dirtmac Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 I am trying to backup a Macintosh volume on my local network. I running OS X 10.1.5 on a G5 500MHz dual processor and Reprospect 5. The Mac volume I'm trying to backup is running OS 9.1. The problem is that the volume shows on the desktop of the G4, and I've got a script to automate the backup, but almost as soon as the backup starts, Retrospect says the operation was successful, but "no files needed to be copied". This is a new backup to a external firewire HD. All other volumes on the G4 and those on my networked PC backup just fine to the same firewire drive. Any ideas what is going on? Thanks in advance, dirtmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 Check to make sure your script lists the correct source. Do you see the drive being scanned when the backup starts? What happens if you do an Immediate Backup of the same source to the same destination backup set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmac Posted July 29, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 Yes, the script does list the correct source and when the backup starts, I can see the drive being scanned. But the scan is so fast, that I find it hard to believe it looked at the whole drive. Same thing happens when I try to do an Immediate Backup of the same source to the same destination backup set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 In reply to: I am trying to backup a Macintosh volume on my local network. I running OS X 10.1.5 on a G5 500MHz dual processor and Reprospect 5. The Mac volume I'm trying to backup is running OS 9.1. The problem is that the volume shows on the desktop of the G4, and I've got a script to automate the backup, but almost as soon as the backup starts, Retrospect says the operation was successful, but "no files needed to be copied". OS X handles mounted AFP (Apple File Protocol) volumes quite differently then OS 9 does. For Retrospect to backup data on a mounted AFP volume you have to configure Retrospect correctly. There have been numerous threads on this Forum on that subject, Dantz most certainly has a knowldege base article on it, and even the Retrospect ReadMe file addresses this issue (http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=retrospect_mac_readme). (note; ignore the part about logging into the Aqua Finder as root, and opt instead for the auto-mount configuration instructions.) Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted July 31, 2002 Report Share Posted July 31, 2002 I'm having the same problem with dirtmac. I also have a G4 running OSX 10.1.5 as our backup server, and have been using it for two months successfully now. I've just put in fresh tapes to begin our monthly backup for August and it does not backup anything. It scans the computers/files superfast and says "No files need to be copied", "Execution completed successfully." Nothing has changed on the scripts or any settings except that that they should be writting to the new tapes. hardcore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 In reply to: Nothing has changed on the scripts or any settings Perhaps you could share what those settings are? - Are you attempting to backup a mounted AFP volume (as DirtMac was)? - Have you configured Retrospect to mount the volume? - Before the script runs, have you made sure that the volume is _not_ mounted on the Finder Desktop (since if it is it will only be avilable to the current logged in user, which is a different user then Retrospect {ah, the fun of a truly multi-user operating system...}). It's all a root thing. Apple could fix AFP to respect the special powers of root, but they have not done so yet. If you're backing up another Macintosh, spring for a Client license. It's an easier and more powerful way to go. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Lets put it this way. I have almost 200 Mac OS 9 and Win95/NT/2000 machines on our network that gets backup an a regular basis. And it worked for the last two months successfully backing up everything on the selected selector and excluding those files that we do not want to get backed up. No mount volumes, just regular ole TCP/IP clients. And yes we have license for all of the machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 In reply to: Lets put it this way I see. But the way you'd put it previously was: "I'm having the same problem with dirtmac" And the problem _he_ was having was attempting to backup mounted AFP volumes. >it worked for the last two months successfully backing up everything >on the selected selector and excluding those files that we do not >want to get backed up. - What troubleshooting have you done on your selectors? - If you choose "All Files" do you get the number of matched & unmatched files you expect? - If you chage to your preferred Selector, what happens to this number (Retrospect won't scan again, so it's easy to test among multiple Selecting settings without actually Executing a backup). Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 I had a similar problem as yours....read previous or below. I could use the buit-in selectors and they would work fine but not my custom selector that I had been using for two months. So I deleted the "Retro.Config(5)" file, reinitialized Retrospect unfortunately because I have almost 200 desktops to reactivate. Re-create my custom selector and it is working fine as I write this. My server is writting to DDS tape in a jukebox. hardcore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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