rdb Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I have backup scripts that run daily as they should (most of the time, but that's another thread)... I have restore scripts that restore some of the files to a linux server over night for some server side processing. The restore scripts had been running just fine under version 6.5 (a couple years worth of fine), but under 7.0 the scripts lose the source snapshot when the Backup Set is updated and thus, error out without doing the restore (error -2247)... Am I missing something in the setup of the Backup Sets, backup scripts or the restore scripts? I don't want to hand massage the restore scripts every night... Thanks, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Hi What backup media are you using for these backups? Any snapshots that you have manually retrieved should stay in the catalog file. Are the snapshots there when you look at the backup set properties? Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 They are disk Backup Sets being restored to disk... Yes, the snapshots appear in the Backup Set properties... After the scripts fail, I open the script, select Source & the snapshots are there, just not selected... Thanks, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Hi Retrospect should be remembering the snapshots. Do you have grooming enabled on this backup set? I wonder if that is causing problems somehow. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Version 6.5 did remeber the snapshot... No grooming, at this point, but my wife said I need to get my hair cut... Thanks, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Any ideas? Should I go back to version 6.5? Thanks, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hi Does this affect all of your catalogs? Have you tried using clean preference files in Retrospect? This should be working in Retrospect 7. I'm wondering if this is caused by some corruption in catalog files or the Retrospect preferences. Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 The catalog files don't seem to be affected. After the backup script runs, I can reselect the snapshot I want. After reselecting the snapshot, the script runs & all files are restored. If the catalog file were damaged, would the snapshots show up? Also, would the script know what files to restore without a healthy catalog file? Didn't know my preferences could get dirty... I thought about the corrupted catalog file or back-up set and recreated one of my back-up sets from scratch. (I forgot the set & removed the catalog file from the catalog folder.) After recreating everything, still no joy with remembering the snapshot... How do I clean my preferences? Thanks for the suggestions... I'll keep trying different things, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Hi I tried this here and had no problems. The snapshot was remembered even after multiple backups were run. To start with clean preferences move or delete c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\Retrospect\configxx.xxx files. When you launch Retrospect you will be prompted for your license code. Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Thanks for the assistance on this. We own version 6.5 and I was evaluating 7.0 as a potential upgrade. I have reloaded 6.5, recreated everything from scratch and the restores remember the snapshots, even after a recycle... I guess we'll stick with version 6.5... To see if it is an anomaly or actually a bug, if you want some detail on how my Volumes, Backup Sets & Scripts were configured, email me direct & I'll pass it along... Again, thanks for trying, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Hi I tried this on 7.5 and it is working. If you delete your 6.5 and 7.0 preferences and install Retrospect 7/7.5 clean does the problem occur? I'm wondering if a problem occured when your 6.5 preferences were imported into 7.0. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdb Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I installed 7.0 on a different machine for testing... Nothing from the 6.5 install was on the computer... I hate to start over, again... I removed 7.0, installed 6.5, recreated everything and all scripts restore files to my server as they should... Is 7.5 available for download & testing? Were you running 7.0 when your earlier post said you able to successfully restore, or have you been running 7.5 for this entire thread? Thanks, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hi I believe I tried both 7.5 and 7.0. I'm on 7.5 now and I know that is working. You can download a trial from the emcinsignia.com website. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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