260932307,
      "FilesUploaded": 71,
      "FilesDownloaded": 3,
      "FilesDeleted": 0,
      "FoldersCreated": 0,
      "RetryAttempts": 0,
      "UnknownFileSize": 20382865,
      "UnknownFileCount": 10,
      "KnownFileCount": 90052,
      "KnownFileSize": 2361290542854,
      "LastBackupDate": "2022-04-21T11:46:48-05:00",
      "BackupListCount": 3,
      "TotalQuotaSpace": 6000846307328,
      "FreeQuotaSpace": 3627869798400,
      "AssignedQuotaSpace": -1,
      "ReportedQuotaError": false,
      "ReportedQuotaWarning": false,
      "MainOperation": "Backup",
      "ParsedResult": "Success",
      "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
      "EndTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
      "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T16:46:47.9788349Z",
      "Duration": "00:00:00",
      "MessagesActualLength": 0,
      "WarningsActualLength": 0,
      "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
      "Messages": null,
      "Warnings": null,
      "Errors": null
    }
  },
  "VacuumResults": null,
  "DeleteResults": null,
  "RepairResults": null,
  "TestResults": {
    "MainOperation": "Test",
    "VerificationsActualLength": 3,
    "Verifications": [
      {
        "Key": "duplicati-20220421T164648Z.dlist.zip",
        "Value": []
      },
      {
        "Key": "duplicati-i74e075e08c9745d1b4ad147952a24e75.dindex.zip",
        "Value": []
      },
      {
        "Key": "duplicati-b0812225d1fa0406e847cc7678e05933d.dblock.zip",
        "Value": []
      }
    ],
    "ParsedResult": "Success",
    "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
    "EndTime": "2022-04-21T18:32:43.2308531Z",
    "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T18:32:40.2891305Z",
    "Duration": "00:00:02.9417226",
    "MessagesActualLength": 0,
    "WarningsActualLength": 0,
    "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
    "Messages": null,
    "Warnings": null,
    "Errors": null,
    "BackendStatistics": {
      "RemoteCalls": 76,
      "BytesUploaded": 1996657261,
      "BytesDownloaded": 260932307,
      "FilesUploaded": 71,
      "FilesDownloaded": 3,
      "FilesDeleted": 0,
      "FoldersCreated": 0,
      "RetryAttempts": 0,
      "UnknownFileSize": 20382865,
      "UnknownFileCount": 10,
      "KnownFileCount": 90052,
      "KnownFileSize": 2361290542854,
      "LastBackupDate": "2022-04-21T11:46:48-05:00",
      "BackupListCount": 3,
      "TotalQuotaSpace": 6000846307328,
      "FreeQuotaSpace": 3627869798400,
      "AssignedQuotaSpace": -1,
      "ReportedQuotaError": false,
      "ReportedQuotaWarning": false,
      "MainOperation": "Backup",
      "ParsedResult": "Success",
      "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
      "EndTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
      "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T16:46:47.9788349Z",
      "Duration": "00:00:00",
      "MessagesActualLength": 0,
      "WarningsActualLength": 0,
      "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
      "Messages": null,
      "Warnings": null,
      "Errors": null
    }
  },
  "ParsedResult": "Warning",
  "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
  "EndTime": "2022-04-21T18:32:43.2368374Z",
  "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T16:46:47.9788349Z",
  "Duration": "01:45:55.2580025",
  "MessagesActualLength": 154,
  "WarningsActualLength": 3422,
  "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
  "Messages": [
    "2022-04-21 11:46:48 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller-StartingOperation]: The operation Backup has started",
    "2022-04-21 11:48:56 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: List - Started:  ()",
    "2022-04-21 12:15:43 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: List - Completed:  (87.88 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:28 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-b6697e5ddd0ac42a2b847ca6ff2b02002.dblock.zip (49.95 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:28 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-bc1213effc9874e53b0ad404591a2c2aa.dblock.zip (49.99 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:28 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-be555c655769d41a685d5dbd77abe6867.dblock.zip (49.97 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:28 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-b640a18ce36a244828d3cd25857916329.dblock.zip (49.93 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-bc1213effc9874e53b0ad404591a2c2aa.dblock.zip (49.99 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-be555c655769d41a685d5dbd77abe6867.dblock.zip (49.97 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-b6697e5ddd0ac42a2b847ca6ff2b02002.dblock.zip (49.95 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-b640a18ce36a244828d3cd25857916329.dblock.zip (49.93 MB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-i52b9c99a7a39407d8e1cb520fa3421ea.dindex.zip (93.02 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-i9673756c2c2c4d39bce70379e4b71876.dindex.zip (110.18 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-i4d25233b27724aa6bc23ff50513d8fe9.dindex.zip (137.97 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-i930a715e824f4bf18592e4dc7a1f73c9.dindex.zip (106.13 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:30 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-i52b9c99a7a39407d8e1cb520fa3421ea.dindex.zip (93.02 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:31 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-i9673756c2c2c4d39bce70379e4b71876.dindex.zip (110.18 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:31 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-i930a715e824f4bf18592e4dc7a1f73c9.dindex.zip (106.13 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:24:31 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Completed: duplicati-i4d25233b27724aa6bc23ff50513d8fe9.dindex.zip (137.97 KB)",
    "2022-04-21 12:25:45 -05 - [Information-Duplicati.Library.Main.BasicResults-BackendEvent]: Backend event: Put - Started: duplicati-be9a5fa9e066449d988ddb959b1da4195.dblock.zip (49.91 MB)"
  ],
  "Warnings": [
    "2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.MetadataGenerator.Metadata-MetadataProcessFailed]: Failed to process metadata for \"B:\\hiberfil.sys\", storing empty metadata",
    "2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileBlockProcessor.FileEntry-PathProcessingFailed]: Failed to process path: B:\\hiberfil.sys",
    "2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.MetadataGenerator.Metadata-MetadataProcessFailed]: Failed to process metadata for \"B:\\Windows\\MEMORY.DMP\", storing empty metadata",
    "2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileBlockProcessor.FileEntry-PathProcessingFailed]: Failed to process path: B:\\Windows\\MEMORY.DMP",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\Temp\\WinSAT\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\Temp\\WinSAT\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Tasks\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Tasks\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\sru\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\sru\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\networklist\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\networklist\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Msdtc\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Msdtc\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Configuration\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Configuration\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\config\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\config\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Com\\dmp\\",
    "2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Com\\dmp\\"
  ],
  "Errors": [],
  "BackendStatistics": {
    "RemoteCalls": 76,
    "BytesUploaded": 1996657261,
    "BytesDownloaded": 260932307,
    "FilesUploaded": 71,
    "FilesDownloaded": 3,
    "FilesDeleted": 0,
    "FoldersCreated": 0,
    "RetryAttempts": 0,
    "UnknownFileSize": 20382865,
    "UnknownFileCount": 10,
    "KnownFileCount": 90052,
    "KnownFileSize": 2361290542854,
    "LastBackupDate": "2022-04-21T11:46:48-05:00",
    "BackupListCount": 3,
    "TotalQuotaSpace": 6000846307328,
    "FreeQuotaSpace": 3627869798400,
    "AssignedQuotaSpace": -1,
    "ReportedQuotaError": false,
    "ReportedQuotaWarning": false,
    "MainOperation": "Backup",
    "ParsedResult": "Success",
    "Version": "2.0.6.3 (2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17)",
    "EndTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
    "BeginTime": "2022-04-21T16:46:47.9788349Z",
    "Duration": "00:00:00",
    "MessagesActualLength": 0,
    "WarningsActualLength": 0,
    "ErrorsActualLength": 0,
    "Messages": null,
    "Warnings": null,
    "Errors": null
  }
}

