RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-30 Thread John Gee
>The "Macintosh centric" feel of the product has begun to concern me. While I >certainly have no bias against Apple (we were once an Apple shop before >moving to NT), I hope Dantz is not struggling with a lack of depth of >experience with NT/Win2K as compared to other vendors with a more well >def

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Paul Mackinney
Hi, As one of the senior QA people here at Dantz, I've been asked to reply to this post. Hopefully I can cover most of the issues involved. First, I have to thank Gowan for that last post. I appreciate its pragmatic approach. My intention with this post is to address Gowan's questions, and to pr

Stubbornly Invisible Client REVEALED!!!

2000-07-28 Thread Gowan Fenley
BINGO! Matt had the answer - change the binding order of the NICs and *poof* the misbehaving client is now visible to the backup server! I overlooked checking that setting simply because Microsoft moved the binding tab to such a screwy place in Win2K (you really have to root for it, unlik

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Gowan Fenley
In the spirit of avoiding misconceptions or (horrors) platform flame wars, perhaps I should back up a little and introduce myself. I am a principal and primary IS resource in a Web development company that hosts over 100 domains for B2B clients primarily in service industries. While I do not hold

Re: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Matthew Tevenan
i, 28 Jul 2000 11:15:15 -0400 > To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client! > > Actually, this is the latest route suggested by Matt. I am reluctant to take > such extreme measures as blowing away an entire subnet so far. That sort of &g

Re: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Eric Ullman
Gowan Fenley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The "Macintosh centric" feel of the product has begun to concern me. While I > certainly have no bias against Apple (we were once an Apple shop before > moving to NT), I hope Dantz is not struggling with a lack of depth of > experience with NT/Win2K as co

Re: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Glenn L. Austin
on 7/28/00 8:15 AM, Gowan Fenley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, this is the latest route suggested by Matt. I am reluctant to take > such extreme measures as blowing away an entire subnet so far. That sort of > work would have to be after hours, and this, after all an evaluation of > Ret

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Craig Isaacs
> Actually, this is the latest route suggested by Matt. I am > reluctant to take > such extreme measures as blowing away an entire subnet so far. > That sort of > work would have to be after hours, and this, after all an evaluation of > Retrospect to see if it warrants purchase. Did you try to

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Gowan Fenley
Actually, this is the latest route suggested by Matt. I am reluctant to take such extreme measures as blowing away an entire subnet so far. That sort of work would have to be after hours, and this, after all an evaluation of Retrospect to see if it warrants purchase. The "Macintosh centric" feel

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Julia Frizzell
At 10:49 AM -0400 7/28/00, Gowan Fenley wrote: >Nope. TCP/IP is the only protocol on the LAN. (NetBEUI=slow painful death) >8) > >Any other ideas? > >-Gowan > >Chris said: > >Just curious...can you ping the client from the backup server? If NetBEUI >or another protocol is installed on both machin

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-28 Thread Gowan Fenley
Nope. TCP/IP is the only protocol on the LAN. (NetBEUI=slow painful death) 8) Any other ideas? -Gowan Chris said: Just curious...can you ping the client from the backup server? If NetBEUI or another protocol is installed on both machines, it is possible to communicate via the Network Neighbor

RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-27 Thread Chris
corrupted or not configured properly on one/both of the machines. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PVI mailbox on Wopper Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Stubbornly Invisible Client! This is driving me

Stubbornly Invisible Client!

2000-07-27 Thread PVI mailbox on Wopper
This is driving me crazy! In a nutshell, I have a Retrospect 5.1 Client that refuses to be seen by the backup server. Here are the details of the setup: Server is Win2K Server running Retrospect Server 5.1. 256Mb RAM, VXA-1 tape. Works fine with 5 other NT and 98 Clients. Bad Client is also Win