dware Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 I have 2 proactive scripts for 2 sets of laptops using 2 source groups each. I have 1 scheduled script for desktops using 2 different source groups. My problem is that the desktop machines are being backed up by the proactive scripts during the the day. The scheduled scripts are due to start in 30 mins. I will confirm that they are being backed up then. I used exactly this approach with 7.0 without issue. These are my first backups using 7.7. What I don't understand is that the source groups used by the proactive scripts do not have the desktop volumes anywhere in them and yet they are being backed up with the proactive scripts. How is that possible? Puzzled, Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 In Retrospect, see the Activity window, Proactive pane. Are the desktop computers listed there? If they are, something is wrong with your setup. It may be the sourcegroups or you may have added the wrong items as "source" to the proactive script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dware Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Lennart, Thanks for your reply. Yes, the desktops are appearing in the Activity window Proactive pane. That is how I knew something was wrong. And yes, I have checked and double checked the source groups. In fact, the volumes on the desktops that appear in the Activity window, Proactive pane don't appear in any other source groups and those source groups only appear in the scheduled script. I just checked the overnight run and interestingly the proactive source groups were attempted (the laptops weren't online, of course) during the scheduled script's run. On closer inspection what is happening is that each volume (irrespective of source group) is being backed up in each of the 2 proactive scripts and the scheduled script. So everything is being backed up 3 times each day. An ideas? Thanks, Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Interesting problem. If you expand the source groups (by clicking on the small + ), what do you see? Do you see groups inside groups? Do you see the desktops inside the laptops source group? EDIT: Attached is how it is set up here. "Bärbara" is Swedish for "portable" and the clients listed are indeed just the portable/laptops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dware Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Lennart, Thanks for the image. It highlighted my issue and a bug in 7.7. Each of my source groups has a member called 'Source Groups container'. I was used to this appearance as it was there in 7.0. Now in 7.7 it seems that it is now being actioned in some way and so each Source Group now seems to contain the entire set of Source Groups. This was my problem. I removed this '...Container' and the problem went away. Most interesting is that if I create a new Group then that new group automatically contains the 'Source Group Container' entry. Of course my process is now to delete that line every time I create a new Source Group. I'd attach my screenshot but I don't seem to have permission. Thank you very much, Greg. System: Windows Server 2008 in a KVM. Retrospect: 7.7.325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 I'd attach my screenshot but I don't seem to have permission. The secret is revealed: Forum Attachment Rules Change Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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