hlockwood Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 This is my first post; hope I'm obeying all the rules. I'm using Retrospect 6.1.126, but this problem has been present on previous versions. My backup procedure is to close all applications and perform a Premissions Repair before backing up on my Mac PB G4, running OS 10.4.8. I usually get one or two Execution Errors, sometimes none. My question is, how important are these errors? Will they prevent an accurate Restore? (Thankfully, I've never had to Restore, but you never know.) Thanks for any advice, HFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: I usually get one or two Execution Errors, sometimes none. My question is, how important are these errors? Will they prevent an accurate Restore? What are the errors? Hard to tell if you don't provide that information. Post the relevant portion from your Retrospect log and we'll try to help. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlockwood Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Thanks, Russ. Here is the full statement of the recent error message. - 11/29/2006 10:25:22 AM: Copying Macintosh HD… 11/29/2006 10:34:56 AM: Comparing Macintosh HD… File “windowserver.log”: different data size (set: 34,924, vol: 35,086), path: “Macintosh HD/private/var/log/windowserver.log”. File “ntp.drift”: different creation date/time (set: 11/28/2006 4:21:48 PM, vol: 11/29/2006 10:31:01 AM), path: “Macintosh HD/private/var/run/ntp.drift”. 11/29/2006 10:38:47 AM: 2 execution errors. Completed: 3826 files, 2.1 GB Performance: 335.3 MB/minute (240.1 copy, 555.2 compare) Duration: 00:13:25 (00:00:40 idle/loading/preparing) Is there a "rule" that would provide guidance on future errors? Thanks again, HFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 That particular error message is innocuous. Stuff was being logged while the the backup/verify was going. For a discussion, see this thread (about making a backup that can be booted if you restore, which is your real concern): Is a Duplicate an exact duplicate? and this thread (regarding error messages, which includes the above link), which should answer your questions, if you read all of the thread: New user: 6 execution errors Hope this helps, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlockwood Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Thanks, Russ, for the response and for the pointers to related issues. Very helpful. HFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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