Backup session takes too long to sync

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Backup session takes too long to sync

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Close RBS client. Kill rbclient.exe and rbackup.exe via task manager.

Create following two string values in the given location.

1) MaxSyncTransactions - limits the number of files synchronized during each backup session. Remaining files will be synchronized during subsequent sessions. This was done to speed up the sync process when tens of thousands of files need to be synched.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quantum Tech, Inc.\Remote Backup\Settings:

"MaxSyncTransactions" - REG_SZ - "1000" (example)

If key is not there, or is set to zero - means this is disabled.
Accepted values are from 1 to range of Long (data type)

2) Sync Always: When the client encounters (file) exceptions the purge/sync operations do not run for that backup session. This behavior can now be overridden provided you have the KLV (keep latest version) selected for that backup set. The override the default behavior, include the registry key as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quantum Tech, Inc.\Remote Backup\Settings:

"SyncAlways" - REG_SZ - "True"

(True/False = Enabled/Disabled)

Setting these two options can scale your sync routines to multiple sessions and always perform sync even if there are file exceptions. This also ensures that a backup finishes in time for the subsequent sessions and does not run into/overlap/exceed Attempt Window.

Run the next schedule and check how much time client takes to complete the sync.
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