Re: Transferring StorageSets

[Matthew Tevenan]

Phil,

Yes, any Retrospect-supported CD-R/W drive can read CD-R/W backup sets.

Regards,

Matthew Tevenan
Technical Support Specialist
Dantz Development Corporation
925.253.3050 
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:25:47 EST
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Transferring StorageSets
> 
> Matthew,
> 
> Would it be correct to assume that any Retrospect CD-R or CD-RW drive could
> be used to read the Backup Sets?  Is there any limitation that it must be the
> drive it was written with?  I would expect not, but I just wanted to make
> sure.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil Geller
> WorkingMacs
> 
> In a message dated 3/20/00 11:07:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
>> Just to clarify, CDs (CD-Rs or CD-RWs) written in Retrospect currently
>> are
>> not readable in regular CD-ROM drives. We've gotten a lot of requests to
>> change this, and it is something we'd like to do in the future. Until then,
>> though, you need a compatible CD-R or CD-RW drive to perform a restore
>> from
>> Retrospect-written discs.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Matthew Tevenan
>> Technical Support Specialist
>> Dantz Development Corporation
>> 925.253.3050 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
> 
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Re: Transferring StorageSets

[Mark Siple]

On 3/21/00 8:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Would it be correct to assume that any Retrospect CD-R or CD-RW drive could
> be used to read the Backup Sets?  Is there any limitation that it must be the
> drive it was written with?  I would expect not, but I just wanted to make
> sure.
> 

Hi,

I can verify that any CD-R or CD-RW drive can do it. I have a client who has
one of the infamous Yamaha 6416s. It appeared to back up to CD-RWs just fine
but then we couldn't restore from them when we needed it most: hard drive
failure. Luckily, I tried restoring from the same CD-RW discs on my personal
CD-RW drive and had no problems.

Mark.

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Mark Siple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Publishing Systems Engineer
The Columbus Dispatch

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Re: Transferring StorageSets

[Workingmacs]

Matthew,

Would it be correct to assume that any Retrospect CD-R or CD-RW drive could 
be used to read the Backup Sets?  Is there any limitation that it must be the 
drive it was written with?  I would expect not, but I just wanted to make 
sure.

Thanks,

Phil Geller
WorkingMacs

In a message dated 3/20/00 11:07:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>Just to clarify, CDs (CD-Rs or CD-RWs) written in Retrospect currently
>are
>not readable in regular CD-ROM drives. We've gotten a lot of requests to
>change this, and it is something we'd like to do in the future. Until then,
>though, you need a compatible CD-R or CD-RW drive to perform a restore
>from
>Retrospect-written discs.
>
>Regards,
>
>Matthew Tevenan
>Technical Support Specialist
>Dantz Development Corporation
>925.253.3050 
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>


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Re: Transferring StorageSets

[Matthew Tevenan]

David,

Just to clarify, CDs (CD-Rs or CD-RWs) written in Retrospect currently are
not readable in regular CD-ROM drives. We've gotten a lot of requests to
change this, and it is something we'd like to do in the future. Until then,
though, you need a compatible CD-R or CD-RW drive to perform a restore from
Retrospect-written discs.

Regards,

Matthew Tevenan
Technical Support Specialist
Dantz Development Corporation
925.253.3050 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> From: David Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:59:34 -0500
> To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Transferring StorageSets
> 
>> I answered my own questions from some experimentation.  Snapshots are lost
>> when transferring StorageSets.  But now I realize that the bigger problem is
>> that if I create CD-ROMs for the client, they can't be read without a CD-R
>> unit, which the client doesn't have.  ...
> 
> CD-Rs written by a CD-R drive should read on all CD-Rom drives.
> 
> CD-Rs written by a CD-RW drive may only read on 24x or faster. (Someone
> with more knowledge on this please jump in!)
> 
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Re: Transferring StorageSets

[David Ross]

> I answered my own questions from some experimentation.  Snapshots are lost
> when transferring StorageSets.  But now I realize that the bigger problem is
> that if I create CD-ROMs for the client, they can't be read without a CD-R
> unit, which the client doesn't have.  ...

CD-Rs written by a CD-R drive should read on all CD-Rom drives.

CD-Rs written by a CD-RW drive may only read on 24x or faster. (Someone
with more knowledge on this please jump in!)


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Re: Transferring StorageSets

[Workingmacs]

I answered my own questions from some experimentation.  Snapshots are lost 
when transferring StorageSets.  But now I realize that the bigger problem is 
that if I create CD-ROMs for the client, they can't be read without a CD-R 
unit, which the client doesn't have.  I'm now wondering what the best way is 
of reclaiming the $600 invested in Jaz cartridges.  Perhaps I should do a 
restore and burn the restored files onto CDs?  I would lose snapshots, but 
that would have been the case anyway if I have preserved the StorageSets 
during the transfer.

Any suggestions out there?

Phil Geller
WorkingMacs

In a message dated 3/17/00 12:26:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>A client has several old storagesets on 1GB Jaz cartridges.  We want to
>transfer them to CD-ROMs, so the Jaz cartridges can be reused.  As far
>as I can tell, the only way to do this is to use the Transfer function under
>the Tools->Copy screen.  Is that true?  
>
>And from reading the manual (I really did this time!), it looks like we
>lose all snapshots when doing this.  But I presume that all files, even older
>ones that weren't on the final snapshot of the original StorageSet, will be
>transferred.  Is that true?


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Transferring StorageSets

[Workingmacs]

A client has several old storagesets on 1GB Jaz cartridges.  We want to 
transfer them to CD-ROMs, so the Jaz cartridges can be reused.  As far as I 
can tell, the only way to do this is to use the Transfer function under the 
Tools->Copy screen.  Is that true?  

And from reading the manual (I really did this time!), it looks like we lose 
all snapshots when doing this.  But I presume that all files, even older ones 
that weren't on the final snapshot of the original StorageSet, will be 
transferred.  Is that true?

Phil Geller
WorkingMacs


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