dnamroud Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 I have several Mac system and windows backuped everyday. I am trying to restore one Mac system. As per our backup report, this system has been backuped 3 and 4 days ago with success. However when following up the step into the manual to restore files or find files already backup ed, I am finding Zero files... I am really confused... I really need to restore my files... this is what i did exactly: 1- Restore ---° Select Files ---Select Backup Set ---- Add snapshot and found 0 files related to this Mac However i can see many files attahced to other snapshot... My backup is set to be excecute on a daily/Weekly script... Any help to know how to restore my missing files will be appreciated... Thank you Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Hi Are there any snapshots related to this mac when you go to configure->backup sets and browse the snapshots in the backup set? What OS is the mac in question? What OS and Retrospect version on your backup machine? Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnamroud Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Hi, Yes while browsing the snapshots in the backup set I am seeing a snapshots (week1, Week3, Week4, MNL_BCKP) related to this mac... Retrospect version: 6.0 running on windows 2000 Mac is OS X 10.x. Thanx Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Hi What version of OSX? And what version of Retrospect client? Do your logs (Not the backup report) show sucessful backups of the OSX client? How many files does it say were copied from the machine? Are you using a custom selector in your backups? What happens if you try to restore using the search for files option rather than restore from snapshots? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnamroud Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Hi What version of OSX? And what version of Retrospect client? -- OS X 10.2 -- Client: 5.0.536 Do your logs (Not the backup report) show sucessful backups of the OSX client? How many files does it say were copied from the machine? -- How to check it? Are you using a custom selector in your backups? -- What do u mean? What happens if you try to restore using the search for files option rather than restore from snapshots? -- No files found Sorry but i am new with Retrospect and thx fopr your understanding... Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hi You can check the details of each backup operation in the Retrospect log. Click on the "Window" menu at the top of the screen in Retrospect and open the log from there. Each backup will show how many files were backed up. Look for the backups of the OSX client you are trying to restore and verify how many files were backed up or if there were errors in the backup. In your backup setup screen there is an item that says "selecting". The default setting is "all files". What does it say on your machine? Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnamroud Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hello Nate Thanx for your reply, Each backup will show how many files were backed up. Look for the backups of the OSX client you are trying to restore and verify how many files were backed up or if there were errors in the backup. ----> No files need to be copied In your backup setup screen there is an item that says "selecting". The default setting is "all files". What does it say on your machine? --> it shows all OS files from Documents Desktop Favorites All windows files from My Documents However the same scripts are running to backup multiple terminals (16) Windows and Mac... I discovered that about 9 are backuped (including windows and Mac) and for the rest No files need to be copied... My MAC system was stolen now and I believe that I lost my data... Wondering to know why the report shows everything is ok however no more details... What do i need to do right now to keep backuping my others systems Windows and MAc that are not backuped!!! Thank you Nate Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hi If the log says "no files need to be copied" then your selector probably excluded more files that you expected it would. Selectors are very powerful tools.... Unfortunately it sounds like your data might not be there. Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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