RolfSchmollin Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Hi, any body having (positive) experiences with Snow Leopard (recent developer build, obviously) and Retrospect 6.1? Current situation with Retrospect 8.x means I am still running 6.1 successfully in Leopard (under Rosetta). Will that change with Snow Leopard? Thanks a bunch, Rolf Edited August 27, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Any specific reason you really need to upgrade your server to Snow Leopard? Don't try to fix what isn't broken. I have NEVER installed 10.x in my life. I have waited for 10.x.1 or even later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolfSchmollin Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hi, sorry that was unclear: I am currently running Retrospect 61 Desktop on my MBP (C2D, 2.33 GH, early 2007), sans server… nevertheless, any body did try that configuration under recent Snow Leopard Builds? thanks, Rolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Talking with engineering one major issue exists for backup programs and Snow Leopard. The Operating System files are in a compressed state. The backup of those files copies them uncompresses. Older versions of Retrospect would then restore them in an uncompressed state and no known way exists to re-compress those files. A planned update to Retrospect 8 will address this problem and others. We hope to have the Retrospect 8 update available in a 30 day timeframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 sorry that was unclear: I am currently running Retrospect 61 Desktop on my MBP (C2D, 2.33 GH, early 2007), sans server… In Retrospect terminology, the computer running the Retrospect application is called "server" (which can back up "clients" on the network). So the question remains: Why are you so in a hurry to update to Snow Leopard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolfSchmollin Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Hi, well I think Snow Leopard is a compelling update. Fixes some annoying quirks… So I will in time update to Retrospect 8.x but rely on TimeMachine and SuperDuper until then. regards Rolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolfSchmollin Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks for the response. So backing up user-data would pose no problem for now? I will update to Retrospect 8.x in time but not just now. Rolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 So I will in time update to Retrospect 8.x but rely on TimeMachine and SuperDuper until then. Is SuperDuper updated for Snow Leopard? You better check, they could run into issues along the way too. Has it been fully tested to recover the operating system of 10.6? Backup of user data should not be an issue. The official statement with details will be out later today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Is SuperDuper updated for Snow Leopard? You better check, they could run into issues along the way too. Has it been fully tested to recover the operating system of 10.6? Yes. SuperDuper! updated for Snow Leopard SuperDuper! is one program that "just works". Retrospect used to be that same way, back with Retrospect 2.0 through 4.2. But SuperDuper! is not a backup program as most understand that term. russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 You can find details on Retrospect and Snow Leopard compatibility at: http://kb.dantz.com/article.asp?article=9723&p=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirpsmac Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Due to ongoing concerns about Retrospect 8, my client is still relying on Retrospect 6 Server running on a G5/Tiger setup. I understand that EMC's position is to leave R6/Snow Leopard unsupported, but is the 6.2.234 client viable running on a Snow Leopard box? We only back up the user folder - obviously there's no system or application files involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 It is probably okay, just untested by us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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