tshubitz Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) Background ------------------ Retrospect Version 8.1 (build 150) - PowerPC-based Retrospect Engine Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 - xServe Dual 2.3 Ghz G5 - 3 GB RAM - 400 GB boot drive - Catalog files stored on boot drive where Retrospect is installed - Disk-based archive set 1. archive_disk_1 - 6 GB ATA - connected to server by: NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter 2. archive_disk_2 - 75 GB SATA - connected to server by: NewerTech Voyager Q FireWire 800 3. archive_disk_3 - 75 GB SATA - connected to server by: NewerTech Voyager Q FireWire 800 - Drive being backed up - 75 GB SATA - connected to server by: NewerTech Voyager Q FireWire 800 End goal ------------------ Archive data spanning all three attached disk members without error and intervention by me. Issue ------------------ I had a Voyager Q-attached 75 GB SATA drive ready for archiving. The 75 GB drive was added to the archive script as the 'source' and the script was run. After Retrospect finished filling up the first member (6 GB ATA) of the archive Media Set, Retrospect stopped and did not move on to 'archive_disk_2' (75 GB SATA) which was already attached. No errors were reported. Retrospect just stopped. Last comments ------------------ I'm at a loss as I've completely wiped out all media sets, reformatted the three archive drives, recreated the archive set and associated media set. Same problem. Any ideas? - tim shubitz Edited August 3, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Have you tried adding all the disks to the media set before starting the backup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshubitz Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) Robin, Yes, I have done this which is why I was a bit surprised that Retrospect didn't move on to the next member. - tim Edited August 3, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Are you able to post a screenshot of what you are seeing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshubitz Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Here ya go. This screenshot is taken while I was logged in remotely to the backup server. The situation here is as follows... - Retrospect was setup from scratch (no scripts, media sets, etc.) - Three "archive" disks (all SATA) were formatted and attached to the server via three separate Voyager Q's (2 via FW 800, 1 via FW 400) - Created Media Set 'Archive_Set' and added all three "archive" disks to the Media Set. - Created backup archive script and added the Media Set 'Archive_Set' as the backup location - Added 'Server Boot Mirror' (internally attached SATA), two disk images that were mounted (Macintosh HD), and a USB 2.0 connected ATA drive (User Temp Backup) - Hit 'Run' for the script Retrospect got through the 'Server Boot Mirror' drive and seemed to start on the first mounted disk image but eventually puttered out. No error, nothing. Just stopped after trying. - tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 So the destination is a disk image not a physical volume? I can so for sure this was never tested by our team. I wrote a bug for investigation. It is bug 23019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshubitz Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 No, the destination is a Media Set (Archive_Set) that consists of three (3) SATA physical drives (volumes). The disk image is mounted to have the data within the image added to the archive. - tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 From the screen shot it appears that everything is configured correctly; the first Member of the Media Set is full (8k free) and the second has nothing written to it yet. While I'd like to see the full Names and Location fields of the Members tab of the Media Sets window (column widths are not remembered across Console launches; yecch), I'm assuming that the Engine is running on the same machine as this Console application is. I do wonder why you are using an Archive script instead of a Backup script; do you need the option to Delete source files after copying and verifying ? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshubitz Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Dave, Thanks for the response. Yes, the Engine is being run on the same machine as the Console. I just happened to be doing this as I left the Console up when I went home last night. Remoted in to check in later in the evening. Anyway. I'm using 'Archive' as, to me anyway, that makes sense as to what I'm trying to do. I have a bunch of data spread all over the place (drives, disk images, etc.) that I want to push into Retrospect so that I can search my grand archive of everything that has accumulated over the years. I'm archiving the data and then recycling the drives that the old data was on. Does doing just a regular ol' backup make more sense? Is the Retrospect archive functionality really intended to be used for data that is ALREADY backed up but can be safely "archived" and removed from the "normal" backup? Thanks for your time. Have a wonderful day. - tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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