SeanSeanSean Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I cannot tell Retrospect 7.5 (latest) where I moved a disk backup member!! What do I do? I originally had a disk backup member at J:\Backups\Set\003. I moved it to a network folder: \\Server\Share\Set\003. Now I want to tell Retrospect of the new location. If I go to Backup Sets > Set Properties > Members > 3-Set on J Properties, I get the following behavior: -Just click OK: "Cannot use the specified backup data folder." OK button only. -Change "Location for backup data folder:" to \\Server\Share\Set\003 (or 003\) by typing it in: "The location for backup data folder has to be on the selected volume." OK button only. -Browse > Pick another folder on a local volume > The Member Properties page changes to "Volume [volume name] using folder "1-Set"!!! (Not 3-Set.) The Member Properties window still says "Member Properties for 3-Set" however. When I try to click OK, it says "Cannot use the specified backup data folder." OK button only. -Browse > Advanced... > Please enter the UNC path for the volume or subvolume: \\Server\Share\Set\003 (or 003\) > OK > same as previous: "Volume Share using folder 1-Set" and when I click OK to confirm the location change, I receive the error "Cannot use the specified backup data folder." OK button only. What is going on??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauricev Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I never got moving disk sets to different drives to work and I think it's a lot better to keep all the entire disk-based set on a single volume. I had run into problems where R gets confused and duplicates rdb files when it is split up and it's a pain if you have to rebuild a catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanSeanSean Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Okay. I just called tech support (as a trial user) about it, and they basically said the same thing--the only way to fix the locations is to rebuild the entire catalog file. Tech support also said that it's on the bugfix list...although there are no guarantees about it getting fixed soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersbackstrom Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 This bug is still present in 7.6. To avoid getting stuck with the error "Cannot use the specified backup data folder" you need to temporary rename the "3-Set" folder to "1-Set" and then click OK to confirm the location change once. Then rename the folder back to the correct "3-Set" name and confirm the location change once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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