How to control Writing to any tape...
I have a SONY AIT+ Autoloader from LaCie, and am using Retrospect 4.2 to do network backups. Tonight, I have to switch Backup sets. Problem is there is an "erased" tape in the autoloader, as well as the "1-Backup" and "2-Backup" tapes that normally go with this Backup Set. I need Retrospect to do a recycle backup onto the 1-Backup tape and then proceed onto the 2-Backup tape, and leave the renamed erased tape alone for my offsite backup at the end of the week. In the past, I have found that if Retro stumbles across an erased tape (even one that has been renamed via the erase function) it will simply use that as a Backup Set media, rename it, and to hell with anything else. What is the priority of operations? Does "Writing to any tape that is erased or named 1-Backup" mean that Retro looks for erased tapes first, or does it seek named tapes first and resort to erased tapes if it can't find a named tape? Also, why does it treat erased tapes that have been named as simply blank tapes that it can assign to any backup set it wants? I specifically name the tapes so it will associate them with the proper backup set, but this doesn't seem to matter when Retro runs unattended and loops through my autoloader. Paul Fabris IS Manager Market Connections Inc. 25 Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto ON M2N 6S6 (416) 223-2250 x224 www.markcon.com -- -- 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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. I had major problems with Retrospect Beige G3 with Asante NICs Asante drivers, even the latest ones. One of the things that Asante tells you to do is to disable the following extensions if you are using their NICs: Apple Enet, DNS Plugin SLP Plugin. I did this on many of my client machines, and it helped. The main problem was that my backup server was also a Beige G3 running on Asante. This little fix didn't help much, and I continued getting all manner of 519s from all over the network. I finally wound up buying a Farallon NIC for my Server. All problems w/Retrospect disappeared. Even many problems I was having with ASIP 6.3 (random disconnects of clients) disappeared. Weeks later, I found the REAL problem was that a printer on the network was surreptitiously using DHCP to try and claim the same IP address as my ASIP/Retrospect server. Disabling this behavior made everything well again on my network, but it also pointed out that the Farallon NIC/driver was much more resistant to network errors than the Asante. Bottom line: Try Farallon but do get a packet sniffer. -- -- 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.
List Archives?
I've have horrible error 519 problems with 2 beige G3's now (REV. A) and I was wondering if there are any list archives that I could search for answers to what might be happening. Paul Fabris IS Manager Market Connections Inc. 25 Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto ON M2N 6S6 (416) 223-2250 x224 www.markcon.com -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: List Archives?
I was wondering if there are any list archives that I could search Never mind. Just saw the answer at the bottom of my own message. Please forgive the newbie! PF -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
