RE: Retrospect 4.3 (Mac) Assertion Check?
Here's my 2c... I was running Retro 4.2 on an 8100 without problem. After I upgraded to Retro 4.3, I started getting asserts pretty frequently, complaining that the catalog was out of synch, IIRC. I replaced the RAM in the 8100 and the problem went away. Brad. -Original Message- From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:48 PM To: Irena Solomon Cc: retro-talk Subject: Re: Retrospect 4.3 (Mac) Assertion Check? On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Irena Solomon wrote: This particular assert we are currently tracking and believe it to be ASIP Memory Management-related. Most users who have seen this error report that after restarting the assert does not reproduce. Thanks for the quick reply, Irena. In our case, simply restarting the Retrospect application seemed to cure the problem - at least for now. In the instances where it was reproducible, we've found that disabling third-party server administration tools have been effective in addressing it. Such tools as Timbuktu? This is an OS 8.6/ASIP 6.2.2 7250 server that has run successive versions of Retrospect 4.x (and TB2 4.x and 5.x) for at least two years, and this is the very first time for this little problem to occur. However, it *seems* to be specific to Retro 4.3, and we may try a regression to Retro 4.2 if the behavior persists. Keep your fingers crossed g. 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. -- -- 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: Client IP changes
Adding by IP NAME is OK, too. I'd avoid adding clients by IP ADDRESS if at all possible. Brad. -Original Message- From: Irena Solomon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:18 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Client IP changes Hi John, If you let Retrospect find the client through multicast or subnet broadcast when you originally logged it in, you don't need to take any further action if the IP address changes. If you added it by direct IP address originally, you'll need to "forget" the client from the Client Database and then log it in again. Regards, Irena Solomon Dantz Technical Support 925.253.3050 Try our new Searchable Knowledgebase at: http://partners.dantz.com:591/faq/ --- From: "Welch, John C." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:37:47 -0500 To: Retrospect List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Client IP changes On the Mac client, if you change the IP address of the machine, do you need to reinstall the client? john -- -- 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. -- -- 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: Faster catalog matching (was RE: Anyone used Retrospect onme dium-large systems?)
Does the solution have "RISC" as part of it? ;-) Brad. -Original Message- From: Craig Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:23 PM To: retro-talk Subject: Faster catalog matching (was RE: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems?) - with a lot of computers, the Retrospect catalog files can become large, and doing the comparisons between catalog and the current client filesystem structure prior to backing up each client can take a long time. We are working diligently on this issue. It will be faster in the next release (scheduled for this year). Craig -- -- 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. -- -- 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: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems?
Well, that's not *entirely* true. Retrospect scales with some difficulty, though I'm learning to work around some of its shortcomings, and ranting about some others. I have about 1000 clients, currently being backed up by 3 Macs. I am converting the 3 Mac servers into 4 NT servers, not because I need 4 NTs to do the work of 3 Macs, but because the 3 Macs weren't enough to begin with. It may be the case that 4 NT servers won't be enough, since the snapshot phase is so time-consuming. We'll see. My clients are (were, actually) installed by a bunch of desktop technicians that sometimes can't type a password correctly to save their lives, so adding clients to the server can be challenging sometimes... Also, some of the clients are upgrades of the 1.1 client, upgraded to 5.0 or 5.1. Others are fresh installs of 5.0 or 5.1x or 5.15. Dantz provides no method (or at least no documented and supported method) of either uninstalling existing clients or installing new clients in a non-interactive fashion. Dantz' area of the registry is an admin's nightmare. Dantz has piled all of the client's configuration settings into one registry value called "Config", which is in Hex to boot. I've not worked around this, nor will I be able to without some really difficult work. When installing Retrospect client on a workstation, the installer grabs the current computername, and works that into the "Config" value in Dantz' area of the registry. This means that when a workstation is renamed, the Retrospect client does not get renamed similarly, so the computername and client name are out-of-sync. This is a serious problem when a restore for a computer is requested by COMPUTERNAME, but the backup is being performed under a different CLIENT NAME! So, for starters, here is a short, incomplete list of things I'd like Dantz to fix (yes, I mean fix): 1. Document and support silent installs of the Retrospect client. For those of you who are interested, I documented my approach to silent non-interactive installs on 11/15/00, posting to this forum. I've learned some more since then, so if you have questions, feel free to email me, or post if the interest warrants. 