Why Your QuickBooks Back-up Fails when using the Complete Verification OptionĪny form of data corruption, either within the data structure or the actual data itself, that would normally prevent the QuickBooks Verify utility from completing normally will prevent a QuickBooks Back-up from finishing normally. QBW.tlg file, since the file may contain essential information needed to repair corruptions or lost data associated with your Company file. QuickBooks transaction log files can ‘grow’ very large if they are NOT reset via a completely verified back-up, and they will continue to increase in size until such a back-up is performed. When the two files match, and the data in the Company file is being written to a back-up, QuickBooks should reset the transaction log back to a starting point (somewhere around 320kb or smaller). Whenever you perform a ‘completely verified’ back-up, QuickBooks confirms that the data in your Company file matches the data recorded within the transaction log file. As such, many users option for either ‘Quicker verification’ of ‘No verification’ when backing-up their file. Typically, all files should be backed-up using the ‘Complete verification’ option however, many users complain that this option takes too long, and requires the Admin user to have the file open in single-user mode.
#QUICKBOOKS LOG FILE TOO BIG PORTABLE#
The extent of compression is not nearly as significant as that associated with the QuickBooks Portable Company file utility.Īs part of configuring a QuickBooks Back-up users have three options related to verification of their company data which check for various forms of data integrity and corruption.
QuickBooks offers a back-up process for your QuickBooks Company (.QBW) file using an internal utility that makes a ‘somewhat’ condensed version of your data including the company file, the transaction log, financial statement designer, cash flow projector, loan manager and some other related files like templates, letters and images.
The QuickBooks (Desktop) Back-up Process and Options In this article we will attempt to discuss the various causes for both of these events. Recently, there seems to be a rash of inquiries concerning – or reports of – QuickBooks (desktop) files that either will not back-up, or will not reset the QuickBooks Transaction Log (.QBW.tlg) file when a completely-verified internal back-up of QuickBooks is performed.
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