Re: How to save Outlook mailbox ?

[Patrik Dufresne]

I tried robocopy, but it's not helping. If Outlook Application is open. The
file cannot be copied.

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:34 PM Alex DiMarco <alex@alexdimarco.ca> wrote:

> you could probably use robocopy along these lines which will deal with the
> locked files and then backup the copy. If Outlook is actively changing the
> file, there is a chance of corruption.
>
>
> /MIR switch to mirror the source folder
> /B switch to open files in backup mode
> robocopy %source% %destination% /MIR /R:1 /W:1 /B
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 12:24 PM Patrik Dufresne <patrik@ikus-soft.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using rdiff-backup on Windows 10 and I want to use it to backup the
>> ".ost" files containing the Outlook mailbox. To my understanding Outlook
>> is
>> locking these files exclusively and that prevents rdiff-backup to copy the
>> file seamlessly. In fact, when rdiff-backup tries to backup these files a
>> simple "Permissions Error" is raised.
>>
>> One way I know it's possible to copy the file is using the VSS (Volume
>> Shadow Copy Service) to create a snapshot and then access the file data in
>> that snapshot. The process is deadious and requires Admin privilege which
>> is not always available.
>>
>> So what is your experience with these kinds of files ? Do you know other
>> ways to backup locked Outlook files ?
>>
>> I'm looking toward an automated script using VisualBasic script to export
>> the data maybe ?
>>
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