v6.55 adds support for DropBox, Google Drive, Box.net, etc.

[superflexible]

The latest Windows version 6.55 supports these new cloud services:

DropBox, Google Drive, Box.net, OneDrive, Rackspace

Google Drive is essentially a replacement for Google Docs. It will basically see the same files, so you could simply switch an existing profile over from Google Docs to Google Drive. However, there are differences regarding native Google Docs documents and document conversions. Google Drive has no conversion options. An advantage of Google Drive is that it can retain the Last Modified timestamps of files that you upload with Syncovery. Google Drive also implements the choice of using the Recycle Bin for deleted files or not.

[superflexible]

Services we have been supporting for a longer while include:
Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure, Google Docs

In addition, any cloud service that can be accessed via WebDAV, FTP, or SSH/SFTP can be used.

Because Google Drive works differently with converted documents, it may not be able to replace the Google Docs API in some cases. Both options are still available in the protocol selection. When you switch protocols, please check if everything works correctly with manual runs of your jobs before automating them.

[ustuerzlinger]

Hi!
This is very nice. When will livedrive (livedrive.com) be added to that list? Currently I am using either webdav or sFTP...


BR Ulrich

[superflexible]

SFTP is usually better than any native API. Do you have any problems?

[ustuerzlinger]

Well, when using webdav some more sophisitcated directory and/or file names are not generated correctly. If you sync for example an Adobe Cache folder, your may have folder names like '1.%20unsorted' these are translated into '1. unsorted' on the destination side which than again results into an error because the copy job does not find the original folder which was named '1.%20unsorted'. If I use the identical settings but switch to sFTP instead of webdav this problem does not occur.

Another thing I found was that there were files with identical names but file size on destination side was 0 kb and on source side it was something like 2.000.000 kb. Obviously the sync did not identify these files to be worth of an update. I updated the File Synchronizer version and now it seems to run fine. But I still wait to finish the current run to get a final confirmation on that.

Generally it seems to me that sFTP sync is slower than webdav sync therefore I prefer webdav...

But other than that everything seems fine.


Cheers Ulrich

[superflexible]

Hello,

yes, each protocol has its own problems. I will see if we can support the livedrive.com API, but it may have problems too.

Cheers,
Tobias

[ustuerzlinger]

Great news!

Thanks a lot Ulrich

[superflexible]

We found out that Livedrive does not have an API for uploading/downloading files. Only for customer management.

[ToddBooth3]

Hello,

Wow, Syncovery is awesome!!! However, I ran into a problem when backing up to OneDrive. I'm running Syncovery 6.67 build 237

My folder structure and file naming are not compatible with OneDrive. So Syncovery is receiving and displaying error messages like the following:

Short version:
"WAIT 89 SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN"

Long version:
\Vacation, Cruise, Michelle, 2012-07\Michelle's Pictures\IMG_1678.JPG (HTTP ERROR 420 ONEDRIVE UPLOAD: {
"ERROR": {
"CODE": "REQUEST_THROTTLED",
"MESSAGE": "THE REQUEST WASN'T MADE BECAUSE THE SAME TYPE OF REQUEST WAS REPEATED TOO MANY TIMES. WAIT 56 SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN."
}
} (6 ATTEMPTS UPLOADING STREAM) AT 00FD5247.CHECKPOINTS: GFC5B/TGGETORPUTEX:HTTP ERROR 420 ONEDRIVE UPLOAD: {
"ERROR": {
"CODE": "REQUEST_THROTTLED",
"MESSAGE": "THE REQUEST WASN'T MADE BECAUSE THE SAME TYPE OF REQUEST WAS REPEATED TOO MANY TIMES. WAIT 56 SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN."
}
} (6 ATTEMPTS UPL)

Is there a way to configure Syncovery to rename all my files as they are backed up to OneDrive such as:
OneDrive_Folder\Backup\... followed by perhaps the hash.date.time

Either way, I suggest the following enhancements:

. I would like Syncovery to
1) skip the files that are not compatible with the OneDrive naming convention and
2) put the list of files in the log

Also, it would be nice to get a list of all files and folders which are incompatible PRIOR to Syncovery trying to send. Then I can fix the problems.

If you won't implement the above, here is a hack that you can easily implement:

Since OneDrive will delay the transfer by 89 seconds, every time that Syncovery retries 6 times, I suggest the following:

When a transfer to OneDrive fails, put it in an end_of_transfer queue. Then after all files are transfered, only then do a retry and NEVER retry more than 5 times.

Thanks for listening!!!

Regards, Todd Booth

[ToddBooth3]

I wanted to add the following.

Even if I uncheck (deselect) Profile -> Access and Retries -> Wait and Retry, my Syncovery log shows that there are retries, as shown below:

7/21/2014 11:15:48 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:48 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 34 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:15:48 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:15:48 PM OneDrive: Retrying: 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:49 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 2.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:15:51 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:51 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 49 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:15:51 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 4 seconds
7/21/2014 11:15:51 PM OneDrive: Retrying: 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:52 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 5.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:15:57 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:58 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 61 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:15:58 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 9 seconds
7/21/2014 11:15:58 PM OneDrive: Retrying: 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:15:59 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 10.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:09 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:16:09 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 68 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:16:09 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 16 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:09 PM OneDrive: Retrying: 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:16:10 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 17.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:27 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:16:27 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 67 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:16:27 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 25 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:27 PM OneDrive: Retrying: 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:16:28 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 26.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:54 PM OneDrive: Starting upload of 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip
7/21/2014 11:16:54 PM OneDrive: Exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 58 seconds and try again."
}
}
7/21/2014 11:16:54 PM OneDrive: Enforcing delay for 36 seconds
7/21/2014 11:16:54 PM OneDrive: Final exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 58 seconds and try again."
}
} (6 attempts uploading stream)
7/21/2014 11:16:54 PM FTP Exception (5): ETGFTPError HTTP Error 420 OneDrive upload: {
"error": {
"code": "request_throttled",
"message": "The request wasn't made because the same type of request was repeated too many times. Wait 58 seconds and try again."
}
} (6 attempts uploading stream) @ 00FD5247
7/21/2014 11:16:56 PM OneDrive: Waiting for 36.1 seconds
7/21/2014 11:17:10 PM OneDrive: Exception checking folder for 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: Aborting
7/21/2014 11:17:10 PM OneDrive: Final exception uploading 0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip: Not retrying uploading new file (5attempts) for "1998/06.15/0615/0615_004.jpg.s52635.zip"
Exception Operation Canceled at 00FFFCA2.