myqhenry Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 hi, Im a bit confused about backup sets. I have Retrospect 5.5 workgroup and am using multiple tapes. I am just backing up a hard drive on the server everynite. The problem is that when the tapes are switched it asks for a different tape. I just want to be able to throw a tape in, backup the files that have been changed (after a full backup has been performed) and do the same thing the next day and not have to worry about it. Is there a spefic order for which tapes get inserted is there? I ve noticed that it names some tapes 1-backup, or 1-backup[001] and so on, what does this mean? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 28, 2003 Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 [001] means you asked for a "new media" backup, which requires a new tape be inserted. You must insert the exact tape name Retrospect is asking for, you can not insert "any" tape prior to backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myqhenry Posted July 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 so..basically i can NOT have 6 tapes and insert them randomly to do a normal backup to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 Hi, That is correct. The idea being that restores are MUCH easier when you backup this way. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myqhenry Posted August 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 hm, i need a good solution with multiple tapes that are not inserted in any order. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Hi Most people create backup sets that are named the days of the week. It is pretty easy to follow rotation schedules like that. Throwing in any tape sounds easy but it is brutal for restores Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetrabyte Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I have a similar problem but it is not acceptable in my case to change the tapes like a machine every single day. I would like to know if there is ANY possible way to set up Retrospect 5.5 to backup to any tape, (part of the BACKUP SET or not) any time. If I don't change the Monday tape I want it to backup to the existing tape with a NORMAL backup. It is more important to have your system backed up when you miss a tape than to keep the tapes in order. If Retrospect can't do this then it is not a flexible solution. I can't understand why restores would be harder. If Retrospect keeps a Database of the files, where they are, and when they were backed up, then it should have no problems finding files in different tapes no matter what. There should be a way to do this. Can someone please tell me there is or not. If there is, how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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