are storage sets xplatform?
Why? I have retro running locally on an ASIP server with a RAID array attached. Backs up to an AIT changer. I want to nuke the array and move it to a W2K server. I'd like to install retro on the W2K box, copy over the storage sets from the ASIP server, attach the tape changer, reformat the array NTFS and just restore all the files into a mac enabled sharepoint. I don't care about keeping privs or anything fancy. I just want the files. I've never used a Win version of retrospect before so I don't know much about it...other than I need to buy it. As a last resort I could rebuild the storage sets from retro on the W2K box (can this even be done?) but that would probably take longer than I'd care to wait. :-) Can I do this? TIA, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Mac / Retrospect / Exabyte EZ17
Am having huge problems with retrieving data from my EZ17. Exabyte documentation doesn't make any reference to MacOS at all (which could be significant!), so would be hugely grateful if someone can point me in the right direction. My problem is that on retrieval I *frequently* encounter hangs. Retro claims to be 'retrieving'. The clock stops when Retro is in the foreground, but resumes if I click on the desktop. The Retro log gives no information. Have left this for over an hour without generating an error message. Hang always happens on the same files, but they don't appear to be 'bad' ie are retrievable from other storage sets. At the same time, the Exabyte toggles between 'read' and 'rdytape'. It looks like a 'misunderstanding' (rather than a SCSI error?) between Mac/ATTO/Retro and tape drive. The weird thing is that I retrieved 120gb from the *same* tapes a couple of weeks ago with minimal fuss (20 bad backup headers). Data was different - webby content then, print content now - if this might be significant. There has been, to the best of my knowledge, *no* change to configuration (Retro Update was installed after the event). ATTO card is at default values for timeout and PCI burst rate, whatever they mean! Have changed SCSI settings on Exabyte, and disabling EXB210 emulation, without altering the problem in any way. Hardware/Software: Exabyte EZ17 M2 autochanger; Autoloader Flash 1.7.4 / Boot 0.0.6; Drive Flash 8ck3v02p / Boot 8BK1-V0C; 225m Exabyte AME cartridges. G4/400mhz; MacOS 9.0.4; new ATTO ExpressPCIPSC (SIM 0163); good quality cabling and termination Retrospect Backup 4.3, ADK 1.8, Retro Update 2.1 Any help would be most appreciated. That confident was I of my setup that I repartitioned a rather large RAID with 'only' tape as backup! PLEASE RESPOND TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark James ~ information technologist mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ehsrealtime ~ 7 Soho Square ~ London W1V 6EH t 020 7878 2600 ~ f 020 7544 4700 ~ www.ehsrealtime.com ___ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s) and access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient then any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
RE: Overland Drives?
I'm SO embarrassed to have missed this, but YES I've used Retrospect under NT 4.0/SP4-6 with my OverlandData LXBD7110R for about 2 years (started w/ Dantz's Gama product). I typically run a combination of disk/tape, and it works GREAT! I even occasionally have the server auto-restart, reboot to the default partition configured for use w/ Veritas Backup Exec, autosuck our Exchange (for message-level granularity) and MS-SQL, and restart the whole thing back to Retrospect in the morning. I typically have Backup Exec and Retrospect tapes coexisting in the library w/ no problem. Simultaneously, I run another Retrospect on another NT4 server for disk-based quickies. I've also tested this entire process on W2K Server and Adv. Server, and it works great, even spanning Active Directory. Happy Mark --- This e-mail contains the thought and opinion of Mark D. Mabry and does not represent official UTHHSC policy. --- Mark Mabry, Network Analyst The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Allied Health Sciences, Dept. of Health Informatics 7000 FANNIN ST 600 HOUSTON TX 77030 Voice: 713-500-3917 FAX: 713-500-3929 Pager: 713-761-9305 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail pager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matt Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:36 To: retro-talk Subject: Overland Drives? Anyone have an Overland LoaderXpress 10 Cartridge Library or any Overland product? I hear they have good expandability. We are thinking of purchasing one. Just want to benefit from your experiences (good or bad.) Matt Reynolds IS Department Beeline Group -- -- 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/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: auto erase tapes
Michael, Try making a storage set for each tape you want to use in your backup script. If your backup script is set to "full" or "recycle" (depending on your version of retro) the backup script will overwrite the tape when it's re-inserted. Mark MICHAEL PRUSSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/20/01 04:38 PM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:auto erase tapes I can't seem to find any documentation on how to have tapes automatically erased when a script starts. Right now the backup script requests new media names "xxx" or erased. How can I set up my backup script to automatically erase a tape? I do full backups to a different tape every day and want to get away from having to erase those tapes manually. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Retrospect 4.3 (Mac) Assertion Check?
