Christian Posted July 9, 2002 Report Share Posted July 9, 2002 I have been attempting to backup a drive on my server and everytime it gets to a certain point I get a message that says the execution was abnormally stopped and to see the log for details. when I look at the log it does not show anything, however, when I look at a report I see error 1115 (disk full) but I have at least 2GB left on the drive. Anyone else have this problem before? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lv2ski Posted July 10, 2002 Report Share Posted July 10, 2002 It appears that you are hitting a 4GB file size limitation of a drive formatted in FAT32. File backup sets are limited to the maximum file size allowed by the file system used to format the disk: o FAT: 2 GB o FAT32: 4 GB o NTFS: 1 TB If you were running Windows NT or 2000, you could reformat the drive in NTFS (or convert it). In order to get around the 4GB file size limitation in FAT32, you have two choices: You can break your backup into multiple backup sets, making sure each set is below 4GB. The easiest way to accomplish this is to break up your source volume into subvolumes (from Configure > Volumes), and select these as sources for different backup sets. You can also choose to use Retrospect's "Duplicate" function, which will make an exact copy of your hard disk in Windows format. The disadvantage to the Duplicate function is that compression will not be supported, as the data will be kept in Windows format. However, the 4GB file size limit will not come into play here. Another disadvantage of using Duplicate is that the registry will not be copied to the external hard disk using Retrospect Express. if you are using Desktop, make sure you turn the option to copy the Registry on under Options > Windows > System > System State. What is the difference between backups and Duplicate? * Backups copy files in a proprietary format only accessible using Retrospect. Duplicate copies files in Windows format so they can be opened or used right on the backup disk without having to go through Retrospect. * Backups can employ compression whereas Duplicate cannot. * Backups can save old data incrementally so files deleted from the source are still available in the backup. Duplicate basically keeps a mirror image of the source so each Duplicate operation destroys previous data and only retains the current files. How do you do a Duplicate? (This can be done manually or with a script). 1. Immediate > Duplicate. 2. Select the hard drive or folder you want copied. 3. Select the hard drive you want to store your data on. 4. Make any necessary changes in options or in what files you want copied and click Duplicate. It's that simple. Subsequent Duplicate operations will be incremental, only copying files that have been modified or are new. Retrospect Express for Windows does not copy the registry during the "Duplicate" operations, only during Backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 10, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2002 Thanks for this. However all of my drives are formatted for NTFS (at least the ones that I am trying to backup) and I have done many backups in the past that were well over any kind of file limitation size. I did end up getting the backup done yesterday after I changed the prefs to verif off, don't backup windows security information and don't set MAC OS source vol backup time. Why would that affect it? thanks. ps.. do these file size limitations only apply to retrospect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lv2ski Posted July 11, 2002 Report Share Posted July 11, 2002 It isn't your source that is the problem. The Destination has to be NTFS too. But it doesn't sound like this is your issue. These file limitations are windows limitations. We work around this in the new 6.0 version due out soon. I do not know why changing those options would help you finish your backup and get around the 1115 if the backup is over 4gb. Unless its under 4gb total and the security information made it over. only thing I can think of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leathrpaws Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 I have recently begun getting the same error 1115 (volume full) BUT- my drives are all formatted NTFS. I recently had to replace a hard drive, and I cloned the original to the current drive so I would not lose the data. The machine has run fine since. BUT the backup has not. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leathrpaws Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 My destination is a tape drive- and has always been a tape drive- so why would this error suddenly pop up. How can I make the tapes NTFS format? Not possible, I don't think. I will try to do what the previous poster did and see if the backup runs, but I'm not too hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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