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Retrospect is Remounting NAS Sources -- Why?


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I have three Sources that are different volumes mounted from the same NAS (iomega StorCenter px4-300).

I want Retrospect to back each of them up every hour. I have two alternating scripts, each writing to a

different Media Set, each which is a Source tha is a volume mounted from a different NAS (Buffalo LS/QL).

Everything is mounted using AFP.

 

It seems that occasionally, Retrospect throws the following error message:

 

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

 

and then remounts the share point to be backed up, and then backs up the

Source (from one of the mounted share points). The content on each share

point to be backed up is very small right now, it's taking about 5 seconds

for the backups.

 

I am wondering why Retrospect is failing to see the original Source mount

and then doing a new AFP mount. The "offline" Sources are not unmounted

and I'm getting a lot of spurious mount points on my server.

 

Log message example:

 

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

MacProLoc::PGetAbles: Could not connect to share. Mark as offline.

+ Normal backup using Backup StorCenter Set C at 4/10/12 (Activity Thread 3)

To Backup Set Server_C_on_BUF1...

- 4/10/12 9:00:02 AM: Copying Outreach

4/10/12 9:00:02 AM: No files need to be copied

4/10/12 9:00:07 AM: Snapshot stored, 137 KB

4/10/12 9:00:09 AM: Execution completed successfully

Duration: 00:00:06 (00:00:05 idle/loading/preparing)

 

- 4/10/12 9:00:09 AM: Copying Publications

4/10/12 9:00:09 AM: No files need to be copied

4/10/12 9:00:12 AM: Snapshot stored, 171 KB

4/10/12 9:00:15 AM: Execution completed successfully

Duration: 00:00:05 (00:00:04 idle/loading/preparing)

 

- 4/10/12 9:00:15 AM: Copying CHS_IT

4/10/12 9:00:15 AM: No files need to be copied

4/10/12 9:00:17 AM: Snapshot stored, 70 KB

4/10/12 9:00:20 AM: Execution completed successfully

Duration: 00:00:05 (00:00:04 idle/loading/preparing)

 

The AFP mount points on my server:

 

afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-61.2d000010  1467289600  759158784  708130816	52%	/Volumes/backups_sc1-1
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-138.2d000036 1257779200	 563832 1257215368	 1%	/Volumes/Outreach
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-139.2d000037 1257779200	 144832 1257634368	 1%	/Volumes/Publications
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-137.2d000038  104806400	  88168  104718232	 1%	/Volumes/CHS_IT
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-134.2d00003d 1467289600  756980336  710309264	52%	/Volumes/backups_sc1-2
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-135.2d000047 1467289600  916662800  550626800	63%	/Volumes/backups_sc1-3
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-136.2d000050 1467289600  921888000  545401600	63%	/Volumes/backups_sc1-4
afp_002NhL002NhL002NhL002NhL-1.2d000051   1937256960	 587920 1936669040	 1%	/Volumes/bkup_buf1-1
afp_002NhL002NhL002NhL002NhL-2.2d000052   1937256960	 582784 1936674176	 1%	/Volumes/bkup_buf1-2
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-139.2d000053 1257779200	 144832 1257634368	 1%	/Volumes/Publications-1
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-137.2d000054  104806400	  88168  104718232	 1%	/Volumes/CHS_IT-1
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-138.2d000055 1257779200	 563832 1257215368	 1%	/Volumes/Outreach-1
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-139.2d000056 1257779200	 144832 1257634368	 1%	/Volumes/Publications-2
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-137.2d000057  104806400	  88168  104718232	 1%	/Volumes/CHS_IT-2
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-139.2d000058 1257779200	 144832 1257634368	 1%	/Volumes/Publications-3
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-139.2d000059 1257779200	 144832 1257634368	 1%	/Volumes/Publications-4
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-138.2d00005a 1257779200	 563832 1257215368	 1%	/Volumes/Outreach-2
afp_0reYK43TPuUM4AZvB82MFMjM-137.2d00005b  104806400	  88168  104718232	 1%	/Volumes/CHS_IT-3

 

Has anyone seen something similar? Nothing else running on the server has any reason to mount AFP shares -- it is all Retrospect.

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