FuzzyJohn Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Why is it that my backup sets (OnStream DI-30 FAST) show more than one snapshot for each drive? One is dated 10/26/2002 and the other is dated 11/28/2002. This seems to happen every now and then, but it also seems to happen around the same time on several machines where I use Retrospect. It also happened with Retrospect Desktop v5.x. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 If you look at the snapshots, you'll see different users for each. Snapshots are differentiated by the user. For example, when Retrospect backup is launched manually, the user may be different then when the program is luanched automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyJohn Posted December 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Unfortunatelly that is not the case. Most computers that I have seen this on, only have one user and on most of those, only manual backups are performed. However, one thing that I seem to notice when I looked back in the logs, the last time this happened on 2 computers that I have access to at this moment was after I updated RDU.RPX from v3.3.105 to v3.4.106. Does this mean anything? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 You can check the properties of the snapshots in Configure > Backup Sets by getting properties on a given backup set to see if anything stands out. Another possibility is that something changed on the drive that made Retrospect think it wasn't _exactly_ the same drive again. It could be something as simple as a name change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyJohn Posted December 5, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Well... so far this seems to be a mistery. <<< You can check the properties of the snapshots in Configure > Backup Sets by getting properties on a given backup set to see if anything stands out. >>> Checking the properties of both snapshots reveals no changes: Snapshot 1: Backup Set: John Backup Set D Type: Volume User: John Created: Saturday, October 26, 2002, 09:10:09 AM OS: Windows XP File System: NTFS Attributes: startup volume Contains: Registry, COM+ Class Registration database, WMI Repository, Disk Quota Information Snapshot #2 Backup Set: John Backup Set D Type: Volume User: John Created: Thursday, November 28, 2002, 09:54:49 AM OS: Windows XP File System: NTFS Attributes: startup volume Contains: Registry, COM+ Class Registration database, WMI Repository, Disk Quota Information <<< Another possibility is that something changed on the drive that made Retrospect think it wasn't _exactly_ the same drive again. It could be something as simple as a name change. >>> I don't know what to say about this. I did not change the name of the drive. And besides, that hard drive has 4 partitions and each partition shows 2 snapshots in the backup set. The log does not show any kind of problem during the October 26, 2002 backup or during the next backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 Hi, I have noticed that backups started manually have a different user... what is the significance of saving both snapshots because they are from different users? What is the advantage? If it didn't do this, I could still retrieve it like any other snapshot, right? Take care, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 In reply to: I have noticed that backups started manually have a different user Retrospect is subject to the permissions of the currently logged in user. If Retrospect is launched manually, it may not have access to all files on the system if the currently logged in user does not have access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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