jvanbeekum Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 I'm extremely irritated to find that my backup sets from 5x are read-only and unable to be converted for continued growth with 6x. This means I have to recreate four backup sets that currently use over 50 tapes, easily over $1,000. So this upgrade is costing me close to $2,000 (including the $400 upgrade costs). Am I missing something? Am I the only one not happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookstore Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Not sure if you are missing something, but why did you let your set grow that big?! Eve if it wasn't a read-only issue, if you ever had to re-create the catalog for any other reason, it would take forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onidi Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I had the same thoughts - but then decided that maybe I could get around the problem by recreating the Catalogues of my tapes from the media - using the newer version retrospect! probably a dumb idea? in the event I have opened a can of worms - visa vie my SCSI card isn't right for the G4 that I have set up as a server!! But the idea might still be sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Quote: But the idea might still be sound? No. It's not just the Catalog that's different; Retrospect 6 writes data to media in a different format then previous versions of Retrospect did (and it was those versions that were limited to a terrabyte of data, and had no support for Unicode characters). Yes, it's a drag. But a good backup strategy has you introducing new media on a regular basis, and a little planning can minimize the hurt. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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