MACSPECTRUM Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 my client is having some problems with the server crashing at night backup runs at 2 a.m. - backs up ALL data (erases old data) each night on 1 tape for each day (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 5 tapes in total) tape mechanism is cleaned regularly as per notices from Retrospect software Retrospect 4.2 running on the server - max. of 300 MB AppleShare IP 6.3.3 G4/400 512 MB RAM Mac OS 9.2.2 backup device external SCSI DAT tape unit attached to internal SCSI card recently added RAID level 1 (mirror) 2 x 9 GB ultra-wide SCSI drives on their own SCSI card only 3 GB of 9 GB being used on HDs ony other application is 1st Class mail (30 MB max) server besides the appleshare ip 6.3.3 and the Mac OS 9.2.2 does anyone see any possible issues? is there an upgrade to 4.3? only the server is backed up directly to the DAT tape unit all users keep data on the server drives are regularly de-fragmented and optimized no viruses please feel free to email me directly at kulyk@macspectrum.com thanx in advance please ask any questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclubla Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 You've missed one of the biggest Support Issues of Retrospect on ASIP. It doesn't work. Even with the suggested Dantz workaround it is NOT reliable. Restarting the server after EVERY backup is required to recover from the result. Dantz has repeatedly addressed this issue with the Apple Tech group over the years. You can find a specific message in the Dantz Knowledgebase on this issue. You will need to designate a 'backup server' on the network and run backups from there. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Dantz Statement on AppleShare IP (ASIP) http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=kbase&ACTION=KBASE&id=26688 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReneGarneau Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 He's using Retrospect 4.2 and the article you mention is about Retrospect 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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