Re: PC clients
Something tells me the answer is going to be no, since the mac's MP implementation is so clunky. Don't apps like Photoshop need special plug-ins to work with multiple processors? I'd be happy to be wrong about this ... "O'Donnell, Dan (NBC)" wrote: Does this mean that my multi-processor Mac clone (Daystar Genesis MP 2x200MHz) actually makes both processors available to Retrospect??? -- top of the world, Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator Disney Magazine Publishing Northampton, Massachusetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc. * -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Client initiated backup
An easy way to do this is to create a new Backup Server script that has an interval of 99 days between backups to the same backup set as your nightly script. Make it active all day long. Your users can basically request a backup whenever they want without a server-initiated backup to interrupt them during the day (unless it's been 99 days since this script last backed them up). For more details on this, see p. 133 of both the Retrospect 4.2 and 5.0 User's Guides, under "Strategy 7On-Demand Backup Server." Regards, Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Luke Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Disney Magazine Publishing Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:49:23 -0500 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client initiated backup That must be some conscientious group of users you have there. Maybe an applescript could make this work. The backup server is designed around the principle that users will never initiate a backup of their own, at least not according to any reliable schedule. Even if this is going to be part of your backup scheme, I hope you will continue to run regular backups at night off the server... user backup is too important to be left to the users! Kristin Connelly wrote: I'm running the Mac version of Retrospect and each night the backup server backs up all of the client machines. I would like to write a script that will allow each client to use the control strip module to initiate an immediate backup during the day at a time of their choice, but I don't want this script to try to back up the client computers on its own. Is there a way to make such a script? Is there a way to use the CSM to do an immediate backup up if the client is not part of a script that is active all the time? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Kristin A. Connelly, Systems Administrator Tehabi Books 1201 Camino del Mar, Suite 100, Del Mar, CA 92014-2568 Tel: 858-481-7600 Fax: 858-481-3247 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Get FREE Electronic Postcards at http://www.tehabi.com/postcards/ -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- top of the world, Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator Disney Magazine Publishing Northampton, Massachusetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc. * -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Client initiated backup
I have a question about Stategy 7: Do I make one backup server script, and include ALL clients and ALL the sets? If one client requests an ASAP backup, will it back up all of them? And, to where? Or, do I make a 99-day server script for each client? Also, right now, I'm using only backup scripts. I'm emailed a message each time a script is completed. However, when I have a backup server script enabled and running, I'm emailed only once, with the results of all the *regular* scripts. Why is that? Cordially, Scott Ponzani _ Communications Coordinator Christian Academy in Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Matthew Tevenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:23:15 -0800 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client initiated backup An easy way to do this is to create a new Backup Server script that has an interval of 99 days between backups to the same backup set as your nightly script. Make it active all day long. Your users can basically request a backup whenever they want without a server-initiated backup to interrupt them during the day (unless it's been 99 days since this script last backed them up). For more details on this, see p. 133 of both the Retrospect 4.2 and 5.0 User's Guides, under "Strategy 7On-Demand Backup Server." Regards, Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Luke Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Disney Magazine Publishing Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:49:23 -0500 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client initiated backup That must be some conscientious group of users you have there. Maybe an applescript could make this work. The backup server is designed around the principle that users will never initiate a backup of their own, at least not according to any reliable schedule. Even if this is going to be part of your backup scheme, I hope you will continue to run regular backups at night off the server... user backup is too important to be left to the users! Kristin Connelly wrote: I'm running the Mac version of Retrospect and each night the backup server backs up all of the client machines. I would like to write a script that will allow each client to use the control strip module to initiate an immediate backup during the day at a time of their choice, but I don't want this script to try to back up the client computers on its own. Is there a way to make such a script? Is there a way to use the CSM to do an immediate backup up if the client is not part of a script that is active all the time? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Kristin A. Connelly, Systems Administrator Tehabi Books 1201 Camino del Mar, Suite 100, Del Mar, CA 92014-2568 Tel: 858-481-7600 Fax: 858-481-3247 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Get FREE Electronic Postcards at http://www.tehabi.com/postcards/ -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- top of the world, Luke Jaeger, Technology Coordinator Disney Magazine Publishing Northampton, Massachusetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any opinions expressed in this message are my own and may not represent the opinions of Disney Publishing, etc etc etc. * -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Client initiated backup
Scott, Make one Backup Server script and include only the clients you wish to give the option of daytime backups. Include only one backup set. Including more than one is possible, but will complicate things way too much. Regarding your second issue, read the following, from the Retrospect User's Guide: While Backup Server is running, the Retrospect Event Handler sends a summary e-mail every twelve hours. (If you prefer a different time interval, open the script and change the property kSendBackupServerReport value to the desired number of hours.) This summary e-mail contains the error and success messages for each volume in the Backup Server script. It also contains the error and success messages for regular scripts that run while Backup Server is running. NOTE: When you stop Backup Server, the events which occurred after the last summary e-mail are not included in an e-mail. Does this sound like what's happening in your situation? Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Scott Ponzani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:27:30 +0900 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client initiated backup I have a question about Stategy 7: Do I make one backup server script, and include ALL clients and ALL the sets? If one client requests an ASAP backup, will it back up all of them? And, to where? Or, do I make a 99-day server script for each client? Also, right now, I'm using only backup scripts. I'm emailed a message each time a script is completed. However, when I have a backup server script enabled and running, I'm emailed only once, with the results of all the *regular* scripts. Why is that? Cordially, Scott Ponzani _ Communications Coordinator Christian Academy in Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Matthew Tevenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:23:15 -0800 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Client initiated backup An easy way to do this is to create a new Backup Server script that has an interval of 99 days between backups to the same backup set as your nightly script. Make it active all day long. Your users can basically request a backup whenever they want without a server-initiated backup to interrupt them during the day (unless it's been 99 days since this script last backed them up). For more details on this, see p. 133 of both the Retrospect 4.2 and 5.0 User's Guides, under "Strategy 7On-Demand Backup Server." Regards, Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