2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.MetadataGenerator.Metadata-MetadataProcessFailed]: Failed to process metadata for "B:\hiberfil.sys", storing empty metadata
2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileBlockProcessor.FileEntry-PathProcessingFailed]: Failed to process path: B:\hiberfil.sys
2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.MetadataGenerator.Metadata-MetadataProcessFailed]: Failed to process metadata for "B:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP", storing empty metadata
2022-04-21 12:15:46 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileBlockProcessor.FileEntry-PathProcessingFailed]: Failed to process path: B:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\Temp\WinSAT\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\Temp\WinSAT\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tasks\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tasks\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\sru\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\sru\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\networklist\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\networklist\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msdtc\
2022-04-21 12:16:36 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msdtc\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Configuration\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Configuration\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Com\dmp\
2022-04-21 12:16:37 -05 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Backup.FileEnumerationProcess-FileAccessError]: Error reported while accessing file: B:\Windows\SysWOW64\Com\dmp\
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Most of those errors are due to Duplicati not having permissions to access the files. There are ways to run Duplicati so that it has elevated privileges and can use VSS to back up open files, but in reality I would not be backing up those files anyway.

Duplicati is not designed to do full system recovery, so don’t have it back up your “entire” system. Don’t have it try to back up the operating system or program files. Instead just back up your user generated data: documents, photos, etc. That’s the use case where Duplicati shines.

For full system recovery, my preferred tool is Macrium Reflect. I use it in addition to Duplicati.

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Thanks very much. I’ll do that.