pwilk Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I am trying to do an Immediate backup, but one of my two clients are turned off; so the backup fails because its one of the selected volumes. Is there a way to have Retrospect skip unavailable clients? Will it skip them in scripted backups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Why not remove the client from the source? It's an immediate backup, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwilk Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 because I do not want to have to do that every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Run a script from the "run" menu that contains these clients. You won't get the dialog box. Immediate Backups are Immediate, so they will warn you that it can not immediately access that client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Quote: Is there a way to have Retrospect skip unavailable clients? In immediate backups, no. In scripted backups, yes, it happens automatically. Quote: Will it skip them in scripted backups? yes. Quote: I do not want to have to do that every time Are you aware that Immediate Backup supply, as the source, what you last used? Not sure if this is the issue, here. But, if you think about it, Immediate Backups are not automated; they are a command that you are instructing Retrospect to do RIGHT NOW. It's an error if Retrospect is not able to back up the source(s) that you have instructed it to back up, and it rightfully lets you know that it can't do what you expect. I must be missing something here with what you are trying to do. Immediate Backups aren't for your daily automated backups. Just choose the desired source(s) when you do an immediate backup. It also might make it easier for you in scripts if you use source groups rather than selecting individual clients. (Configure > Clients, choose "New Folder" from the Clients menu, drag clients to folders - lets you group by, e.g., Mac OS X Clients, Windows Clients, etc.). Just a suggestion. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwilk Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Quote: Run a script from the "run" menu that contains these clients. You won't get the dialog box. Ah, perfect solution! Thanks Mayoff. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAB Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 I am a new Mac (MacBook Pro 17 - OS X - version 10.4.10) user, and just bought/installed Retrospect version 6.0.204 - I also purchased a LaCie d2 quadra 320GB external hardrive w/ FireWire 800 to back up to. When I plug in the external hard drive it shows up on my Mac desktop as an icon, but when I launch Retrospect it can't find the external hard drive to back up to. It tells me "removable media such as zip, etc. must be mounted on the desktop" it then tells me that "currenly visable devices" are "Matshita DVD-R" (which is the disk drive built into my Mac). I need help in getting all of this to actually work and backup my hard drive. Please HELP!! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwilk Posted September 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 I think the problem is that you want to select it as a removable disk. From the "Destination" menu choose "File" instead. For Retrospect, the Firewire drive is treated the same as an internal drive. It will complain if its not plugged in or not turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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