Sburk Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 On an almost nightly basis Retrospect is waiting for media. I have checked the auto-auth credentials and everything looks good. When I check Retrospect the following morning it will have a 'browse for media' window open and the backup never runs. My concern here is that I do not receive a waiting for media alert via email until after I manually click the "Cancel" button on the window. Any thoughts on preventing this or at least getting Retrospect to shoot an alert when this happens? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Another piece of information. When I do click Cancel. Retrospect will then find the desired media and the backup will begin at that point. I'll then receive a waiting for media alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 This does sound strange. Can you post a screenshot of this media alert next time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Will do. I'll try to have it up tomorrow if I can reproduce it tonight. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I think this may have to do with one of the members of the backup set being offline. I have a backup set that contains two different members. One of the members is currently offline for maintenance. I try to remove the member from the backup set but the "remove" button is greyed out. I cannot find an option to skip the member. Ideas? P.S. I will still post a screenshot when it happens again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 The first screenshot is the error box that I come back to each morning. I click ok on that and get the second screenshot. When I click OK on that, then the backup resumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 When using a disk media set you really should have all members online. Retrospect will look at all members for available space and try to add data. If the member is offline you will have trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Is there any way to remove the offline member from the backup set? The remove button is greyed out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 You can perform a catalog rebuild selecting just the available member or you can mark the member as missing. Either way, the data will get backed up again next time you run a backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sburk Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Thanks Mayoff. I'm having a heck of a time finding where to mark the member as missing. I thought it was just in Configure > Backup Sets. Nowhere to be found in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 You have to get properties on the member inside backup set properties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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