Re: Retro Server 5 on NT 4

2001-01-25 Thread Malcolm McLeary
Hi Mary Ann, on 25/1/01 12:47 PM, Mary Ann Zhang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to reinstall NT4 server on a backup server and then reinstall Retrospect Server v5. I have some concerns about the existing retro config and scripts being retained and the 100 or so clients still being

Re: copying sets

2001-01-25 Thread David Chokwenda
Hi, Any one any suggestions on this? I am running the backup server script and using a scsi dat tape, rotating between four. Is there a way of copying the contents of the storage set from one tape to another so that I do not have to repeat the procedure 4 times? regards David ---

New Apple SuperDrive Support

2001-01-25 Thread Parthenon West
Hi, I am new to the list, but am a longtime retrospect user, having worked on it for hundreds of hours over the last 6 years. Apple is now installing the Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD recorder in it's machines. I've read a lot of articles about the drive, but NO ONE mentions burning computer data on

Re: New Apple SuperDrive Support

2001-01-25 Thread Steve Axthelm
At 11:53 -0500 1/25/01, Parthenon West wrote: Apple is now installing the Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD recorder in it's machines. I've read a lot of articles about the drive, but NO ONE mentions burning computer data on it, just music and movies! I don't know how this affects data writing/reading, but

Re: Retro Server 5 on NT 4

2001-01-25 Thread David Ross
I know on macs that rebuilding a catalog from scratch is a long process for one tape. Much less more than one. I know that this sounds like the long way, but isn't it possible to start from ground zero? I mean that if I start with a clean install of NT 4.0, then install Retrospect, then have

Re: Purchasing a new system

2001-01-25 Thread Michael Lapham
Yet another thought about backups. Currently we have a dedicated NT server with 280 GB of cheap IDE drives inside. Multiple times, in a day, it duplicates the changes from critical servers (two remotely). The changes are usually no more than 300 MB per execution. The duplication serves several

RE: Purchasing a new system

2001-01-25 Thread Stephen Jones
DLT has not addressed that issue. Since linear pulls the tape across the heads at a faster rate (150 inches per second vs helical scan's .5"/second), it requires streaming -- otherwise you end up "shoe-shining". This reposition is very intense on the heads/tape of a linear drive. This applies

Re: copying sets

2001-01-25 Thread Irena Solomon
Hi David, I assume you're talking about having four backup sets in total, right? Retrospect does has the ability to do a Backup Set transfer, but you must have two tape drives available to do this. It won't be much speedier than running a backup though, as it will still need to copy and verify.