mlevin77 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I've got a client Mac that has about 4 Gigs in a folder. I've selected this folder as a "Subvolume" on the server side. it got backed up, but I see that Retrospect only grabbed about 500 Megs (and issued no errors). What's the best way to figure out why it's ignoring the rest? Is there a log somewhere of what folders it found below the "Subvolume" and what it traversed and what it ignored? <Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 It's likely that the rest of the data was already in the Backup Set, so Retrospect didn't need to copy it again. > What's the best way to figure out why it's ignoring the rest? Setup an Immediate Backup, and click on Preview. In the Browser window that comes up, you'll see some items have checkmarks, some items have checkmarks and diamonds, some items have neither, and some might have diamonds only. Checkmarks means the files are "Marked" to be considered for backup IF they don't already exist on the Backup Set. Diamonds means that the files do, in fact, already live on the Backup Set, and Retrospect will not copy them again (assuming default program preferences). These files are "Matched" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlevin77 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 > It's likely that the rest of the data was already in the Backup Set, so Retrospect didn't need to copy it again. interesting! This person had gotten a new laptop (with a new reserved IP address) so I had to "forget" and then "add" her client. I would have thought that this would make Retrospect think the data is brand new (even though, some of the files are indeed copied over from the old machine and are actually in the Set). If the client machine is new (but its name is the same) and the data is now in a different folder (path), is it really smart enough to know it's the same file that it already has?!? Anyway, I did the "preview" and indeed many of them have diamonds. Amazing! Is there a way to have them cleared for a specific sub-folder to make it backup the whole thing again? Thanks! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Quote: If the client machine is new (but its name is the same) and the data is now in a different folder (path), is it really smart enough to know it's the same file that it already has?!? Yes. Retrospect will match files regardless of their Source. They could be on an entirely different machine, or multiple machines. > Is there a way to have them cleared for a specific sub-folder to make it backup the whole thing again? Define the folder you want as a Subvolume, and use that as a Source. Click on Options->Matching and uncheck "Don't add duplicates to backup set" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlevin77 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 remarkable! I wonder how it could possibly know they're the same files, now that they're on a different machine and in a different location. Couldn't possibly be just the file names, right? Since we have 10 clients and many of them have files with the same names. Thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Information about Matching is on page 146 of the Users Guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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