Thanks to @martijnsmith for giving me the boost needed to “how-to” this! [image] Migrating to Windows Service Installation Support So i started with a standard install of Duplicati on a Windows machine, and then decided i wanted to run it as a service instead. So i did th…

Okay, I see. I guess this one is quite relevant: [image] Changed dbpath not reflected in Commandline? Since you mention “Commandline GUI under Advanced Options”, I should mention that the value in “Advanced Options” is ignored: Which explains why [image] JonMikelV: Erm, well - I tried th…

[image] tophee: why are you telling people to move the database Good question - I put it in there because that’s where the database landed for me on a straight up service install, so rather than having a half-here-half-there setup I was hope to replicate what would have happened if they insta…

My first install I did a normal install and later converted it to a service (running as SYSTEM). I had to move the .sqlite database files manually from under my user profile AppData directory to C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Duplicati. Starting up without moving the config…

[image] sanderson: I personally would prefer Duplicati to use c:\ProgramData\Duplicati when running as a service I haven’t tested this yet but I believe if you add --protable-mode to the service startup parameters it will indeed use the folder you mentioned.

[image] JonMikelV: I haven’t tested this yet but I believe if you add --protable-mode to the service startup parameters it will indeed use the folder you mentioned. --portable-mode stores all settings, backup configurations and local databases in a folder Data, located under the program folde…

[image] sanderson: I personally would prefer Duplicati to use c:\ProgramData\Duplicati when running as a service instead of …systemprofile\AppData. It seems a little cleaner in my mind and more in line with what I see most applications doing, but it doesn’t really matter. I could always move i…

[image] tophee: But, in if the database path stays the same after moving to duplicati as a service, why are you telling people to move the database? Found 240 remote files that are not recorded in local storage, please run repair when I moved to duplicati as a service, it could no longer find …

[image] teknolai: Is there a way to migrate my backup-db to the “systemprofile”-folder Sure, but I’m not sure which error (“remote files” or “missing database”) you mean when you say you have the same error as tophee.

Sorry for not being more precise. I get the “Found xx remote files that are not recorded, please run repair” error, because the backup-job database is not moved. So instead of reading the sqlite file per backup-job from “systemprofile”-folder, it continues to read from my local user folder instead.…

[image] teknolai: what steps are necessary to migrate the backup-sqlite files Got it! You options at this point include: Run the repair which will rebuild the database based on what’s in those “xx remote files” (though this can take a while depending on your backup size) Point your service…

Migrating from User to Service install on Windows

How-To

kenkendk September 27, 2017, 8:03pm 15

You can set the environment variable DUPLICATI_HOME=C:\ProgramData\Duplicati and it will stop using %LOCALAPPDATA%Duplicati.

TrayIcon does not work with password and Duplicati as service

Duplicati sqlite database doesn't seem to change after running backups (SOLVED)