2. Break out the "Config" value in the registry so that admins can configure (via registry imports of .REG files) the Retrospect clients. I'd like to ensure that backups get highest priority. I'd like to ensure users get notified after backups or after seven days of no backups, etc. Via some quick testing, I've determined that byte 29 describes the state of the "x days of no backup" notification. The value of "x" is located at byte 33. Furthermore, buried in that same value "Config" is the client name, the access password (encrypted), etc. Not very useful to admins. 3. "Genericize" the clients Please stop "personalizing" the clients with the computername, etc. Licensing is enforced at the server now. The client no longer needs personalized with a serial number, license number, computername, or anything else. Thanks for listening to yet another rant, Lee. ;-) Brad. -Original Message- From: Jon Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 6:14 PM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems? on 12/30/2000 3:25 PM, "ian" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So... the question is, since I am planning to look at the market for backup software for bigger systems, would it be reasonable for me to include Retrospect in the candidate list? Is anyone on the list backing up systems on this scale? Hell yes. Retro is just as easy to use on a small network as a large one. You just need to scale your hardware appropriately. In other words, don't backup a 100 person network to a cd-r using a 66mhz 486 and localtalk. :-) -jon -- -- 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. -- -- 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: Catalog 0ut of sync on NT server
Here's a message I posted on 11/9/00... Upon re-reading what I wrote, I'd like to amend #2 by stating that the server in question was a DL580, not a DL380. Anyway, try a different SCSI adapter, rather than using Compaq's built-in SCSI adapter. --- begin old message - Just FYI. Just a couple notes for the list (and Dantz). 1. Attaching a Compaq DLT tape library to a Compaq ProLiant 6500 server's built-in SCSI adapter doesn't work with BackupExec. I haven't tried it with Retrospect, but would expect similar results. BackupExec couldn't talk reliably talk to the library. 2. Attaching a Compaq AIT tape library (SSL-2020) to the built-in SCSI adapter of a Compaq DL380 server doesn't work, either. Retrospect cannot talk reliably to the library. It almost works. Backups may occur, but the Devices window simply behaves oddly, and Retrospect has trouble erasing tapes, or find tapes to erase or use. Solutions in both cases was to install an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter and connect the library to the Adaptec. Dantz may wish to stick this information in some tech DB or something. I'd probably recommend that admins with Compaq servers be wary of the built-in SCSI adapters of Compaq servers, or at least test them thoroughly before relying on them... -Original Message- From: Rob Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:07 PM To: 'Retro-talk' Subject: Catalog 0ut of sync on NT server I have a Compaq DL380 server with a separate disk array attached via two (long) SCSI3 cables. 1GB RAM plenty of HD space. Server has 35/70 DLT drive internal Symptoms: scripted backup of two volumes (C D drives). scans C drive, backs it up ( 200MB/min typical), verifies backup, commences backup of D, stops before writing anything to tape and complains 'catalog out of sync with backup set'. Reports watcher says its an error -106 'data overwrite attempt', but the Dantz site doesn't list error -106. all attempts at recatalog fail - no errors reported - it just sits at 0K found - as if it cannot see anything on the tape. DLT drive has been replaced, without any change in the symptoms. further symptoms: 1. when tape is ejected and re-inserted (Retrospect still running) it does not see the tape in 'configure/devices', even after refreshing the scan (the drive is visible, though). Quiting Retrospect and relaunching it results in tape becoming visible. 2. rescripted the backup to do the 'my computer' container, without compare, and ran it. it resolved the container into two volumes, and backed up ~100MB before Blue Screen. Event log complained of 'dirty heads' (though the 'clean heads' light on the drive was not lit). Cleaned the heads tried again. Successful backup. Then tried a normal backup with compare. It did the C drive ( verified), but complained 'catalog out of sync' when it tried to write D drive data to tape. Recatalog fails - as it sits 'building catalog' 'Completed 0 files zero KB' until I stop it ASPI is installed. I suspect hardware issues but NT backup works(!) Any ideas on what to try next would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Rob Davies TSG-SSO COMPAQ (Technical Services Group - Server Support Operations) desk phone # 61+ (2) 9342 7997; fax # 61+ (2) 9342 7566 available between 7:30am 4pm weekdays Server belongs to Cable Wireless Optus -- -- 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: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems?
