Re: Ecrix VXA 33/66 tapes with Retrospect
At 18:48 +0800 3/1/01, Rob Findlay wrote: Hi Backup People, I have set up one of my clients with an Ecrix VXA tape drive using the above media. It was my understanding that with the hardware compression built into the drive turned on I would get the full 66 Gig capacity. My client has just rung me to say that Retrospect is requesting a new tape a quick inspection (over the phone via my client) of the original tape in the scheduled backup set revealed that it has used 33 Gig. I will have to go investigate this but could someone who knows please tell me if I need to have software compression turned on to get 66 Gig out of the tape or is there something else making Retrospect ask for another tape. For maximum capacity... 1. make sure VXA drive has the latest firmware 2. make sure VXA drive has hardware compression turned on 3. make sure VXA drive favors capacity over speed There are 2 settings, when configuring the VXA drive, that that affect tape capacity... capacity [ device] [capacity] [y or n] set_compression [ device] [set_compression] [y or n] I believe that the factory defaults are: set_compression y capacity n At 11:42 -0600 3/1/01, Douglas K Wyman wrote: Streaming tape drives (virtually all modern drives including Exabyte, DDS-DAT, AIT, VXA, DLT, LTO etc) have a real-time requirement for data flow. If the backups system is not able to keep the tape drive buffer above its low water mark, the drive will start writing extended record gaps (tape with no user data; the lexicon and semantics vary from vendor to vendor) in order to avoid stopping the tape motion while waiting for data. Obviously this consumes more tape than if all data records were written contiguously without record gaps. Doug, My understanding is that the VXA drive does packet writes and has a variable speed writing mechanism and thus has much less of a problem with inter-record gaps (gaps of about 100k per pause with capacity turned on with about a 10% loss in speed) (I'll Bcc: Ecrix tech support on this just in case I have the info wrong.) -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- 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: How Long does this take for you?
At 10:05 -0800 12/6/00, Ben Eastwood wrote: AHHH HA! Thanks Eric, that explains alot... the folder I backed up had well over 300K files and the memory usage was pretty high during some portions of the process. Thanks for the workaround. Any ETA on the fix? Hey Ben, if it's not too much trouble, I'm sure that some of us would like to know how your backups go after you make the changes. Thanks, -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- 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: Advice requested: tape system
At 10:43 -0400 9/18/00, Church Initiative WebMaster wrote: Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed at $67. Anyone know where I can find it at this price? The best that I've found so far is ~72.50 http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00074283/03276001.htm broken link. Can't find VXA tape anywhere on their site. -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- 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: Advice requested: tape system
At 8:58 AM +0100 9/18/00, Graham, Total Coverage Limited wrote: For this comparison, I've included the VXA-1 at the promotional price since it's been extended through Aug and is available to everyone. The VXA promotion has been extended through Sept. http://www.vxa.com/eval/index.cfm?a=834p=aff Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed at $67. Anyone know where I can find it at this price? The best that I've found so far is ~72.50 -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Micompare errors with 4.3
At 13:54 +1000 7/31/00, Michael Scheurer wrote: on 31/7/00 1:45 PM, Pat Lee wrote: What are the exact errors in question? Copy and paste the log and send it to the list. There is no way to know what the errors you are getting are about if people don't know the EXACT error in question. Error messages and numbers will be helpful in figuring out your problem. Otherwise, people are just going to guess. I've sent a portion to Matthew, however here's a snippet: Miscompare at data offset 9,099,563 for file "ARCHIVE_CREATIVE:DC7392_HEINZsnow:MAN:ORIGS:heinz02.tif". They are all the same, except for the data offset changing number. No other error messages though. Hi Michael, Do you get errors on some of the same files from session to session or does it seem to be a random selection? Does there seem to be any relationship between sessions? Just a random thought -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firmware for Yamaha 6416
I'm using Retrospect Express with a Yamaha CDRW 6416 with the t.0d firmware that was made available as a beta. Now Yamaha has posted a new firmware update 1.0d. Has anyone used this firmware with Retrospect? I'm wondering if there is any benefit to updating. Thanks for any help on this. David Kelley David E. Kelley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] History and East Asian StudiesOberlin College, OH, USA I just updated from t.0d to 1.0d a few days ago... all seems to continue to work well. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Powerbook dials internet once an hour?
