Re: Problems when asking for new tape.
Rebooting every day certainly is an option, but for free I can just change the tape before it fills up. Ever since I put NetBSD on an old Quadra to act as a mailserver and listserver (92 days straight uptime), I've gotten less pleased and less patient with the problems with Retrospect and ASIP. They both play nicely by themselves, but can create a whole heap of troubles when combined. It also seems that most folks have absolutely no problems with the combination, which makes me less comfortable with the server and a little resentful that I'm having the problems. Eric We use MacAT ($20 shareware) to boot our ASIP servers every night after their backups (5am). In 6.2 you can write an applescript with a disconnect countdown and even a disconnect message (not that there's anyone to see it at 5am, it just makes me happy) - you have MacAT run the script and then restart (quitting all other applications) and viola! Happy restarted server every morning. I couldn't figure out to script this with 6.3 so I just have MacAT restart the thing without first shutting down the ASIP process. I'm still not sure I'm supposed to do it this way, but it seems to work... HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When the tape fills up and Retrospect stops to ask for a new tape, problems are created on the server. Whichever volume was being backed up when the request is posted ends up having files that can't be found, can't be opened, or for which the owner is said to not have sufficient privileges. Rebooting the server corrects these problem (files can be found and are OK, etc.) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems when asking for new tape.
Eric, We use MacAT ($20 shareware) to boot our ASIP servers every night after their backups (5am). In 6.2 you can write an applescript with a disconnect countdown and even a disconnect message (not that there's anyone to see it at 5am, it just makes me happy) - you have MacAT run the script and then restart (quitting all other applications) and viola! Happy restarted server every morning. I couldn't figure out to script this with 6.3 so I just have MacAT restart the thing without first shutting down the ASIP process. I'm still not sure I'm supposed to do it this way, but it seems to work... HTH, Mark Maytum Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/04/00 05:27 PM Please respond to "retro-talk" To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Problems when asking for new tape. I have Retrospect 4.2 running on a dedicated machine (Quadra 950, Mac OS 8.1, Travan tape). It backs up my AppleShare IP 6.2 server. When the tape fills up and Retrospect stops to ask for a new tape, problems are created on the server. Whichever volume was being backed up when the request is posted ends up having files that can't be found, can't be opened, or for which the owner is said to not have sufficient privileges. Rebooting the server corrects these problem (files can be found and are OK, etc.) Unfortunately, finding a convenient time to reboot my server every week is not easy. Any thoughts? Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems when asking for new tape.
I have Retrospect 4.2 running on a dedicated machine (Quadra 950, Mac OS 8.1, Travan tape). It backs up my AppleShare IP 6.2 server. When the tape fills up and Retrospect stops to ask for a new tape, problems are created on the server. Whichever volume was being backed up when the request is posted ends up having files that can't be found, can't be opened, or for which the owner is said to not have sufficient privileges. Rebooting the server corrects these problem (files can be found and are OK, etc.) Unfortunately, finding a convenient time to reboot my server every week is not easy. Any thoughts? Eric Zylstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
