jirkovsky Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hello, We have Retrospect Server 6.1.126 on a Mac Mini (OS X - v10.4.7) We do all our backup on FW disks - no problem. Actually i am adding a Xserve Server as client with 2 x 500 Go disks (mirrored) and 1 x 400 Go as the system disk. I have no problem analyzing and backing up the system disk but each analyzing process on the 500 Go disk which is mirrored stops with an error -116. Has anyone an idea if Retrospect does backing up mirrored disks and what i am missing? josef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Yes, Retrospect can back up mirrored disks (we use SoftRAID, not Apple's Software RAID). I've never backed up our Xserve G5 as a client, though, only as the Retrospect [Workgroup] machine (6.1.126). How much memory do you have on the Xserve? The client may need bunches of memory to handle large files, and may not be able to allocate enough. Try defining a subvolume with just a small portion of the Xserve (e.g., /etc ), see if you still get the error when backing up the subvolume. Are you SURE that you are running Retrospect SERVER 6.1.126 ? Retrospect Desktop and Retrospect Workgroup are not able to back up a Mac OS X Server as a client. Retrospect Workgroup (which is what we have) runs on Mac OS X Server and can back up Mac OS X [non-server] clients. Consider moving Retrospect to the Xserve. Specifically, though, for the error -116 (from /usr/include/errno.h): memSCErr = -116, /*Size Check failed*/ Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jirkovsky Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Thank you Russ, Thats a good idea and i will check the amount of memory on our Xserve G5 and the Mac-mini as soon as i am at work. I am actually backing up the system disk of our Xserve G5 without problem. As you propose i will define a subvolume and try to back it up. Migrating Retrospect to the Mac OS X Server would be the next step (although there are other implications - the Mac OS X Server is in a computer room and the Mac-mini and the backup disks in my office). I'll be back as soon as i can Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jirkovsky Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hello, After a few tests (backing up a mirrored volume with only 200 Mb => all worked fine) so this seems definitely to be a memory problem: the mac-mini has 512 Mb and the Xserve G5 has 1 Gb Thank you very much for your advices Russ josef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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