Retrospect Experts: I am copying Dantz on this, but a search of the Retrospect error list on their Web site does not mention this one: Trouble in Retrospect: Internal consistency check failed: Assertion check at "elem16.c-438" [Quit] This is with version 4.3, and a relaunch of the program has begun the scripted backup that had been aborted at Midnight due to the above issue. Does this sound familiar to anyone here? Regards, Mark E. Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Retrospect 4.3 (Mac) Assertion Check?
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Pam Lefkowitz wrote: I got an assertion check on a restore a couple weeks ago. Basically, the technotes told me to call tech support. :-) Thanks, Pam. I did hear back privately from Dantz, and they are keeping an eye on the situation to see if it reoccurs. For me, I quit Retrospect, restarted, and tried the restore again. Worked just fine. Same here - but for a scripted backup. However, my assertion check was a different "elem" number than yours. Actually, after the initial message was dismissed, a series of maybe three or four more of these boxes - each with a different "elem" number - did appear in sequence. Thanks again, MI -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Shoeshining Tape Heads?
Retrospect Experts: It was mentioned recently on this list that using a too-slow network connection for remote client backups could cause a DAT drive to sit idle waiting for data, thus resulting in excessive "shoeshining" of the tape heads. In the Retrospect log entry, "Total performance: XX.X Mb/minute with XX% compression," is there some rule-of-thumb value below which shoeshining could be expected to occur on DDS-4 drives? Would a different (albeit arbritrary) value perhaps apply to DDS-2 devices? Thanks much, Mark E. Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Backup OS/2 client?
Hi happy listas, In the next few weeks I'm going to be building up a voice processing system (AVT) that needs to run on OS/2 Warp 4. I don't know jack about OS/2 (yet) but I do know (or do I?) that there's no Retro client for it. I really don't want to introduce another backup strategy into the mix. I'm pretty sure I can script something to have this thing dump files onto an NT server where Retrospect can get them. But I like that warm happy feeling knowing that I can restore a box, OS and all in under an hour. Has anybody developed a Retrospect related backup solution for OS/2? Don't care how "out there" it is. As always I'm interested in any helpful tips or tricks. TIA, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
It's newby time! (LTO mechanisms / RAID swap modificationflaggin g)
Apologies if the following questions have been covered in depth in the recent past and everyone's bored sick of them, but... Have 2x G4s (OS9.0.4, ASIP 6.3.1) attached to a. old Micronet DD7000 (7x 18gb at RAID5) and b. United Digital SuperStar fibrechannel host (4x 50gb at RAID5). Total capacity across the two servers is nominally 258gb, which is NOT ENOUGH. Have today taken receipt of another SuperStar with 8x 72gb, plus 4x additional drives for the original SuperStar. Once the messy stuff is done I end up with a DD7000 as a doorstop, 1x 300gb Superstar + hot spare, and 1x 432gb Superstar + hot spare. Even with our archiving 'discipline' this should be sufficient for a couple of years. The problems are: BACK-UP SOLUTIONS Backup is to a single drive Micronet DLT 20/40 on a dedicated 8600/250. I'm happy with my rotation (three sets on the go, incremental backup, rotation every three months) but have one reservation: the rotation itself. We currently utilise c.200gb of space, so on the next rotation there will be 600gb of data to be written at c.35mbpm, or THREE HUNDRED HOURS of continual backup (during which time our backup is, obviously, somewhat 'patchy'). One improvement would be another dedicated Mac and DLT and assign one to each server, but to my highly untrained eye the answer is the LTO/Ultrium format. Dantz confirmed to me a couple of months ago that Retro 4.3 / ADK 1.8 supports the HP Ultrium 230 and IBM 3580 LTO Ultrium mechanisms, but neither HP's nor IBM's websites says ANYTHING about MacOS compatibility. Dantz also confirmed the HP SureStore Autoloader 1/9 to be supported; I didn't ask about the IBM 3581 autoloader. I assume that 'supported' means 'connects, is recognised, 'works', and if applicable autochanges'. If so, that's fine: I don't want to be paged at 5am if my cleaning tape needs changing. Does anyone have any real-life experience of running Mac Retrospect 4.3 with an LTO/Ultrium mechanism? Any advice gladly accepted. MODIFICATION FLAGGING Somewhat briefer: I want to get my new RAID in place, but don't want to start a new backup to the DLT. Retro logs in as an admin and backs up partitions rather than sharepoints (saves on sessions). If I give the new RAID identical partition names and transfer all data 'to the same place', bearing in mind the ASIP Mac will be absolutely unchanged, will I be able to continue my incremental backup as normal or will the data be marked as modified? Does anyone have advise on how to minimise the risk of modification? Many thanks in advance, Mark -- Mark James ~ information technologist mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ehsrealtime ~ 7 Soho Square ~ London W1V 6EH t 020 7878 2600 ~ f 020 7544 4700 ~ www.ehsrealtime.com ___ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s) and access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient then any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
