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Can Retrospect 6.1 and v9 co-exist in the same machine at the same time?


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Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone got 6.1 and 9 to co-exist in the same machine at the same time.

 

I'm just concerned about making triple sure that our daily backups are reliable and would like to do a backup in both versions for a small period of time.

 

Any experiences with this?

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Yes, they can both coexist (and even run) at the same time, assuming that the OS version is suitable. (For Retro 6.1, 10.5.x is good; 10.6.x may work for restores but is risky for backing up; 10.7.x definitely not.) However, for certain backup devices (optical disc, tape drive), the first Retrospect app that's running will take over the device, preventing the other Retrospect from seeing or accessing it until the first one is stopped (Retro 9 engine) or quit (Retro 6.1).

 

We successfully run both on our Mac Pro under OS 10.6.8, using Retro 6.1 only for restoring from old tapes.

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