smurphy77077 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Using Retrospect Server 5.6.127 on (Windows 2000 SP4) Backup Server machine, which calls out to clients nightly for a Disk to Disk backup. This has been working reliably for about 2 years. I recently installed a LaCie 250GB HDD (Firewire). I configured the backup to call out to various clients and start backing up everything from the main server, and three laptops to the new external HDD - all disks are NTFS (I had to reformat the LaCie 250 GB after receiving 2GB limits last night). I intend to use this new HDD as off site storage. I never get that far. Retrospect has the following errors when the compare begins: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Retrospect version 5.6.127 Launched at 3/6/2006 09:09 + Retrospect Driver Update, version 2.3.125 + Recycle backup using ENVco SYSTEMS at 3/6/2006 09:13 To backup set ENVco SYSTEMS... 3/6/2006 09:13:35: Recycle backup: The backup set was reset - 3/6/2006 09:13:35: Copying SRV6_Cdrive (C:) on SRV6 3/6/2006 09:13:35: Connected to SRV6 File "C:\WINNT\system32\Perflib_Perfdata_350.dat": can't read, error -1020 (sharing violation) File "C:\WINNT\system32\Perflib_Perfdata_3a4.dat": can't read, error -1020 (sharing violation) File "C:\WINNT\system32\dhcp\dhcp.mdb": can't read, error -1020 (sharing violation) File "C:\WINNT\system32\dhcp\j50.log": can't read, error -1020 (sharing violation) File "C:\WINNT\system32\dhcp\j5003545.log": can't read, error -1101 (file/directory not found) File "C:\WINNT\system32\dhcp\tmp.edb": can't read, error -1020 (sharing violation) File "C:\WINNT\system32\dhcp\backup\Jet\new\j5003545.log": can't read, error -1101 (file/directory not found) necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 necoIncoming: unowned packet, tid 4 PitonPacketnetimport, unknown Piton packet type 0 necoDispatch: unknown packet code from responder: 0 3/6/2006 12:13:56: Snapshot stored, 19.9 MB 3/6/2006 12:14:03: Comparing SRV6_Cdrive (C:) on SRV6 Can't initialize source, error -519 (network communication failed) 3/6/2006 12:14:03: Execution incomplete Remaining: 43796 files, 19.3 GB Completed: 0 files, zero KB Performance: 112.0 MB/minute (112.0 copy, 0.0 compare) Duration: 03:00:27 (00:04:30 idle/loading/preparing) - 3/6/2006 12:14:06: Copying Local Disk (C:) on D2G9Y121 3/6/2006 12:14:06: Connected to D2G9Y121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The last client listed above will diplay the same error when it comes time to compare. I understand that the -1020 represents open files. Any ideas? Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekr0phage Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Hi Sean, It looks like the data Retrospect is recieving from the client is not usable, possibly corrupt. If this client has been backing up for two years and suddenly the backups begin to fail due to unusable network data, my first suspicion would be faulty hardware. If you have a spare NIC lying around, I would suggest installing it, disabling the old NIC if it can't be uninstalled, and forget/add the client again. - Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurphy77077 Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Thanks, However, I was unclear in my previous post. For the past two years I have been reliably backing up to my laptop. I take it home with me every night, and it works as a poor-man's offsite storage. As you can imagine, my HDD on the laptop is almost full. The LaCie drive is portable, and I bought this to alleviate the problem. I want to back up to the LaCie drive in lieu of my laptop and take the portable HDD home with me at nights. The LaCie drive is the one having the problems with compare, although it appears to write the backup reliably. I am using an Adaptec Fire wire adapter (new) and the LaCie Drive. These two items are the only changes that I made to a previously reliable system. The NIC's are the same, so I think that they are working as they have been. Any ideas on where to start checking? Can you confirm that the 5.6 version will work with this setup? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurphy77077 Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 And today.....it works. Gremlins. I think that I am now doing the compares. Some files from Windows are not being backed up, or the compare shows different dates/times. This is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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