Suppose the first client of the night meets the threshold value, so Backup Server starts a backup. 30 seconds into the backup, the client's CPU-sucking OpenGL screen saver and a virus scan both kick in. Now, all your other clients are piled up behind this (now slow) client. It's not perfect, but I do set a threshold value of 500 (which is 30 MB/min). And I still have run into cases where a client has dragged the backups to a near halt. Brad. -Original Message- From: Mike L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:07 AM To: retro-talk Subject: RE: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems? In regards to: One bad apple can spoil the bunch; that is, if you have one client that works slowly, it can hold up the process for everything else, because Retrospect can't back up clients in parallel (that's on my wishlist). You can actually do this if you're using a Backup Server script. In the options of the script, you can set a "speed threshold" for the client executions. This will allow you to specify the minimum copy rate of a client before it stops and moves on to the next client. ML -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven Karel Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:52 PM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems? We back up about 200 clients, half Mac, half Windows, including about a dozen laptops. We have less data turnover than you do, however, and only back up each client about once a week. In no particular order, here are my comments on backing up medium-size networks with Retrospect vis-a-vis other software i've used (haven't tried arcserve, but it looked awful when I was evaluating packages) - Retrospect is much better than other solutions in terms of conserving amount of tape used. - restoring with Retrospect is smoother than other solutions. - One bad apple can spoil the bunch; that is, if you have one client that works slowly, it can hold up the process for everything else, because Retrospect can't back up clients in parallel (that's on my wishlist). - with a lot of computers, the Retrospect catalog files can become large, and doing the comparisons between catalog and the current client filesystem structure prior to backing up each client can take a long time. - you won't have this problem with your tape library, but I find that the fact that Retrospect stops when it runs out of tape (we have a single DLT drive) annoying; other solutions (like AMANDA) use "holding-disk" to allow the backup to continue, then finish taping later (also on my wishlist) Finally, I'd second the previous comments about figuring out a good strategy early on; you don't say what your network bandwidth is like, but that'd be an important component in choosing a strategy. steven On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, ian wrote: I am also responsible for my company's IT environment. We use ArcServe for the backup software - the server running on a Windows NT server, a Dell PowerVault twin-drive 30-tape library and the ArcServe agent running on each of a dozen or so NT servers. I don't find ArcServe particularly usable or flexible, so I am thinking of looking at alternatives. I would also like to (although we don't do this now) have an arrangement to back up the laptop users (about 30 or so) who tend to store a lot of data on local machines. Data volumes are around 250 GB for personal data and another 35 GB or so for Notes databases. Due to the way Notes mail works, a fair proportion of that 35 GB turns over each day. So... the question is, since I am planning to look at the market for backup software for bigger systems, would it be reasonable for me to include Retrospect in the candidate list? Is anyone on the list backing up systems on this scale? -- Steven Karel, Ph.D. Biology Department, Brandeis Univ, MS 008 415 South St Waltham MA 02454-9110 TEL 781 736 3104 FAX 781 736 3107 -- -- 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. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- -- 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. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:
RE: uplinking slowdown
It could be half-duplex vs full-duplex on the 100Mb connections. If one switch port is trying to talk at full-duplex, but the other side of the connection (other switch's port) is trying to talk half-duplex, then performance drops dramatically. If the switches are configurable (managed), ensure that both switches are half-duplex, or both switches are full-duplex. We've run into this here, but it's been between workstations and switches, not inter-switch. Hope this helps. Brad. -Original Message- From: jakob krabbe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 1:34 AM To: retro-talk Subject: uplinking slowdown How much speed is wasted when uplinking 100MBit swiches? He have just expended and the back-up used to be something like 70 MB / min and now it's down to less than 40 MB / min! [backup switch] - [main switch] - [basement switch] The arrows indicates the uplink. Backup switch is an Asante, the main is a D-Link and the basement switch is an Intelswitch. This post is more a network issue rather than Retrospect but I don't know where to turn and I know there are many networking geeks on this list! :-) thanx, / jakob -- -- 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. -- -- 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: Daily Problems with out of Sync Error messages...