User deferred messages
As I am migrating my users to the MacOS9 environment, I am observing more and more of them missing a backup with message "User Deferred" being reported on my log: I have checked the user-guide and e-mailed euro-support@Dantz, both to no avail. Has anyone seen/overcome this problem? (server is 4.3 on OS8.6, clients are 4.2a/4.3) Mark Witrylak Computer Support Team Ysgol Seicoleg School of Pyschology Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Adeilad Brigantia The Brigantia Building Ffordd Penrallt Penrallt Road (Off College Rd) Bangor Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2ASGwynedd LL57 2AS Cymru Wales ffon: 01248 388214Tel: 01248 388214 ffacs: 01248 382599Fax: 01248 382599 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: How to keep Backup sets/tapes specific to a magazine?
I believe if you have a storage set named Bob and you erase and name all your tapes in a magazine, 1-Bob...8-Bob, etc. (assuming an 8 tape mag) ANY other backup set assigned to that script will be able to use those empty named tapes. Only after they have data on them does retrospect really assign them to the Bob backup set. Now this is under 4.2. If you name an empty tape, it really means nothing until the backup set actually writes to it. Same under 4.3? I don't know. Tim David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/14/01 10:55 PM Please respond to retro-talk To:retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: How to keep Backup sets/tapes specific to a magazine? I thought if you named a tape that Retrospect would NOT use it. ??? Is that not true? When Retrospect is waiting for a tape, the message on the screen says waiting for a blank tape named script name or empty. (or something similar) I didn't think a script would grab it if the tape was named. Tim
Re: How to keep Backup sets/tapes specific to a magazine?
David, It's not pretty, but here's what we do: We have a whole bunch of magazines and we assign a different backup set to each magazine (obviously). But we only assign one backup set at a time to the single script. Each week on Monday morning, it is someone's task to switch the magazine and manually edit the script to use the next backup set for the new magazine - at any given moment the backup script has only one backup set assigned to it. Hope that makes sense. I *thought* I remember someone from Dantz saying awhile ago that in a future version you'll be able to manually assign an empty tape to a storage set. If you name an empty tape now, Retrospect still sees it as blank and will use it however it sees fit. Granted, that's a feature, not a bug. But it would also be a good feature to override that feature. :-) Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Kraut, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/12/01 09:38 PM Please respond to retro-talk To:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:How to keep Backup sets/tapes specific to a magazine? I have (2) backup sets and scripts ( Backup Set A and Backup Set B and Script A and Script B). Each Backup set has (6) tapes in a separate magazine ( Magazine A and Magazine B ) which I use in my Surestore DLT 818 Autoloader. I do not want Backup Set A tapes in magazine A to ever mix with the tapes in Backup Set B magazine B. However, If I forget to remove the magazine on the day the script switches from A to B and there is an empty tape on the inserted magazine, Retrospect will create a new tape labeled with the other backup set and start backing up to tape causing a mix of backup set A and B? Is there anyway to stop this while still allowing Retrospect to use an available tape if it runs out of room? Thanks! David
Re: backing up the AppleShare PDS file with Retrospect?
I think as long as the AppleShare server is running when you do your backups, permissions get backed up automatically. If you ever have to restore an entire ASIP volume, following the Retrospect instructions (you do a second restore for privs.) works just fine. Steve Maser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/05/01 08:27 AM Please respond to retro-talk To:retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:backing up the AppleShare PDS file with Retrospect? Can this be done?
