Build progress display into all operations [incl. "Starting backup ..."]

[ConradHughes]

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Environment info

• Duplicati version: 2.0.5.1_beta_2020-01-18
• Operating system: Synology DSM 6.2
• Backend: Mono 5.18.0.240-12

Description

I've just upgraded to 2.0.5.1, and have now been "Starting backup.." for 24 hours, with no indication of what's going on or of progress. At a guess, it's doing a database upgrade, but on a 24GB database some hint of ETA would be appreciated: I'm thinking this task might be a candidate for moving the database to an SSD on another box for the upgrade?

Looking at things like [Feature Request] Display progress information for restoring backup #2159, Getting "Completing Backup" for over 30 hours now. #2544, Duplicati stuck on verifying backend data #3205, Minor issue: Improving the State/Progress-Bar text #3041, Progress bar does not show meaningful information during restore #3646 etc. it seems as if maybe a system-wide approach to putting progress on everything might be helpful?

Steps to reproduce

1. Get a 1.8TB backup (24GB database) from v2.3.
2. Install 2.5 and try running a backup.

• Actual result: Web UI displays "Starting Backup" for at least 24h. No progress. NAS appears busy.
• Expected result: Some sense of what's actually happening and when it'll finish.

[drwtsn32x]

I agree that the main progress bar is sometimes less than helpful.

As a workaround, try going to About -> Show Log -> Live -> and setting it to Profiling. This should show you any database queries going on behind the scenes.

[duplicatibot]

This issue has been mentioned on Duplicati. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.duplicati.com/t/pet-peeve-why-does-the-gui-always-say-starting-backup-even-when-running-another-command/15984/3