Re: Firewire VXA tape drive
2) Is the new drive now a native firewire implementation, or is it just the old drive with the adaptor inside the box instead of outside the box? First, there are NO native FireWire storage devices on the market. All current FireWire drives are using a bridge solution whether it is an ATAPI or SCSI bridge. Apple understands the need to support the current bridged USB and FireWire storage solutions for Mac OS X. The new FireWire Ecrix drive has the bridge built inside the case. Ecrix can offer the best information on hardware specifics. Ecrix have responded to a separate question with "The difference in the two firewire drives is mostly cosmetic". Thanks Irena for the helpful comments on all my questions. -- John Gee[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dunedin, New ZealandProgrammers live in interesting times... -- -- 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.
script advice
oops, wanted to post this again not under a wrong subheadding Hello retro, I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on a back-up script/system I've put together. I am backing up our ASIP server via mounted volumes on another host G4 computer to a Mac file on a USB 60 gig HD. Things are working great!!! I have two back-up set files that sum up to about 29 gigs (compressed). Daily back-ups affect the file size only minimally. ( did I express that I am very happy with this setup? :-) Anyway, I am about ready to throw a stick in the spokes of my system though. This small USB (buslink) back up drive is great. It can be unplugged and carried if needed. Here is my q: (finally) We bought a second USB (buslink) 60gig drive. Our Idea is to alternate the two drives every week. (similiar to changing tapes) We then would take the "off-drive" to an off-site location. (because of our xtreme paranoia) So, since I have a full backup on this first drive I need to know the best way to get the second drive going. My thinking was I could manually copy the back-up set files from #1 drive to #2 drive and then name the second drive the same as the first (after shutting off the first drive of course) Would retrospect recognize this as the same back-up set? If yes, in another week or so when its time to change back to the first drive, is there any problems relating to the scripts that would see the old info as a conflict? With tapes, Retro can ask you for the appropriate b/u tape. But I am not sure about alternat HD's If this is not going to work please offer alternitive routes using our goals and equipment. Thanks. - D -- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics
Re: Retrospect scripts and OS9
Tim, I'm not sure if I understand your question. Are you talking about a Retrospect script or an Applescript? Also what do you mean by clean up? Please explain. Chad Chelius I had a script modified to clean up the Retrospect Control Panel prefs on the client machines. I upgraded one of my users to an iMac running OS9 and tried to run the script and it will not run under OS9. how can I edit the script to run in OS9? Tim -- -- 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: 2gb limit?
At 19:34 2001-01-11 -0800, you wrote: I need to check to be sure, but I believe both are HFS +. The powerbook is running Retrospect, and backing itself up onto a firewire drive. -- The 2 gb limit is damn annoying but you have to get used to it. The limit is the mac os itself, not retrospect. Also, and this is important, the limit is only connected with making back-ups to another hd, if you move on to tapes there are no limits anymore. --- I belived I read in the datasheets for Mac OS Server X that the maximum file size is set to 2 terrabytes and if so that is another thing that would differ from the current OS. thanx, / jakob -- -- 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.
similar question about firewire/SCSI
In one of the messages, there was talk about firewire to SCSI bridges and how Retrospect supports them. Is this support for specifically made devices? The reason I ask is we just bought a new iMac and it gets less use overall than the current backup computer. I was considering purchasing a firewire to SCSI converter (Orange Micro makes one for $100) to run our Exabyte external tape drive. Would this configuration work? Is the converter going to slow things down even more than the current set up? (beige G3 tower, built-in SCSI). Thanks. Jeff Nichols, Ph.D. Rice University Biochemistry Department Office: Keck Hall Room 311 Phone: 713-348-2660 -- -- 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: 2gb limit?
At 19:34 2001-01-11 -0800, you wrote: I need to check to be sure, but I believe both are HFS +. The powerbook is running Retrospect, and backing itself up onto a firewire drive. -- The 2 gb limit is damn annoying but you have to get used to it. The limit is the mac os itself, not retrospect. Well, that's not entirely true -- the other night I captured 54 minutes of video at 340x240x16, and the resulting file is almost 15Gb in size, so files bigger than 2Gb are entirely possible. -- Glenn L. Austin Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/ -- -- 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: 2gb limit?