Retrospect 4.3 AppleScripts
Retrospect Experts: Being a complete AppleScript novice, I ask your indulgence in answering what *should* be a fairly simple question. The documentation for the "FileMaker Pro Server Toggle" AppleScript that is included with Retrospect 4.3 refers specifically to to FileMaker 3.0. The AppleScript itself, however, is structured as follows: tell application "FileMaker Pro Server" to force quit To distinguish a particular copy of FileMaker Pro Server 5 from other installations that we own, the one that we desire to toggle during Retrospect backups is named "FileMaker Server 5 Students." So finally to the question: Must we change the AppleScript to explicitly state "FileMaker Server 5 Students," or will the supplied default work without modification? Best regards, Mark E. Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Retrospect 4.3 AppleScripts
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Philip Chonacky wrote: Funny, when I open it, I get: tell application "FileMaker Pro" to «event FMPAFQUI» What application did you point your script to? Because the FileMaker 5 server is currently under heavy user load, I have not yet directed the script to *any* application. However, when I open Retrospect Event Handler (Version 4.3, creation date of May 17, 2000) in the Script Editor, it is constructed with the "force quit" syntax. I'll report back if this changes after the script is directed to FMPS 5. Good luck. Thanks! MI -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: G4s and error 519
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, David Ross wrote: If you look at how ethernet works, most of time anything you do will mask errors. EtherNet has error recovery built in. So an undemanding transfer, such as a Finder copy, will tend to get through, errors or not. It's those programs that really hammer the network, like a backup program trying to keep a tape at speed, that tend to fail. Here's something to consider as a *possible* cause for 519 (and other Ethernet) errors: We have several new G3 and G4 servers that connect directly to high-end switches via six-foot certified Cat 5e patch cables. When these computers boot, and the switch ports are set to auto-negotiate, both ends *always* come up full duplex. However, if a patch cable is briefly disconnected (or power is removed from the switch), the switch port comes back up at *half* duplex. A duplex mismatch can be invisible at low to moderate traffic loads on a given connection, but at high loads the connection breaks down with massive numbers of errors. Accordingly, on switch ports connected to servers we force the duplex setting to full (which probably has little or no throughput improvement over half duplex, because of limitations in the Mac OS). YMMV, Mark E. Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Beige G3 and 10/100
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, matt barkdull wrote: Beige G3 has 10/100... 9600 - maybe, probably not Neither has 10/100 built in. Just checked the Apple Spec database to be sure. This is a 300, but specs also show that the 366 only had 10BaseT. Correct. In any case, we run a number of Asante 10/100 PCI cards in beige G3 and earlier-vintage servers, and they communicate quite well with Asante switches using 100 Mbps full-duplex connections. If you are using an Asante card, download the latest driver package, which includes the "Asante ADLS for PCI" program. This will tell you at what speed and duplex setting the card is running, and let you match this to the corresponding switch port. Good luck, MI -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Beige G3 and 10/100
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Retrospect wrote: I had major problems with Retrospect Beige G3 with Asante NICs Asante drivers, even the latest ones. We too had some simultaneous Asante card "crashes" on several different flavors (and colors) of machines, only when they were connected to 7016 switches, but Asante sent us new ones (within the past couple of months) and the problem disappeared. ... my backup server was also a Beige G3 running on Asante. Same here - with never a 519 error. ... the Farallon NIC/driver was much more resistant to network errors than the Asante. Bottom line: Try Farallon but do get a packet sniffer. That may very well be the case, and it is definitely worth trying the Farallon card. Apropos of sniffers, we just ran a Fluke automtic tester yesterday, and found that two separate pairs of HP printers were claiming the same two (supposedly fixed) IP addresses, respectively. We still haven't had time to track down the MAC address of one of the offending HPs, and all printers continue to work - so what the hey g. Later, MI -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Retro.Startup Extension (Mac)
Retrospect Gurus: In patching some Retro.Startup Extensions so that Retrospect will function automatically behind the "BlackWatch" password-protected screen saver, I find that although Retrospect 4.2 is in use on every target machine, the Extension can vary anywhere from (and between) version 3.0Ai to 4.2. This is does not seem to affect Retrospect itself, but it does cause the patcher not to work in some instances. Since the program's automated backup scripts are stored in the System : Preferences : Retrospect : "Retro.Config (4.2)" file, is there any problem in removing the out-of-date Extension, and then allowing it to be rebuilt at the next launch of the program? Best regards, Mark E. Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
retrospect crash
can you help resolve a retrospect crash: Retrospect is version 4.3b1 on a Mac G4 running OS9. Client is Win98 with Retrospect client v5.1, I am running a backup server script. The error is: System clock seems to have changed, expected dd/mm/2000, hh:mm:ss dates times and statistics may be inaccurate. Internal consistency check failed: assertion check at "elem.c-811" Backup server stops with general error. This is now happening on TWO of my Win98 clients - I have to forget them in order to run my server. Thanks in anticipation Mark Witrylak Computer Support Team Ysgol Seicoleg School of Pyschology Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Adeilad Brigantia The Brigantia Building Ffordd Penrallt Penrallt Road (Off College Rd) Bangor Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2ASGwynedd LL57 2AS Cymru Wales ffon: 01248 388214Tel: 01248 388214 ffacs: 01248 382599Fax: 01248 382599 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: VXA
Does anyone have experience with the VXA autoPAK system? If so, how has it performed for you? Thank you for any feedback. :-) Sincerely, Robert Cooper MIS Director Renaissance TTP, Inc. Not exactly your answer, but Yes, I DO have an autopak. I'm TRYING to run it off an Apple Mac G4 (OS 9.0.4) but the G4 doesn't see the damn thing!! What server type are you (looking to) running it from? Mark Witrylak Computer Support Team Ysgol Seicoleg School of Pyschology Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Adeilad Brigantia The Brigantia Building Ffordd Penrallt Penrallt Road (Off College Rd) Bangor Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2ASGwynedd LL57 2AS Cymru Wales ffon: 01248 388214Tel: 01248 388214 ffacs: 01248 382599Fax: 01248 382599 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 4.3 and System 9.04 - Crashing all the time
Can you tell me if this is the Ultra SCSI2 (50 pin) card on you G4, and IF you remember, what the firmware revision was? And how you found out that it was the SCSI card? Please Mark It took me a couple tries, but my problem turned out to be an old version of the firmware for the SCSI card that I in there to run the tape drive. I upgraded the firmware and now it is 100% after many years of using retrospect blissfully, I'm at whit's end with the latest upgrade. It crashes every hour or so on my G4. Error type 2, Error type 11 and bus errors all the time. I'm running a very simple back up server script with a number of clients on the LAN. I've increase the RAM to over 150 meg without results. Am I the only one having trouble with this combination? -ROb Mark Witrylak Computer Support Team Ysgol Seicoleg School of Pyschology Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Adeilad Brigantia The Brigantia Building Ffordd Penrallt Penrallt Road (Off College Rd) Bangor Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2ASGwynedd LL57 2AS Cymru Wales ffon: 01248 388214Tel: 01248 388214 ffacs: 01248 382599Fax: 01248 382599 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
advice requested
Can anyone give me possible pitfalls in running an Adaptec Powerdomain Ultra wide scsi card (68 pin) in a new Apple Mac G4 with Retrospect v4.2 please. TIA Mark Witrylak Computer Support Team Ysgol Seicoleg School of Pyschology Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Adeilad Brigantia The Brigantia Building Ffordd Penrallt Penrallt Road (Off College Rd) Bangor Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2ASGwynedd LL57 2AS Cymru Wales ffon: 01248 388214Tel: 01248 388214 ffacs: 01248 382599Fax: 01248 382599 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Encryption?
Return Receipt YourEncryption? document: was Mark Maytum/Pompy received by: at: 06/17/2000 10:55:49 AM -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac CPU upgrades?
