RE: Force a backup

2000-08-04 Thread Craig Isaacs
How does one force a single file to get backed up that RS thinks is already backed up? One way: Launch Retrospect ImmediateBackup Select your source and destination volumes if they're not already selected Click Options Click More Choices Click Matching Uncheck "Match source volumes to

RE: choosing a tape drive

2000-08-04 Thread Richard E. Hassler
Here's how I personally chose which tape drive to go with: The way I figure, in order, the most important factors regarding the tape backup system are: 1. Reliability 2. Performance 3. Ease 4. Cost Some of these items will be in different order for other people but I think that reliability

RE: choosing a tape drive

2000-08-04 Thread Daniel Knight
I appreciate the thoughtful discussion of this topic. The way I figure, in order, the most important factors regarding the tape backup system are: 1. Reliability 2. Performance 3. Ease 4. Cost What about capacity? That said, I think such a listing oversimplifies the equation. What if Sony

NAV / Retrospect Upgrade conflict

2000-08-04 Thread Chris Freemesser
Hey all. Not sure if this is a known problem or not, but I tried doing a remote update on all of our Macs today. Those computers running Norton Anti-Virus's "auto-protect" extension crashed when the update tried to take place. I know that the manual says that a dialog box should come up to

Error 212 Contact Tech Support

2000-08-04 Thread Garret J. Cleversley
Gotta love that explanation. Well I know it says to contact tech support but what the heck. I got a error 212 (media erased)..long story short ... NOW WHAT?!!? hmmm. maybe I should call tech support... hey Matt ring ring ring It's a VXA drive- internal on a G3, Adaptec card and a whole

EIMS question and apology

2000-08-04 Thread sam edwards
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Summary: RE: Force a backup

2000-08-04 Thread Bob Durst
Yes, that works like a charm-thanks Craig. Looks like the cause of the original problem (of having a possibly corrupted file that RS thought was ok) had to do with SCSI voodoo. Changed the chain around (VXA now last) and things now appear to be much better. The additional symptom was that

Re: 4.1 to 4.3

2000-08-04 Thread Matthew Tevenan
Sam, There were some fixes introduced with 4.2A/4.3 that may make updating the clients worthwhile. Most important, though, is Retrospect's new License Manager system, which makes activator codes obsolete and will prevent future activator code conflicts--as long as you're installing only new 4.3

driver update too old??

2000-08-04 Thread sam edwards
Hi, I've just updated 4.1 to 4.3 on the app, and 4.2 rdu 1.9. Everytime I start up it tells me that the extension is too old?? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help, Sam -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL