MacWright Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 What is an appropriate procedure if you receive errors of "miscompare at data offset" during a scheduled backup? Should you attempt to backup the individual files? Is this commonly a media error? It would be nice if Retrospect offered a "do-over" of the last operation that reported errors. thanks, j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Quote: What is an appropriate procedure if you receive errors of "miscompare at data offset" during a scheduled backup? Miscompare errors mean that the file currently on the source volume doesn't match the file on the backup medium. If the file happens to be one in active use by the system or an application, it may simply mean that the file was modified between the time it was backed up and the time it was compared, which is likely not a problem. Less commonly, it can mean trouble with the destination backup set device, cables, or media; or even less commonly, problems with the source volume. You should examine each of these errors to try and determine which of the above might apply. For example, lots of errors with old, inactive files would likely point to problems with the destination (or source), while a few errors with files known to be open are probably not a problem. Quote: It would be nice if Retrospect offered a "do-over" of the last operation that reported errors. It does. Retrospect will back up the file(s) in question at the next scheduled backup, or, if you choose, the next immediate backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacWright Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 >Retrospect will back up the file(s) in question at the next scheduled backup, or, if you choose, the next immediate backup. thanks for the reply. Will this occur automatically or do I need to mark the files? regards, j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twickland Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Quote: Will this occur automatically or do I need to mark the files? If--as I assume--you're performing a Normal backup, Retrospect will do this automatically, using whatever file selection criteria you've already established for your backup script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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