Backup Server script Source Group selection - selects ALL clients?

[adrianw]

Our current setup: Retrospect 6.1.126, Device Access Version 1.0.107, on a Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics) with 10.4.7. The file set destinations resides on two internal drives (each 120 GB). One drive contains the OS and some Retrospect file backup sets and catalogs. The other internal drive being used a removable disks as a destination for the Backup Server.

 

There are two "Source Groups" setup. One for a few servers and another for a couple workstations. Creating a "Backup Server" script and assigning it the source group for the workstations causes ALL clients to be processed by the "Backup Server" script. However, if the source group for the workstations is removed and an individual client is added to the Backup Server" script - only the individual client is processed, as expected.

 

Recreating the source group for the workstations and reassigning to the "Backup Server" script did NOT solve this issue.

 

It seems there is an issue with "Source Groups" and Backup Server" scripts. Have other people experienced this as well?

[waltr]

hi adrian,

 

when you make your 'Source Group' in the 'Volumes Database', Retrospect automatically includes some database objects if you leave them highlighted.

 

for example, if you create a Source Group while you have several Clients highlighted, you will create a Source Group of those Clients.

 

now, if you were to highlight the Source Group Container itself, well then you'd have all the Source Groups included in your Source Group.

 

so if you see, 'Source Groups container' included in your Source Group, delete it. and when you make Source Groups in the future, either don't highlight anythig while you are creating the group, or only highlight the objects in the database that you really want to include. of course, if you make a mistake just delete the mistake from the Group.

 

to delete: highlight the object you want to remove and hit the 'delete' key on your keyboard.

[adrianw]

waltr,

 

Thank you. That was the issue.