First the figs: Mac G3, OS 8.5, 160MB RAM, Retrospect 4.3.
I have a large number of MO disks which constitute a group of
storagesets. 85% of the MO disks are OK, 5% of these MO disks are no
longer readable, and I have problems mounting the other 10%
(sometimes they mount, sometimes they
Julia,
I can't speak for the other tape formats but I have always used DLT as it
seems to be the "Industry Standard". I would recommend taking a look at the
HP series of Autoloaders. I use an HP SureStore 818 which holds up to (8)
40GB Tapes (80GB compressed) so I can store up to 640GB on a
I would have to say AIT. Sony pulled the plug on the proposed DDS-5 so I
wouldn't suggest that line at all (end of product life). Also, DAT drives
have 1/5th the head life expectancy (10,000 hours instead of AIT's 50,000
hours).
DLT would definitely be better than DAT but is faced with the
Same SCSI card, same cable,
same tapes (tried several), very similar computer, same OS,
same version of Retrospect; the only thing that seems to be
different is the location of the drive.
Is it possible that you don't have an up to date ATTO driver installed?
Pam
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Situation.
Some computers would be locked up in the morning when folks came in. It
appeared to be sleeping but couldn't be awakened.
I normally set all desktops to turn off at 5:30am to allow time for the
backup but have them off over weekends and holidays. (This is in
multiple offices.)
I
Title: Re: VXA vexations
re: 206 errors on Mac
Ecrix have revised the drive firmware to V2848
11/11/00in order to address some of these
problems.
Timing problems may vary from one system to another,
even with the same cable/adapter/terminator/drive
due to differences in the system clock and bus
Julia
Currently, we are using one DDS-3 tape drive for our entire local base of about 70
users
I am also interested in doing a remote backup of our NYC office. They have static
IPs, and could possibly be added to our backup sets.
So, should I keep the same tape system (DDS-3) and get a
So I've been trying to remember to turn off the DEFAULT wait at shutdown
that you get when you install a client but is there a way out of this
when it does happen?
I found that you can type 'r' or 's' in the Retrospect Client's Wait at
Shutdown dialog and the computer will either restart
