can't link to

[redleader]

So what is the "can't link to" error ?

Retrospect 15.6

Mac OSX 10.13.6

InstaSCan is OFF

 

 

* Script: FSA SERVER FM WED - SERVER DATA
* Date: 12/12/2018 10:14 PM
* Errors: 23938
* Warnings: 1
* Performance: 1060.8 MB/minute
* Duration: 00:14:05
* Server: FS SERVER

--Log--
		+	Duplicate using FSA SERVER FM WED - SERVER DATA at 12/12/2018 10:00 PM (Execution unit 1)
		To volume FSA SERVER FM WED on FS SERVER DATA...
		Note: OS X System Integrity Protection may prevent the restoration of protected files and folders to FSA SERVER FM WED on FS SERVER DATA.
		-	12/12/2018 10:00:00 PM: Copying FileMaker Server on FS SERVER
		12/12/2018 10:02:38 PM: Selector "EXCLUDE FM SERVER" was used to select 65247 files out of 65380.
		12/12/2018 10:06:21 PM: Finished deleting 7 unnecessary files and 4052 unnecessary folders on destination
		12/12/2018 10:06:25 PM: Copying: 17894 files (5.6 GB) and 37902 hard links
		
		*File "/Volumes/FS SERVER/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/Weekly_2018-11-19_2300/Databases/Fresh Start/RC_Data_FMS/JUPITER/PHOTOS/CONTRACTS/CL0000070220/CL0000070220_5.pdf": can't link to "/Volumes/FS SERVER/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/Weekly_2018-11-26_2300/Databases/Fresh Start/RC_Data_FMS/JUPITER/PHOTOS/CONTRACTS/CL0000070220/CL0000070220_5.pdf", error -1101 (file/directory not found)
		
		*File "/Volumes/FS SERVER/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/Weekly_2018-11-19_2300/Databases/Fresh Start/RC_Data_FMS/JUPITER/PHOTOS/CONTRACTS/CL0000070220/CL0000070220_5.pdf": can't link to "/Volumes/FS SERVER/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/Weekly_2018-12-03_2300/Databases/Fresh Start/RC_Data_FMS/JUPITER/PHOTOS/CONTRACTS/CL0000070220/CL0000070220_5.pdf", error -1101 (file/directory not found)

[DavidHertzberg]

redleader,

What kind of machine is FS SERVER?  Is it some kind of NAS that runs under Linux or Windows?  If so, try repairing that with the appropriate software.

Also Retrospect 15.6.WHAT.WHAT?  Try upgrading your "backup server" and Client(s) to Retrospect Mac 15.6.1.105, which doesn't seem to have the "bad release" problems of 15.6.0.

 

[Lennart_T]

My GUESS it is a hard link that points to a file that no longer exists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link

It might be repaired as per DavidHertzberg's suggestion.

[Nigel Smith]

I'm guessing this is Filemaker Server machine running under OS X...

"Content" files uploaded to your database server and linked rather than embedded -- in this case a PDF -- are backed up once by Filemaker's internal scripts and then, subsequently, linked to so that you don't waste disk space. I *think* the latest backup has the real file and the previous backups contain links, but that should be easy enough for you to check. Check the timestamps in the paths above and you'll see that the older "instance" of the file can't be linked to the newer.

So either you haven't duplicated that later "instance" or, for some reason, RS can't recreate the link in the older FMS backup directory. I'd worry about the first and honestly not care about the second since if I had to roll back to an earlier version of my database it wouldn't be that much extra work to manually copy "content" files into the right place.

Which is it, and what are you duplicating to?

Nige