tkw4u2 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I've been having a lot of trouble backing up my Tiger machines. I'm constantly getting error messages related to Spotlight from the clients. Everything seems to backup just fine until it gets to the Spotlight files at the end of the backup. It hangs for a bit and then the backup quits with literally hundreds of error messages about bad backup sectors, etc. I'm not having this problem with any of my Windows, Linux or Panther clients. I read the article on creating a selector to exclude the Spotlight files. I'm sure I've done it exactly as it states. However, whenever I have this selector enabled the backup only backs up 6 files! It also doesn't generate any errors. Disable it and it backs up everything it should and gives me the same error messages. I'm running Retrospect 6.212 on a 10.2.8 machine and all the Tiger clients have the 110 client. I'm sure I've got this selector set up right. Anyone have any ideas why this rule seems to be working backwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltr Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 quote: Anyone have any ideas why this rule seems to be working backwards? It really does sound like you have written the selector wrongly. What happens when you do a 'check selector' on the selector you created? Also, does this selector do anything else, or is it just one line that says, But always exclude files matching name contains .Spotlight-V100 It's my belief that the Selectors are the trickiest feature in Retrospect. It's easy to make a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Things can get confusing if you include one selector inside another If you create a selector--call it Selector A--that excludes files matching another selector--call it Selector B--that itself also excludes files, be aware that what will happen is that all the files NOT excluded by Selector B WILL be excluded by Selector A, and thus will not be backed up. This may be just the reverse of what you intended. If you want both selectors to function "normally"--that is, for files excluded by either selector not to be backed up--Selector A must be written to INCLUDE files selected by Selector B. Another thing which may or may not be an issue: version 6.0.212 is intended only for use on a machine running Tiger. You are using it on a Jaguar system, which is not recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkw4u2 Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 My selector says: Always exclude: Name of folder contains .Spotlight-V100 selecting all enclosed items I then added this selector to the Always exclude section of the script in question. Could this be like adding two negative numbers -- the selector says always exclude and it's added under always exclude so they cancel each other out? I'll roll the machine back to the latest version that isn't Tiger specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Quote: I'll roll the machine back to the latest version that isn't Tiger specific. Don't do that. Whichever build of Retrospect you use will utilize the selector the same way. Fix your selector and you've fixed your problem. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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