I'm coming late to the discussion so this may have already been covered. If it's on the same network as the backup server, why not just change the communications protocol for the Powerbook client from IP to Appletalk? It would be really nice if the powerbook could be set to automatically use the dial-up TCP/IP config during the day so the user can get to the internet, then switch to ethernet at night to allow network backup. Can Location manager do that? I've found that the sky's the limit when it comes to Location Manager and AppleScript, so I'm sure it is possible to automate this process. How? I'm not the person to ask that... WISH LIST ITEM: Put an "advanced prefs" section in the retro client, where you can force it not to do those lookups at certain times of day. Or let this be administered at the server. I've logged your suggestion. Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Luke Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Disney Magazine Publishing Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:37:40 -0400 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Powerbook dials internet once an hour? since this behavior only started after I installed the retro client, I suspect the retro client. This powerbook rarely if ever leaves its spot on the LAN. Until I showed up to install Retrospect, they weren't using any TCP/IP-based network services over ethernet, just classic a'talk file sharing. It would be really nice if the powerbook could be set to automatically use the dial-up TCP/IP config during the day so the user can get to the internet, then switch to ethernet at night to allow network backup. Can Location manager do that? WISH LIST ITEM: Put an "advanced prefs" section in the retro client, where you can force it not to do those lookups at certain times of day. Or let this be administered at the server. Matthew Tevenan wrote: The Retrospect Client will check its network connection every one hour. If your connection is a dial-up connection, this means it will try to dial out. That's why I recommended using Location Manager to switch between extension sets... This one-hour interval is up from a ten-second interval with the 4.0 client. ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [Request] Progress bar on client machines
At 12:52 +0800 6/1/00, Matthew Healey wrote: I have just installed Retro in our network to backup our servers and the directors Powerbook G3 500's. Everything works perfectly and the powerbook backups over Airport are a network admins dream!. Good job Guys! What I did want to know though, is it possible to show a progress bar on the clients as they are getting backed up? I have had to set the client backups to run in the for ground because I ran into the problem of the laptops being taken offsite while the the backups were in progress. At 22:09 -0700 5/31/00, Craig Isaacs wrote: That's a good request, Matthew. Thanks. One thing to note: it's OK if the backup is interrupted. The next time the notebook shows up on the network, Retrospect only copies what it doesn't already have. What about the compare? One of Retrospects strengths is that, in an uninterrupted backup, it compares what has been written to what is on the drive which will catch certain SCSI problems, among other things... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Yamaha 6416 fix
Any news yet on the firmware update which Yamaha were alleged to have delivered to Dantz to address the problems with the 6416 CD-RW drive? Yamaha said, 3 1/2 weeks ago, that they would have it on their web site in a few weeks... I'd give 'em a few more to polish it :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Retrospect and Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive
At 21:03 -0800 2/12/00, Moe Rubenzahl wrote: Retrospect 4.0 won't back up to my new Yamaha 6416S CD-RW drive (1.0c firmware). It does not even see the drive. I have: - checked for newer ROM software from Yamaha - gotten the latest (and last) driver update (14) from Dantz Dantz's support folks say no version of Retrospect works with this drive; but they are working on it. So my question is: Is it really this hopeless? Anyone have any workaround? I'll gladly update my Retrospect 4.0 if it will help. If not -- any other way to backup to this CD-RW other than backing up to a disk file and then using Toast to copy the file to CD? recently seen on this list: At 21:08 -0500 1/28/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:08:27 EST Subject: Re: 6416 Yamaha again :-( To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wrote to Yamaha and got this response: We have known of this bug and have provided Dantz with a beta firmware that they have confirmed solves this issue. We expect to have it posted on our web site in the next few weeks. Regards, Criag -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Liberman -- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
