lance.dong Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I had Retrospect 10 running on my MacMini server to back up the Macs on my network. The backups were being stored on a Drobo 5D connected by Thunderbolt. I recently had two drive failures in the DROBO and had to completely reset that system and format the 5 3TB drives that contained all the data. So I have to reconfigure my system to get the Macs backing up again. Is there a simple procedure to get going again or do I have to wipe everything out of Retrospect and start brand new? I have about 11 sources in my Proactive script. Do I reset the Media collection and will Retrospect sense that it needs to back them all up as if it never saw them before? TIA for any assistance. Lance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yes, you should "recycle" the media sets and Retrospect will start backing up everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance.dong Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks, Lennart. I will give it a shot today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance.dong Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I was able to reset the Media set and the server seems to be set up okay now. When I installed a Mac Client on my bosses new MacBook Pro, the client immediately recognized that Retrospect client had been installed on his previous machine. What do I need to do to reset his local settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 This would When I installed a Mac Client on my bosses new MacBook Pro, the client immediately recognized that Retrospect client had been installed on his previous machine. What do I need to do to reset his local settings? This is likely because the hard drive volume on his new computer was cloned from his previous computer. Assuming you can log in to the client, there is probably no reason to reset the Retrospect client, since everything important about the client (favorite folders, etc.) resides on the Retrospect server. If you do use favorite folders, you will need to add them for his new hard drive volume, since the old volume is now unavailable. If you do want to completely reset the client software, you will need to uninstall the Retrospect client and then check that the file retroclient.state, located at /Library/Preferences, has been deleted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance.dong Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 thanks, twickland. Found the retroclient.state file, deleted and restarted the Mac, but now I go into the client to configure, I turn the client on and it switches itself Off. Also I have noticed that the client does not ask for a password. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 You don't say that you uninstalled and reinstalled the Retrospect client software. Can we assume you did this? What client version did you install? The only time the client software itself will ask for a password is during the installation process. If you have created and are using a public/private keypair, the installer will not ask for a password, and you won't need a password to log in from the Retrospect server. I would try running the uninstaller again and trash retroclient.state if it hasn't already been deleted. You might also check whether there are any other files or folders referencing Retrospect in the root or user Library and trash any that you find. Run the client installer again. Make sure you are using the client version appropriate to your version of Retrospect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance.dong Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sorry for the omission. I did uninstall and reinstall the client (Retrospect_Client_11_5_0_137). Server is 11.5.3 (103) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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