Retrospect 10 and tapes from Retrospect 6

[showe]

Hi-

 

Can Retrospect 10 read and restore from Retrospect 6 tapes?

 

Thanks,

 

Scott

[Lennart_T]

Yes:

http://www.retrospect.com/support/readme_10

Restoring from Retrospect 6.x backups

Retrospect 10 can restore from Backup Sets created by Retrospect 6.x for Mac (except those of type Internet). However, it is not possible to add more data to these Backup Sets using version 10; Retrospect 10 treats version 6.x Backup Sets as read-only.

Before it’s possible to search or restore from a 6.x Backup Set using Retrospect 10, a Retrospect 10 Catalog must first be created. To create a version 10 Catalog from the 6.x media, go to the Media Sets view in Retrospect 10, click on the Rebuild button in the toolbar, add the Backup Set members (like “1-Backup Set A” and “2-Backup Set A”) that contain the backup data, click Next, and then click Rebuild. You will need to tell Retrospect where to save the new Catalog. Retrospect will then scan over the backup media and generate a new Catalog. This will take some time. Once this process completes, you will be able to restore from that Backup Set.

[broadcast]

Lennnart, did you succeed restoring 6.1 tapes? what was your setup?

It didn't work for us..

We tried on Retrospect 9 with Retrospect 6.1 AIT-5 tapes.

Retrospect support didn't find solution for us.

[Lennart_T]

Lennnart, did you succeed restoring 6.1 tapes? what was your setup?

I have never used tapes with Retrospect 6.1, so I have never attempted to restore one.