I see this on Retrospect 5.15 with a Compaq server and a Compaq AIT loader using the built-in SCSI port. I do not see this on Retrospect 5.15 with a Compaq server and a Compaq AIT loader using an Adaptec 2940UW. Check your SCSI bus for errors (controller, cable, and device). Brad. -Original Message- From: David Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 9:23 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Daily Problems with out of Sync Error messages... I've seen this when the volume containing the catalogs is almost full and the save after the backup is completed fails. Also if the directory of this volume is corrupted. -- -- 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. -- -- 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.
Silent Installation of Retrospect Client 5.15
Hi, All! Well, I did some digging. It IS possible to install (or uninstall) Retrospect Client 5.15 silently. 1. Using WinZip (or similar), extract the files contained in "CLIENT SETUP.EXE" to a folder. In this folder will be 10 files, one of them will be "SETUP.EXE". 2. In your C:\WINNT folder, delete the file SETUP.ISS (or just rename it if you want). 3. Run "SETUP.EXE -R" from the folder created in #1. The "-R" tells setup to record the installation options you select during the install. 4. Complete the installation (or removal). 5. The installer has created a file called SETUP.ISS in your C:\WINNT folder. Copy that to the source files folder created in #1. What I did: UNINSTALLATION Uninstalled Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to REMOVE.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT INSTALLATION WITH REBOOT Installed Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to REBOOT.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT INSTALLATION WITHOUT REBOOT Installed Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to NOREBOOT.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT Started Retrospect Client service (NET START "RETROSPECT CLIENT") In my logon scripts I: 1. Copy the source files folder to the user's workstation 2. Copy REMOVE.ISS to SETUP.ISS 3. Run SETUP -S for silent installation (removal in this case) 4. Copy NOREBOOT.ISS to SETUP.ISS 5. Run SETUP -S (installation this time) 6. Start the service (NET START "Retrospect Client") Now I can perform new installs, upgrades, or removals from logon scripts. Hope this helps y'all out. Now, if Dantz would just make the client installations generic (meaning don't copy the workstation name into the CONFIG value in the registry), and break out that CONFIG data into multiple readable registry values and data, I'd be happy as a clam. Brad Thone -- -- 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.
Compaq SCSI Adapters and Compaq Tape Devices
Just FYI. Just a couple notes for the list (and Dantz). 1. Attaching a Compaq DLT tape library to a Compaq ProLiant 6500 server's built-in SCSI adapter doesn't work with BackupExec. I haven't tried it with Retrospect, but would expect similar results. BackupExec couldn't talk reliably talk to the library. 2. Attaching a Compaq AIT tape library (SSL-2020) to the built-in SCSI adapter of a Compaq DL380 server doesn't work, either. Retrospect cannot talk reliably to the library. It almost works. Backups may occur, but the Devices window simply behaves oddly, and Retrospect has trouble erasing tapes, or find tapes to erase or use. Solutions in both cases was to install an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter and connect the library to the Adaptec. Dantz may wish to stick this information in some tech DB or something. I'd probably recommend that admins with Compaq servers be wary of the built-in SCSI adapters of Compaq servers, or at least test them thoroughly before relying on them... Brad. -- -- 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: tape capacity
"Native" is the actual amount of data that the tape can theoretically store, before compression. A 12.0 Gig file should fit on a 12.0 Gig capacity tape. Suppose you are able to take a 16.0 Gig file and compress it down (using PKZIP or whatever) to 12.0 Gigs. Now that 16.0 Gig file can fit on the 12.0 Gig tape. Usually, the tape drive has built-in compression. In this case, the tape drive may receive 16 Gigs of data from the server during a backup, but the tape drive compresses the data just before it writes it to tape. The compressed data uses less tape space, and more data can fit on the tape. Often, you'll see tape drive and tape media capacities quoted as double their native capacities. They are assuming that the data being written to tape is well-compressible (after compression the data is 1/2 its original size). In the instance of DDS3, it often is stated that it is a 24 Gig drive, when in fact, it is a 12 Gig drive with a potential of storing up to 24 Gigs after the data is compressed (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio). Hope this helps. Brad. -Original Message- From: matt holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tape capacity Hello, I'm new to this list and subscribed because I have a question I hope one of you will be able to answer for me. I'm using Retrospect 4.2 for Mac, backing up a total of three Mac Servers to an APS DAT drive. The tapes I use are Sony DDS3 125P which state a Native (I'm not sure what Native means) capacity of 12.0 GB. After looking at the log of how much data is being backed up, it added up to 14.3 GB. How can this be? It seems that the tape shouldn't be able to handle it but I receive no errors. Any explanations? Suggestions? thank you, -matt -- -- 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. -- -- 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.
