Roos Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi All, I'm running Retrospect 10.5.0 (145) on a Mac Pro with OS X Server to backup my local server volumes and some clients. I have 2 main backup scripts, one for a daily, nightly backup to a local hard disk, and one for a weekly backup to a hard disk which I connect to the Mac Pro every Monday and take home with me. The weekly backup script runs without issues. The daily backup script all of a sudden start to say "Needs media" even though the local hard disk with the media set member (1 have only 1 member) is accessible in the Finder and also in Retrospect itself. When I click "Choose Media" next to "Needs media" and point to the member and click "OK", it still says "Needs media". In the dialog for locating or adding a member it says "Use at most 3006 GB or 80 percent". The backup drive which holds the member has 3.23 TB available on the 4 TB hard disk. Very grateful for any ideas! Jaap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos Posted November 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 And in the "Members" tab in the "Media Sets" window, I'm seeing: Space Used: 717.7 GB Space Free: 2.9 TB Space Total: 3.6 TB So there should be enough space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos Posted November 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Sorry for the multiple posts, but I guess this is also interesting: When I click "Verify" to verify the media set, I also get a "Needs media" message... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Try to repair the catalog file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos Posted November 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Thanks for your reply Lennart. Repairing the catalog file did not do the trick, unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 OK, try rebuilding the catalog file. (Yes, it takes time, unfortunately.) http://forums.retrospect.com/index.php?/topic/150561-unable-to-stop-needs-media-request/ http://forums.retrospect.com/index.php?/topic/148081-proactive-clients-show-needs-media-when-there-is-lots-of-free-space-on-disk-based-media-set/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Many thanks Lennart, rebuilding the catalog file indeed took ages, but the backup is working again!! Thanks again for you advice. - Jaap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 You are welcome. I'm glad it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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