Jon Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not to get into a brand war (we use some Newer cards too), but we've had very good experiences with Sonnet cards. They tend to be less expensive than Newer's, not to mention the fact that they had Mac OS 9 support several months before Newer. We have had good luck with Sonnet cards also. My main home machine had a Sonnet card and it always worked well. That machine is now running my FileMaker Pro server without problems. -- Mark -- Mark Collien - Manager, Information Technology National Center on Education and the Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ncee.org/ 202-783-3668 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shuting Down NT Apps
Most apps (but not all I've found) respond to -q. So you can use the AT command scheduler (included in the NT Resource kit: Start MenuProgram FilesResource Kit 4.0ConfigurationCommand Scheduler) to make a command that specifies the path to filemaker and give it the -q command: c:\Program Files\FileMakerPro\fmp.exe -q I don't really know that FileMaker is called fmp.exe in Windows, but you get the idea. And some apps have their own wierd commands that are sort of non-standard that allow you to do all sorts of things from the command prompt. I dunno about FileMaker but I'd try just entering this in the command shell to see if it works. If it does, you can script it with the command scheduler. Another thing you could do is to set up FileMaker as a service. Use srvany.exe to do this. Again this is included in the NT Resource kit - there are some easy to follow instructions to do this in a read me included with it. The cool thing about this method is that you can have FileMaker start as a service and open up databases automatically at startup whether anyone logs in or not. And services can be scheduled to start and stop in the AT command scheduler using the NETSVC command which does work with everything: NETSVC yourservicename \\yourcomputer \stop We have Faircom running on NT and this is exactly how we back it up with retrospect. We stop the service, retrospect backs everything up around 2am. Then at 5am, we have an AT command run that restarts the server. And when the server restarts, Faircom loads as a service. Now whatever method you end up using to get fmp to stop, I can't stress how important it is to test a restore after you do a backup. I don't know what effect this would have on any open databases. HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Noah Eiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/16/00 10:35 PM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Shuting Down NT Apps Hello: I have FileMaker Pro "client" running on an NT server. The client hosts several databases that are always open. Does anyone know a way to script this app to close and re-open so Retrospect client can do its stuff? thanks -- Noah M. Eiger Manager of Information Systems Mother Jones Magazine / Foundation for National Progress [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-665-6637 x.204 http://www.motherjones.com -- -- 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: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences?
AFAIK, you are correct. All these guys are OEMing Sony's mechanism into their boxes. BTW, Seagate isn't making the Sidewinder200 anymore. The reason we went with Seagate's box is because we've had very good experiences with their tech support and service. And indeed they came through in this case too - I had an advance replacement the next day, no questions asked. I like that. :-) Let me just ask you, we're looking into getting an AIT, isn't it Sony that are doing all the technology stuff and other brands, like Seagate and LaCie put Sonys technology inside the box and their own name on the utside? / jakob -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems when asking for new tape.
Eric, We use MacAT ($20 shareware) to boot our ASIP servers every night after their backups (5am). In 6.2 you can write an applescript with a disconnect countdown and even a disconnect message (not that there's anyone to see it at 5am, it just makes me happy) - you have MacAT run the script and then restart (quitting all other applications) and viola! Happy restarted server every morning. I couldn't figure out to script this with 6.3 so I just have MacAT restart the thing without first shutting down the ASIP process. I'm still not sure I'm supposed to do it this way, but it seems to work... HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/04/00 05:27 PM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Problems when asking for new tape. I have Retrospect 4.2 running on a dedicated machine (Quadra 950, Mac OS 8.1, Travan tape). It backs up my AppleShare IP 6.2 server. When the tape fills up and Retrospect stops to ask for a new tape, problems are created on the server. Whichever volume was being backed up when the request is posted ends up having files that can't be found, can't be opened, or for which the owner is said to not have sufficient privileges. Rebooting the server corrects these problem (files can be found and are OK, etc.) Unfortunately, finding a convenient time to reboot my server every week is not easy. Any thoughts? Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences?
