dan_beacock Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hi. Can't believe I'm the only one with this problem, but I've searched the forum and can't seem to find a previous posting, so here goes. I'm using Retrospect Desktop, (sorry, not sure what version as I'm at work, but it will probably be the one just before the Leopard upgrade), and have been using it to perform scheduled backups from my Mac and from attached firewire drives to a networked (wired) Buffalo Linkstation NAS without a hitch for the last 18-24 months and am extremely happy with it. My only problem is that everytime I have to reboot the Mac the volumes defined for the backup locations on the NAS end up being greyed out and unavailable. The only way to bring them back again is to "forget" the greyed out volumes and then re-define. The connection to the NAS is fine, it's the volumes that Retrospect seems to lose, and it drives me mad! Luckily the Mac is a media centre machine so is rarely turned off, but when it is I have to go through the whole forget and re-define routine, which also means re-editing all the scripts to find the newly defined volumes, which is a real pain. I can't believe this is right as it would mean anyone who turns off their computer daily, with an attached NAS, would have to do the same routine everytime they turn back on! Admittedly it's taken me a while to look into solving it, but having now upgraded to Leopard I thought I would try to iron out this problem once and for all. So if anybody has a solution to this I would be most grateful. As to the specs: Mac Mini PowerPC 1.42ghz Running Leopard, (upgraded from Tiger) 2 x 250Gb LaCie Mini Firewires 1 x 320Gb Buffalo Linkstation Pro Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 - What file sharing protocol is being used to mount the NAS on your Mac desktop? Note that Retrospect before 6.1.138 supported only AFP; release notes of 6.1.138 claim CIFS compatibility has been added. - Are you mounting the NAS volumes manually _before_ you try to access those volumes in Retrospect? Any unmounted volume that is listed in the Volumes Database will be grey. Retrospect needs to be configured with the volume's login/password in order for the program to mount the drive (AFP only before 6.1.138). MountWatcher is a program that can auto-mount shared volumes, including CIFS, across system restarts. Although I've not been able to get it to work on intel machines (even though it's a UB application) it works very well on my G4 fileserver to keep my NAS volumes available for Retrospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_beacock Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Quote: - What file sharing protocol is being used to mount the NAS on your Mac desktop? Note that Retrospect before 6.1.138 supported only AFP; release notes of 6.1.138 claim CIFS compatibility has been added. Not sure, where do I find that information? Quote: - Are you mounting the NAS volumes manually _before_ you try to access those volumes in Retrospect? Any unmounted volume that is listed in the Volumes Database will be grey. Retrospect needs to be configured with the volume's login/password in order for the program to mount the drive (AFP only before 6.1.138). No, the volume mounts automatically, and I don't need to input the login password. Quote: MountWatcher is a program that can auto-mount shared volumes, including CIFS, across system restarts. Although I've not been able to get it to work on intel machines (even though it's a UB application) it works very well on my G4 fileserver to keep my NAS volumes available for Retrospect. OK, I'll try that and see if it cures it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_beacock Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Actually looking at the version number of 6.1.126, Retrospect must be using AFP. Do I need to upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 > the volumes defined for the backup locations on the NAS... - What Type of Backup Set are you using? Volumes are not "defined for backup locations;" File Backup Sets can be stored on any compatible volume, and Retrospect will remember their location. If a File Backup Set is stored on a remote volume, Retrospect can access that volume (via AFP in previous version, with CIFS/SMB support having been recently added in 6.1.138) as long as the steps referenced in the ReadMe that comes with Retrospect are followed (the November 2, 2007 updated Read Me points to this KnowledgeBase article for the information about how to deal with shared volumes). You should read that article. (note that the title of the KB article misleadingly refers to "Mounted AppleShare ... Volumes," when in fact the discussion is about Mounted AFP (AppleShare File Protocol) Volumes. "AppleShare" was a software product that Apple used to sell, which has since been discontinued. "AFP" is a file sharing protocol that can be implemented in various server operating systems, including some higher-end NAS devices) Quote: the volume mounts automatically What does this mean? Volumes don't mount themselves; how/when does the volume mount? Allow me to change my previous question of: - Are you mounting the NAS volumes manually _before_ you try to access those volumes in Retrospect? to: - Is the NAS volume mounted on the Desktop _before_ you try to access it in Retrospect? It's still unclear how your machine is configured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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