Windows Client Update (was Mac Client Uptdate - for Irena)
Is a reboot *really* necessary? Or, can the service be stopped and restarted for full effect? On initial installs, simply starting the newly installed service works... Brad. The guy who likes to automate and/or use the CLI for just about everything. "The admin with the flattest butt wins." -Original Message- From: Matt Barkdull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:54 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Mac Client Uptdate - for Irena So, Dantz, it would be nice to put the Mac Client Update software in a "Macintosh Manual Reboot" folder, rather then just "Macintosh". Essentially it would have avoided us having this discussion, and therefore be more efficient. Cheers, Ben Not to put this bluntly, but it is in the manual. Page 91 in mine, plus in the supplement document that came with the Retrospect client upgrade. Also a readme file on the CD for clients that states, all updated computers must be reboot. Windows clients can be rebooted by selecting the Automatic Restart client for Windows. Which, BTW - Does not always work. The auto restart worked on about 1 in 3 of the computers around here. -- -- 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. -- -- 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: Mac Client Uptdate
Ideally, I'd like to know what files get updated, where the files go, and any changes made to the registry. That way, I could update their client software (by copying files and importing registry keys) when the user logs into my NT domain. Then, I just stop and restart the Retrospect Client service and voila! Or, I'd like a silent (minimized is OK) and unattended (user has no control) installer/updater. These ways, I don't tie up a server, trying to update workstations that may or may not: Be Powered On Be On the Network Even Exist This is how I'm keeping McAfee VirusScan virus signatures AND software up-to-date on my NT workstations. I test for the existence of some things. If they're not there, then I do a complete unattended and silent install of VirusScan, import registry entries to config the installation, and apply a superdat (engine update and DAT update). All this is done silently, via my logon script, while the user is logging on to the domain. Hint, hint, hint. Brad. -Original Message- From: Wade Masshardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:24 PM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Mac Client Uptdate At 10:13 -0700 10/18/00, Irena Solomon wrote: Hi Ben, Yes, Mac clients must be restarted for the updated client software to load and run. Unless I'm wrong, the Windows clients will restart the client computer immediately after they are updated, whereas the Macintosh clients require a manual restart. For fun and games, do a mass update of all your Windows clients during the middle of the day, when the users are logged on working. Laugh yourself silly behind the locked door bulletproof glass of your system's room. -- +--+--+ |Wade Masshardt| The Wisconsin Alumni Association | | Tech Support Coordinator | 1-888-WIS-ALUM (1-888-947-2586) | | 608-265-8766 | http://uwalumni.com/ | +--+--+ | mailto:[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. -- -- 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: IP numbers on clients
Retrospect has an option to export a report after each backup job. After each night's backup jobs, Retrospect exports the backup report to tab-delimited files. The IP addresses of the clients are in the report, in one of the last columns. Each morning, I've got a scheduled batch file (on NT) that FTPs the reports from the Mac Retrospect servers (I run NetPresenz on the Retrospect servers) and appends them to a growing report. When asked to restore a machine, I use a simple "find" command in a batch file to search the big report file and pop up in a text file the matches. This makes it really easy to determine when a machine was last backed up, and which tapes to retrieve from off-site storage. Brad. -Original Message- From: Todd Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:18 PM To: retro-talk Subject: IP numbers on clients I'm wondering if there's a way to see what IP # the client is using from within Retrospect? It would be a useful administration tool, and save me running around physically to make a subnet map. If there is no way currently, I'd like to make a feature request that the IP# be shown in the network window for logged-in clients. Todd Reed -- Infoasis --- 534 4th St., Ste. 2 --- San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 459-7991 --- FAX: (415) 459-7992 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://www.infoasis.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: Encryption?
