<![CDATA[Server, SBS and Multi Server]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showforum.php?fid/30/For general discussions of Retrospect Server, Small Business Server and Multi Server. Also use this topic to discuss the add-on products: Open File Backup, Disaster Recovery and Proactive Backup. noneThu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:05 GMTThu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:05 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 2.2 (www.fusionbb.com)<![CDATA[Upgrading to 7.6 from 7.5]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27588/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27588/Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:05 GMT<![CDATA[Deployment of Retrospect 7.5 via Group Policy.]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27582/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27582/
I know that this has been covered some time ago but I am having massive problems trying to deploy Retrospect via group policy.

I have created a .mst file from the original Retrospect 7.5 msi file and have tried to deploy this via group policy as EMC suggest but I cannot get it to install properly.

I can see it trying to install once I log into the computer but it does not come up in the add/remove programs and seems to not have installed.

I have also manually loaded ISScript 9 on the test machine but still no go.

Has anyone got this to work via GPO?
Also does EMC have correct updated documentation or tips on how to deploy this via group policy?

It's getting very frustrating as I'm trying to get this out of testing into a production environment.

Cheers!
]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:08:42 GMT<![CDATA[Invaid private/public key after 7.6 client update]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27581/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27581/
Cannot connect after with error -550

Uninstalled client and put 7.5.116 back on and can connect fine.

Thoughts,
-dave
]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:57:10 GMT<![CDATA["Didn't compare" execution error Retrospect 7.5]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27579/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27579/Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:45 GMT<![CDATA[MD5 Digest error]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27578/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27578/
Generated MD5 digest for file "C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\Retrospect\RtrExec.dir\Exec\State\MetaInfo\writer0000\comp0000\file0000" does not match stored MD5 digest.

What is the meaning of this error and how concerning is it? Does it apply to just the single file, or does it signify something about the entire backup set? ]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:42:50 GMT<![CDATA[Avoiding backuping up system restore points on Vista clients]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27577/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27577/Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:31:21 GMT<![CDATA[USB Disk for offsite storage]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27569/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27569/
Does anyone have a similar configuration or suggestions on how to set this up properly?

Thanks.


]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:56:06 GMT<![CDATA[Backing up ONLY the System State]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27568/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27568/
I want to start daily backing up the System State. The only way I can find to backup the system state is by backing up the Windows directory or using the OS and Applications selector. However, I don't want the entire Windows directory or all of the applications in order to conserve space.

How can I set a script to backup ONLY the System State?

Thanks! ]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Media request timeout not working]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27563/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27563/
We only use retrospect to do basic backup to our HP dat drive, so we have different tapes setup for each day and we have a script configured to run each tape at the end of each day..

However, if the tape is ever missed (someone doesn't change the tape (remember, this isn't a massive backup strategy, just something simply)), then the media request timeout never kicks in.. I've tried setting it to 20 minutes, 2 minutes whatever you want.. and retrospect will sit on the "waiting for media" screen..

We've updated to 7.6 to fix the issue regarding retrospect starting itself up correctly, but this doesn't seem to fix the media request timeout being ignored..

I wondered if this may be a driver issue with our tape drive? but I'm not sure why retrospect would have a dependency on the hardware to do a timer?

Cheers in advance! ]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:37:50 GMT<![CDATA[Mac OS Universal Client keeps shutting off]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27561/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27561/Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Can't add Mac client]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27558/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27558/ The client platform is MacOS X Server 10.4 Tiger and I've tried both the Retrospect Client for Mac 6.2 and 6.1. Between installations I trash both the application and all supporting files that have "retro" in the name.
The Retrospect server can see the client but when I type the client password (given when I install the client software) to complete the connection, I'm told it is in error and I cannot add the client to my stable.
This is getting highly annoying. I might even have to call Tech Support, it's that bad.
Can I buy a clue? ]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:00:08 GMT<![CDATA["Retrospect cannot start"]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27550/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27550/
  • Quote:
Retrospect cannot start.

