edkao Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hi all, I am trying to recreate the catalog file from tape. PowerMac G4, OS 10.4.6, Retrospect 6.1, with current driver updates. AIT2 drive connected via SCSI, Atto UL3S, with current drivers. Recatalog starts fine, but it just keep going. Currently it's been 3 days, and it is still on the first tape. File count is up tp 1352594, 980G of data (on 1 tape...), the busy light is still flashing on the drive, and the file names still changes in the status window. This is the second time I have tried to recreate the catalog file. The first time it went all weekend and the same thing happened. Still on the first tape, and never stops and never even got to ask for the next tape. What is going on? Any suggestions? Thanks, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 If the drive light is flashing and the Retropsect status window is still updating, the catalog rebuild is still happening. How much RAM do you have installed? Are there any other apps running? If you go to Activity Monitor, what does it show for CPU usage, RAM usage, and VM usage? On what drive is this catalog file being stored? How fast are the files updating in the status window? Were they updating more quickly at the beginning of the rebuild? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Quote: 980G of data (on 1 tape...) Just to clarify, I assume that you mean one load in a tape library. I'd think something truly bizarre would be going on if Retrospect thinks it's recovering nearly a terabyte from a single AIT-2 cartridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Quote: 980G of data (on 1 tape...) I think we need one of those tapes. Our X23 VXA-2 tapes don't hold nearly that much. Who is the supplier? Or maybe your files are HIGHLY compressible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edkao Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 That is why I am posting here. I know something is wrong, the rebuild was on tape 1, there can not be 908GB of data on 1 tape. I finally stopped the rebuild, I will try to rebuild again when I have downtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfish Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I have a similar problem with an X23 tape in a vxa 3 drive with autoloader on an 10.4.6 XServe with UL4D. After suffereing various problems with drive over the past few weeks, Retrospect hung on a newtork backup on Friday. I had to force-quit retrospect, then restart the Xserve. On restarting Retrospect and trying to continue backup to the same set I received a messages that the set was out of sync and needed rebuilding. After almost 24hrs of rebuilding on a single tape just 15453 files, 3.8Gb have been rebuilt. The rebuild went very quickly at first but doesn't seem to have done anything for about 20 hrs. The tape is rewinding and locating in the drive but the file count is not going up. How long should I leave it before stopping the set-rebuild? Thanks, techfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindseystock Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Well I have this problem also. One more problem with Retrospect. I have a new backup catalogue and am rebuilding it because I have had trouble with the media. It is only 2 dvds (about 8Gb) and now it has been rebuilding the catalogue for one and a half hour and says 29.5G (with 10,368 files) and the catalogue file is not about 3 times bigger than the original one. Well, how the devil could 2 dvds have room for 10,000 pictures, mostly tifs!!!!!!! So what is going on here then? This does not make sense. I have the latest version and driver for a mac, 10.4.6, loads of ram, a new 110D Pioneer drive. Oops here it keeps going. I am going to have to stop it HELP! ps I have just checked out the catalogue file having stopped the rebuilding and it has copied each file about 20 times. Please please can someone help me as all the problem I am having with Retrospect recently are driving me mad and I even bought my new driver to eliminate that as a problem. I think Retrospect does not work with my operating system or the latest version has enormous flaws. It used to be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindseystock Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Do people at EMC read these messages? What can I do? It is not my fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Quote: Do people at EMC read these messages? What can I do? It is not my fault? And it is not our fault, either. I think you misunderstand. These forums are not Dantz support, but instead are other users like you trying to help each other. Occasionally some Dantz people do provide suggestions here, but that's not how the forums work. If you want Dantz support, you get a short period of support when you purchase your product, and support after that is paid, either on a per-incident basis or as a part of the service plan. We've got the service plan, and have found it worthwhile. But don't gripe at us - we are users just like you, trying to help. Regards, russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
file82 Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 i have the same problem here, i am using G4 AGP OS X 10.4.6 and my scsi DLT tape which holds 320G. but the catalog that is still rebuilding is already 3.3T. so i win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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