Funny you should mention this. Our Seagate AIT loader that has been chugging away for about a year just died. Found it ate a tape and I had to perform surgery to get the magazine out - force eject didn't work. FWIW, a guy a Seagate told me they've found that tapes wear pretty quickly in these things and that I should probably be replacing them more often than I am. We cycle four different magazines through this thing and I was just about to replace them when one got eaten. A production set of DAT tapes normally last us a year so I figured that AIT's would too. Guess I was wrong! :-) All in all though we've been pretty happy with it and Seagates support too. They're advance replacing me a new unit which sould be here today - I should note that I got the tape-eater working again but Seagate insisted on replacing it. It certainly is pretty cool just to slam a magazine in the thing and change it every monday morning - I can basically forget about it. The only thing I can think of that would be *cooler* is if Retrospect read those little chips on the AIT tapes. It can take several minutes for retrospect to query a new magazine because it actually has to read tape. hint, hint. Also, anybody have a solution for notification of failures? I've been toying with hacking up an applescript solution to my pager, but if someone's already done it... ;-) OK, that would be cooler still! HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation "ed hintz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/03/00 06:23 PM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences? Howdy, I'm running a system with about 100 cpus. To this point we've been using a single AIT2 drive, and doing a lot of tape changing to deal with backups. However, we're still growing and it seems the single drive solution is starting to show it's inadequacy for our needs. So, we're looking into solutions. We're currently running a Cybernetics library for our unix systems, under Arkeia (since there was no dantz solution-hint hint) ;-). For the most part we've been happy with it, but it does exhibit occasional quirks. We like the idea of a tape library, as it allows for full automation with less chances for user error. What I'd be very interested in hearing are any real world experiences with Retrospect and AIT tape libraries. Good or bad. Before we plunk down that kind of cash we'd like to make the decision as informed as possible. We're currently dealing with about 300+gigs total data(full backups take 3-4 weekends, with one AIT2 per weekend, nightly incrementals are around 6gigs), but expect that to grow rather quickly and want to leave some headroom. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Also, anybody have a solution for notification of failures? I've been toying with hacking up an applescript solution to my pager, but if someone's already done it... ;-) Thanks in advance folks... Regards, Ed Hintz Geek Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Since the list is quiet I'll throw this out there.
Jerry, We back up 3 appleshare and 2 NT servers with one of our Retrospect servers. Everything works flawlessly. Make sure you back up using the retrospect client and not by remotely mounting Applshare volumes (you don't backup the privileges with the latter). I (and many others on the list) have been bitten at one time or another by not paying close attention to proper termination, cabling of the backup device. It's also been recommended by others to put your backup device on its own SCSI bus. If I may make one suggestion: Just to give yourself peace of mind, it's a good thing to do a "test nuke". If you can, remove your working mirror disks from the server and them aside and grab a fresh HD and drop it in your server. Totally restore it from a retrospect backup, carefully following the instructions in Ch9 of the user's manual. If something goes horribly wrong, you can always drop your working mirror back in. Every couple of months we do "drills" on one of our test servers - we make one of our techs see how fast they can bring a server back from just a catalog and a tape. It really keeps the stress level to a minimum when we *really* have to do a restore. HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Hi I'm new to the list here and thought I'd ask a question that some of you here might have knowledge about. Quick synopsis of what's going on and what the plan is and ask for any advice. Feb 2000, Purchased 3 Mac AppleShare IP 6.3 Servers (G4/400), as well as a Micronet DataDock for each server with (2) 36Gig drives (mirrored). No backup solution was purchased as we ran out of money for it and it was planned as a test deployment. Apr 2000, Just purchased a (G4/450) Desktop a HP SureStor 718 Autoloader, and Retrospect Workgroup. What should I be aware of in the deployment of the Backup "server" is there any Red flags that I should avoid on the install of Retro Workgroup? If these questions have already been answered by a previous post please let me know which number and I'll look at that. Thanks Jerry A Rogers MIS Manager, Ignited Minds LLC Los Angeles, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backups via 802.11b
Andrew, Only issue we've had is that we don't see very good backup speeds over 802.11. Best we ever get is 30mb/min over TCP/IP. And this is under "ideal" conditions - only 1 laptop on the wireless segment, 20ft away from the basestation. But other than the speed issue, things work great. I've never had a backup fail or had any other problems. Our backup server is a 233 beige G3, AIT changer on a 100mbit switched port. Our iBooks and WaveLan enabled PC Mac laptops all connect to Lucent WavePoint base stations (so we're not exactly talking "apples to apples" here since we don't use Airport bases). Each WavePoint has its own 100mbit switched port on the same switch as the Retrospect server. I know, I know, it seems a waste of good bandwidth to plug a WavePoint into a 100mbit switched port but it just makes me *feel* better to have those things on their own segments! =) HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Andrew Philipoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/02/00 11:43 AM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Backups via 802.11b We are about to roll out wireless ethernet (AirPort) on all our PowerBooks via Lucent WaveLan PC cards and AirPort enabled G4 towers. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with AirPort in regards to how it interacts with Retrospect. We have been backing up these laptops via 10/100 without any problems. Any comments or feedback would be appreciated. Andrew Philipoff Computer Resource Specialist Magnetic Resonance Science Center University of California, San Francisco 415-476-1709 415-476-8809 fax 415-719-0067 pager -- -- 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]
