Re: Backing up NAS devices with Retrospect?

[Nicholas Froome]

>Is there anyway to backup devices like "Snap Servers" www.snapserver.com
>  or "MaxAttach" www.maxattach.com
>  NAS devices using Retrospect?

Yes - as mounted volumes

> These devices are
>basically smart hard drives and there is now way to install the Retro Client
>to them?

No

PS it works well...


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Re: Macintosh File

[Tom Miller]

I'm either on a different planet or not understanding this exchange. 
I have been using Retrospect 4.3 to backup 6 Macintosh Graphics 
Workstations to a 40GB ATA Drive on a B&W G3 since October 1st. The 
"Backup Set" file size for each machine is well in excess of 2GB (the 
primary Photoshop Scanning Station Mac's "Backup Set" file  is 14GB). 
I incrementally add to the Backup Sets each night and have done a few 
restores to cover inadvertently trashed files. While this method is 
supplemented with a VXA Tape Drive for off-site and archival copies, 
the speed and simplicity of backing up to and restoring from a large 
Hard Drive has been wonderful the past few months.






>The only way to do this is to format the entire volume as a removable
>cartridge. Retrospect will then fill it with separate 2 GB container files.
>You'll need formatting software other than Apple's Drive Setup. DANTZ DOES
>NOT RECOMMEND OR SUPPORT THIS WORKAROUND.
>
>Eric Ullman
>Dantz Development
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>  Try partitioning the drive into segments <2GB, and then define all of the
>>  partitions within Retrospect as members of the backup set. If my
>>  assumptions about the way Retrospect works are correct, then it will fill
>>  up each one in turn and the files will not get over the 2GB limit imposed
>>  by ASIP.
>>
>>  As I said, I haven't tried this, so it's really a guess. Does anyone see
>>  any reason why this wouldn't work?
>>
>>
>>
>>  "Dan O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/15/2000 10:29:21 AM
>>
>>  Please respond to "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>  To:   retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>  cc:(bcc: Ben Eastwood/HMG/Wilson Learning/US)
>>  Subject:  Re: Macintosh File
>>
>>  I waas under the impression that the 2GB file size was a limitation
>>  of the MacOS, and not ASIP alone. If so, you may have other problems.
>>  But you might try compressing it with Stuffit Deluxe, and dividing
>>  the resulting compressed file into parts. (Though if the 2GB limit is
>>  set by the OS then this probably won't work either.)
>>
>>  At 12:16 PM -0600 on 12/15/00, Donovan Brooke wrote:
>>>  Thanks Eric for your help.  I didn't think of looking towards ASIP as being
>>>  the problem, but it looks to be just that.  Realizing now that a 
>>>single file
>>>  can only be a max of 2 gigs, is there a procedure for spliting up 
>>>the file to
>>>  back up onto? Can retrospect jump to a new file when it has 
>>>reached 2 gigs or
>>>  can I designate another file to copy to when it reaches the 2 gig 
>>>limit???  -
>>>  Thanks,  - Donovan
>>>
>>>  Eric Ullman wrote:
>>>
  According to Apple's Tech Info Library article #15460, "AppleShare File
  Sharing: Chart of All Limitations," last modified 11/17/2000, ASIP 6.x
>>  still
  has a 2GB file size limit.


  
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Re: Macintosh File

[Eric Ullman]

Hi Tom,

It's actually the AppleShare IP server software that doesn't support files
larger than 2 GB, even with Mac OS 9.0.4 and a Mac OS Extended formatted
disk (HFS+). The workaround of formatting an ASIP volume as "removable" will
allow Retrospect to create 2 GB file backup sets until the volume is full.

Your 14 GB file backup set would not be allowed on an ASIP server.

HTH.

Eric Ullman
Dantz Development


Tom Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> I'm either on a different planet or not understanding this exchange.
> I have been using Retrospect 4.3 to backup 6 Macintosh Graphics
> Workstations to a 40GB ATA Drive on a B&W G3 since October 1st. The
> "Backup Set" file size for each machine is well in excess of 2GB (the
> primary Photoshop Scanning Station Mac's "Backup Set" file  is 14GB).
> I incrementally add to the Backup Sets each night and have done a few
> restores to cover inadvertently trashed files. While this method is
> supplemented with a VXA Tape Drive for off-site and archival copies,
> the speed and simplicity of backing up to and restoring from a large
> Hard Drive has been wonderful the past few months.



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