Cannot update clients from 9.0 to 9.5 using Retrospect

[rsleegers]

I cannot update a 32-bit client from 9.0 to 9.5 using Retrospect (Single Server).

 

Configure, Clients, select client, Tools, Update, select "Win_Client_Update_9_5_0_139.rcu" (from .zip download). The dialog is "Really update from version 9.0 (187) to 9.5.0 (139)?", and I click Ok. I receive Error dialog: "Client CLIENT could not be updated. error -1 (unknown).

 

64-bit clients seem to work. The full download Retrospect_9_5_0_140.zip has the same .RCU file in both the 32 and 64 bit folders (in the roem\Tools folders). The 32-bit installer at each machine also seems to work.

 

Must I run the installer on each 32-bit machine, or should there be a separate .RCU (version 9.0 looks to use the same .RCU for each)? I've been able to use the Tools, Update in version 9.0 (although sometimes I had to install in person if there was an Administrator access problem.)

[Mayoff]

What operating system is your 32-bit system running?

 

Is the client computer logged in as administrator when you run the .rcu or is the client logged out or running a non-admin account?

[rsleegers]

One is Windows XP, logged in as non-admin

One is Windows XP, logged in as admin

One is Windows Vista, logged in as admin

Common theme is they are 32-bit O/S.

I could successfully send the update to a Windows 8 non-admin (logged in) system.

Retrospect is on a 64-bit system.

[Mayoff]

Thanks for the info. We will try to reproduce this.

[fredturner]

I am seeing the same behavior in an environment with:

 

Retrospect Mac 11.5 Multi-Server on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8

Windows XP Pro 32-bit clients (VMs actually); doesn't seem to matter what login state is

 

One of the 4 Windows VMs was actually at v8.5. I was able to push the v9.0 client update from the v11.5 Mac Server. But then I was unable to go to v9.5. The error in the log was simply:

 

!Client AVGadmin could not be updated.
error -1 ( unknown)

 

In another environment w/ the same Mac Server version (although Single, not Multi) but Windows 7 clients (probably 64-bit, but I'm not sure-- I don't handle those systems often), the v9.5 update seems to apply smoothly.

 

 

Robin, a related complaint, FWIW, is that it seems to take multiple attempts to update Mac clients via Mac Console (I realize this is the Windows forum, but it may happen from a Windows Retro Server as well), and the process is quite arduous. There's no progress indicator and no way to tell if the update has succeeded. I've had to try again and again to get some clients to update. I had a little better luck by first toggling the client using Remote Desktop and the "launchctl" command, then updating. As a whole, not a very user-friendly process!

 

Thanks,

Fred

[Mayoff]

The update process involves pushing the client installer to the client computer and initiating a silent install. Once the silent install starts, Retrospect has no way to monitor the progress of the install that is running.

[TERRYRICKETTS]

I am running into the same problem updating clients. Here is the information on our system:

  Retrospect server  running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

  Server software:  Multi Server Version 9.5.1.107

  Client software:   9.0.0 (187)

  Update file:          Win_Client_Update_9_5_0_139.rcu

 

Some machines update just fine, while others just respond with "error -1 (unknown)". Workstations are almost all Win 7, while servers are either Win Server 2008 or Win Server 2012.

[bdunagan]

The Windows 9.5.0.107 software update should include a new RCU file named "Win_Client_Update_9_5_0_139_4.rcu" (note the "_4" at the end). This updated RCU file should fix this "error -1 (unknown)" error specifically (release notes). Let us know if you have issues with that file as well.

[TERRYRICKETTS]

Thanks for the quick fix. That seems to have solved the problem for me!

[rsleegers]

Yes, this now works for me, as well.