At 9:46 AM -0800 1/12/01, Glenn L. Austin wrote: At 19:34 2001-01-11 -0800, you wrote: I need to check to be sure, but I believe both are HFS +. The powerbook is running Retrospect, and backing itself up onto a firewire drive. -- The 2 gb limit is damn annoying but you have to get used to it. The limit is the mac os itself, not retrospect. Well, that's not entirely true -- the other night I captured 54 minutes of video at 340x240x16, and the resulting file is almost 15Gb in size, so files bigger than 2Gb are entirely possible. It depends entirely on what OS you're using. OS9 and higher supports file sizes larger than 2GB. 8.6 and lower do not. -- -- Julia Frizzellhttp://www.netspace.org/~glyneth [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.theblackroad.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 8458071 "Honor is what you know about yourself. Reputation is what others think about you." -- Aral Vorkosigan -- -- 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: 2gb limit?
Mac os 9 supported files over 2gb. To use retrospect you need version 4.3. I currently back up 40 mac clients and 10 pc clients to 60gb IDE drives using mac files. Some backup sets are 12gb apiece. We do massive selecting as all are software is installed by filewave. Each client averages about 100mb of data. Our servers are backed up using a separate machine to a DLT changer. shawn At 19:34 2001-01-11 -0800, you wrote: I need to check to be sure, but I believe both are HFS +. The powerbook is running Retrospect, and backing itself up onto a firewire drive. -- The 2 gb limit is damn annoying but you have to get used to it. The limit is the mac os itself, not retrospect. Well, that's not entirely true -- the other night I captured 54 minutes of video at 340x240x16, and the resulting file is almost 15Gb in size, so files bigger than 2Gb are entirely possible. -- Glenn L. Austin Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/ -- -- 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. -- Shawn Welter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Information Systems Technician Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Ph: 503-652-8815 x347 http://www.darkhorse.com/ Fax: 503-652-6917 -- -- 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 scripts and OS9
sorry to be ambiguous with this. I was referring to the Applescript, specifically the script that comes with the client to reset the prefs. (it is called Client Preferences Cleaner) I am far from an Applescript expert but I can't get the same script to run on an OS9 machine and an OS8.6 machine. Can that be done or will I need two different scripts? Tim "Chad S. Chelius" wrote: Tim, I'm not sure if I understand your question. Are you talking about a Retrospect script or an Applescript? Also what do you mean by clean up? Please explain. Chad Chelius I had a script modified to clean up the Retrospect Control Panel prefs on the client machines. I upgraded one of my users to an iMac running OS9 and tried to run the script and it will not run under OS9. how can I edit the script to run in OS9? Tim -- -- 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: 2gb limit?
dana, If you are not absolutley sure that the firewire drive is HFS+ I would double check it. (do a get info on the drive) look for Mac OS Extended. - D Shawn Welter wrote: Mac os 9 supported files over 2gb. To use retrospect you need version 4.3. I currently back up 40 mac clients and 10 pc clients to 60gb IDE drives using mac files. Some backup sets are 12gb apiece. We do massive selecting as all are software is installed by filewave. Each client averages about 100mb of data. Our servers are backed up using a separate machine to a DLT changer. shawn > > At 19:34 2001-01-11 -0800, you wrote: >>> I need to check to be sure, but I believe both are HFS +. >>> The powerbook is running Retrospect, and backing itself up >>> onto a firewire drive. >>> -- >> >> The 2 gb limit is damn annoying but you have to get used to it. The limit >> is the mac os itself, not retrospect. > >Well, that's not entirely true -- the other night I captured 54 minutes of >video at 340x240x16, and the resulting file is almost 15Gb in size, so files >bigger than 2Gb are entirely possible. > -- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics
Re: 2gb limit?
Virex, forgot all about that. Thank you, one and all. -- Dana Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seattle, Wa From: "Dan O'Donnell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:51:19 -0800 To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2gb limit? At 10:39 AM +1100 on 1/13/01, Malcolm McLeary wrote: I don't recall the exact error message but all my problems disappeared when I removed Virex 5.9.1 from the machine doing the backups (i.e. I had not installed Virex on the iBook). A later version may help or it may be a config issue ... I chose to simplify the config of my backup machine and dump Virex. Oops, I forgot about this one. This was a known problem with that version of Virex. It also affected AppleShare, causing network hangs on file transfers. The solution to this problem is to upgrade to Virex 6.x. The new control panel can be used without problem. Dan O'Donnell -- -- 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.