One additional note: Encryption and compression both take time and each takes more time as the amount of encryption or compression increases. So, backup performance will suffer if you choose to encrypting and/or compress your backups. How much will depend on CPU speed(s), since both processes are CPU-intensive. Brad. -Original Message- From: Craig Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 9:20 AM To: retro-talk Subject: RE: Encryption? Is it possible to encrypt/password protect the content on the backup media? I know that you can encrypt/password protect the network transfer from the clients to the server but what about the contents of the media? When you create a new backup set, you can set encryption. Click on the Secure button. Note that if your tape drive has hardware compression and you want to encrypt your backup set, the hardware compression will be disabled (encrypted data cannot be compressed). Software compression, however, can be used: first Retrospect compresses and then encrypts the data. HTH. Craig -- -- 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: Changing IP address
To the best of my knowledge, the ONLY time you have to worry about IP addresses is if and only if you used the machines' ip addresses to add them to the retrospect client database. If you added machines to the database by IP NAME or using Retrospect's client browser, then you're OK. Incidentally, I occasionally run into an issue where a client's IP address changed (in DHCP and WINS), but the DNS server doesn't know about it yet. There's a time lag from a client IP address changing and the DNS server getting updated. So, when I click on a database entry for MACHINE-A, sometimes MACHINE-B comes up... Brad. -Original Message- From: Church Initiative WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:02 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Changing IP address My company is currently using manually assigned IP addresses, but is changing to use a DHCP server for dynamic IP addressing. Is there anything that I need to be concerned about with respect to Retrospect? In other words, does changing a clients IP address effect the backup process? What are your suggestions? Thanks, Stiles Watson Director of Information Services The Church Initiative, Inc. www.divorcecare.org www.griefshare.org _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- -- 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: Windows 95 Client
Yup. If the machine has a dial-up adapter listed (or remote access services) in the networking control panel, it apparently is the case that the Retrospect install chooses not to bind itself to the proper NIC. Solution: Uninstall Retrospect. Uninstall the offending networking piece. Install Retrospect. Install the offending networking piece. That should do it. Brad. -Original Message- From: Church Initiative WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:24 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Windows 95 Client After I installed the suggest Win95 networking "fix" all of the TCP/IP information was wiped out so I set everything backup and even reinstalled the Retrospect Client software. However, when I boot the PC and access the Retrospect Control panel, the Status says that the client could not load on startup. I have looked at the manual and the only thing I can think to do is to try and reinstall TCP/IP from the Win95 CD. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks, Stiles Watson Director of Information Services The Church Initiative, Inc. www.divorcecare.org www.griefshare.org _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html -- -- 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: Retrospect and Microsoft Exchange
You're gonna have to stop the Exchange services, I'm certain. But, like anything, if you did perform a "cold" backup of Exchange/SQL/Oracle/etc, you would be able to back it up successfully. Mind you, I have not done this, since BackupExec lets me do a "hot" backup of Exchange and SQL. Brad. -Original Message- From: Aaron Golub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 12:09 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Retrospect and Microsoft Exchange Has anyone used Retroscpect to back up the mail store on a Microsoft Exchange 5.5 server? How does it handle this? Does the backup actually work? Can you recover email from the backed-up mail store? Feel free to email me directly if this has already been covered on the list. Aaron -- -- 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: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC
I hope Retro will be able to tell a CLIENT to do something (like run a batch file). That would be REALLY helpful if I could turn off virus software to speed the client up... Brad. -Original Message- From: Craig Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 9:33 PM To: retro-talk Subject: RE: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC "Very soon now" Retrospect will be able to do an action before a volume is backed up and then another action after the volume is backed up. You could use that feature to stop a database, do the backup, and then start the database back up. Craig (Of course, this list will be the first to hear about new product announcements. This isn't one -- yet.) -- -- 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: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC
It's ALL good. Give us everything. ;-) Brad. -Original Message- From: Craig Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 3:04 PM To: retro-talk Subject: RE: Backing up FileMaker Pro 5 on a PC I hope Retro will be able to tell a CLIENT to do something (like run a batch file). That would be REALLY helpful if I could turn off virus software to speed the client up... ... or tell a client to exit Outlook 2000 (since the other versions will back up cleanly)... That would be good, wouldn't it? :-) Stay tuned. Craig -- -- 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: DLT 7000 and Retrospect
I can assure you it works (or should). I've got 3 BW G3-450s running Retro 4.2 with the ADK (1.6? 1.7?) that supports HP's DLT Library (autoloader). The libraries are attached to Adaptec PCI (duh!) PowerDomain 2940UWs. It works flawlessly, and has for about 8 months so far. I hav had a LOT of problems with the DLT libraries, however. And the problems ARE the libraries. I can't recommend getting the C5173L (I think that's the model number). Anyway, if I can keep the DLTs working, the whole thing works perfectly. Brad. -Original Message- From: Andy Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 11:04 PM To: retro-talk Subject: DLT 7000 and Retrospect Hi everyone. We're trying to get a couple of DLT7000 drives to work on a few of our servers (BW G3 with OrangeMicro SCSI Cards, BW G3 with Adaptec SCSI ards, PowerMac WGS with Built-in SCSI to name a couple) but cannot get the DLT drives to consistently work through a backup. Sometimes we'll get part way through, other times they'll get most of the way, but they seem to suffer some kind of hardware reset - similar to hen you power on the drive - and Retrospect either hangs or crashes out. The failure seems to come on regardless of whether or not we're backing up local or remote volumes - it seems random. Can anyone tell me: a) If the DLT 7000 is supported by Dantz - with the ADK if necessary b) If there are any known conflicts with either DLT drives or SCSI cards c) If anyone is actually using DLT7000s with Retrospect. d) How to make this work :) Hope someone can help - we're being forced to move away from exabyte drives and need the capacity of DLTs. Cheers! Andy. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: DLT 7000 and Retrospect
Oops. Make that 2930UWs. Brad. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Solstice
I'll second that emotion. It is darn near a *daily* battle to keep my BackupExec backups running on my NT servers. From BackupExec hanging to it not liking the tapes I just erased for the night's round of backups, it's a pain. Retrospect is a little better. I created the scripts a long time ago. I erase the tapes each day before the night's backup. The servers (BW G3-450's) have run without a restart for weeks and months. I rebooted them last week just because it's a good idea. Retrospect requires no hand-holding. Just plug and go play. Brad. -Original Message- From: Welch, John C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:52 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Solstice That's what I was talking about perfectly. We use legato for our Unix backups, but it just blew on windows and the Macs. The unique thing about Dantz, is that a lot of the folks their view *restoring* as Retrospect's biggest priority. This makes sense, as if the restores are untenable, or unreliable, what good is backing up? So a lot of the 'lack' of features in Retrospect are due to this focus on restoration. Considering the garbage that restoring requires with other products, I think Dantz has the right idea. john From: Pam Lefkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 19:58:22 -0600 To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Solstice the best way is to do a test with a test Mac running the legato client. Do a *complete* full backup, then wipe the drive and see how long it takes to restore it. I'm willing to bet that any glaring weaknesses in Legato will pop up wicked fast john It isn't the speed at which the restore on the client is performed but, instead, the accuracy with which it is done. When you do the Legato equivalent of a "restore entire disk", will Legato put everything back in its rightful place and leave the client as if nothing had happened? Will the restore leave the user feeling like she's sitting down at her machine and can start working right away or will she feel that she has to first install and configure everything before being able to work? I'd be willing to sacrifice some speed so long as accuracy and security and reliability are there. I've not used Legato so I can't speak to what its detailed functions are, but another good test would be to put a Legato client on a portable and then remove the portable from the network for a day or two. See how well Legato handles the portable's unattended backup **without user or administrative intervention** as it reattaches to the network the next day. Hope this helps, Pam -- -- 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: VXA drives
I've got all the individual posts dating back to 6/23/99. Brad. -Original Message- From: Gene Kubicki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 4:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VXA drives I bought a VXA drive from Ecrix 2 days ago, very easy to set up with Retrospect, very fast at backup. I replaced an overburdened DDS-3. However, if for whatever reason Retrospect crashes during a backup it can take as long as 12 hours to remove the tape from the drive in order to start the backup again. In talking with tech support (very available) they said it should not take this long? The drive is apparently trying to find the beginning of the tape. Verry frustrating. Also if anyone has the digests for last year in a searchable format (digest viewer) please let me know as I am new to the list. -- -- 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]