You must be an administrator to backup your data with Retrospect


Well, I AM the administrator (and logged in as administrator).
This started when moving all our computers to a new domain, but it's not consistent.

Today I updated from 7.5.x to 7.6.x and also installed a few "Windows update" items. Restarted the computer and launched Retrospect without problems. However, one NAS server didn't mount, so I quit Retrospect mounted the NAS server and restarted Retrospect. Now Retrospect refused to start with the above error message.
I tried rebooting the server twice, but to no avail.

This also happened a few weeks ago but I forgot about the details. I remember it suddenly started to work again, But I had NO idea how I fixed it. ]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:50:39 GMT<![CDATA[Two questions on new Universal Client]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27547/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27547/
After updating to the new Universal Client (Intel/PPC) for Mac OS X, I noticed that the "priority" section on the Retrospect Server (Multiserver v7.6.11) now shows a percentage. One of our Mac servers reads "20%", and the other reads "100%". On the Windows client, this can be configured with a simple slider on the client. How can I configure this on the Mac client? I have read that there is a CLI configuration, but I can't find any documentation on it. Any ideas?

Thanks! ]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:35:01 GMT<![CDATA[Windows Server 2008: Retrospect 7.6 Client doesn't work]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27544/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27544/
I've installed Retrospect 7.6 on Windows 2003 to Backup an Windows Server 2008 Standard 64 bit.

I installed the Retrospect Client 7.6 on Windows Server 2008 manually sucessfully and the retrospect service is started.

However, when I start the retrospect client in the start menu, nothing happens, I can't see the client program window.
In addition I'm not able to add the client on the Restrospect Server, it says that there is no client at the given IP.

In the Win2k8 Server Event log there arent any errors.

Can anyone help me?
I've already tried Symantec BackupExec but there are always problems with the agent under Win2k8.

Thank you! ]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:46:35 GMT<![CDATA[Mac OSX Client returns error -1010 (API request bad)]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27540/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27540/
scanning incomplete, error -1010 (API request bad)

Although I've found a couple of references to this error in the KB, neither of them refer to this environment.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what's causing this? ]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:57:46 GMT<![CDATA[VMWare consolidated backup]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27531/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27531/
Anybody tried this? Or maybe installed the unix client directly on an esx server and tried quiesing the server with an event handler?

Mayoff, is there a backup agent in the works? ]]>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[A selector for the local system?]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27523/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27523/ Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. ]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:44:52 GMT<![CDATA[backing up exchange as a client]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27517/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27517/
a customer of ours has retrospect 7.5 running disk backups, he also has an exchange server and is running a proactive backup with the normal client running on the exchange server. I would presume that he should be running retrospect and the exchange plug in on this server rather than the method he is using at the moment?

]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:52:49 GMT<![CDATA[Can't Ping or Add User ?]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27513/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27513/
The last time this happened it was due to a MS update.

All firewalls are turned off and anti-virus is turned off. The machine is running the latest Retrospect client and is on SP2.

Any ideas on how to remedy this issue?

Thanks in advance! ]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:13:03 GMT<![CDATA[Backing up to MYBook Word Edition II Drive]]>http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27509/http://forums.dantz.com/showtopic.php?tid/27509/ I am using Retrospect 7.5 for Multi Server and would like to backup to MYBook World Edition II Drive which is connected to my Netgear GS608 v2 Hub. 7.5 is installed on my windows server 2003 machine and the client is on my XP machine. The issue is that my MYbook was using Retrospect Express HD v2 and the drive is setup as a raid drive.

1. If i try to setup a backup I am asked for a username and password to access the mybook drive yet if I use the username and password that mionet program gives me i cannot connect to the drive. Do I need to format and set the drive up as a 1 TB drive or can I use it as a raid drive?

2. Will 7.5 work backing up to a MYBook?

Any help he would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Eff ]]>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:36:06 GMT