Interpreting the Logs

Interpreting the log is not as daunting as it may seem. Below you will find an example log with explanations in bold.

Log: ------------------------------------------------

NovaStor Service

Log: 1.0

*The first couple of lines indicates "NovaBACKUP Backup Service" as well as the version of NovaBackX that you are running.

 

Start time: Fri Dec 09 08:27:39 2004...

 

*This shows the time that the backup began.

 

Log name: logs\3ebbc8ef.txt

 

*This line shows the file name of the log.

 

SysInfo: Microsoft Windows XP, ver 5.01.2600 [Professional] [I386] ServicePack 1

 

*This shows what Operating System and version you are running on your computer.

 

Backup: Start

Output Device: 'disc://C:\2004_012_09_08_27AM.nb7'

 

*These two lines indicate that the backup has started and shows the destination of the backup.

 

Backup: Reading input file: 3ebbd572.xml

Backup: Scan starting: C:\My Documents

Backup: C:\My Documents\Addresses.txt

Backup: C:\My Documents\arrow_il.cur

Backup: C:\My Documents\arrow_im.cur

Backup: C:\My Documents\arrow_l.cur

Backup: C:\My Documents\Notes.txt

Backup: C:\My Documents\Backup.nb7

Backup: C:\My Documents\My System.nb7

 

*At this point there is a listing of the files processed during the backup. NOTE: This section is only visible if you have your logs set to "Detail" mode.

 

Backup: End

 

*This indicates that the backup has completed.