mohrus Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I need some help here. Have been trying to get this backup-setup running for weeks now. There seems to be one consistant error that is reoccuring: My setup: Xeon XServe with Snow Leopard, Retrospect 8.2, external disk (USB). A proactive script is backing up the whole startup/data volume of the server to the ext.disk. There are 3 ext.disks with individual scripts for maximum flexibility. The script enters an endless loop when copying the file Config80.bak. The status constantly changes between: - Copying >drivename<... - Please Wait every now an then: - Updating Catalog File This happened with different drives and different scripts (also regular backup scripts). What I tried: - rebooting, starting/stopping retro engine - rebuilding scripts - deleting Config80.bak -> same loop with Config80.dat - permissions are correct: -rwxr-xr-x root admin Any ideas greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. Will keep you posted on solution, if there's any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohrus Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Update: Recreated the config file from scratch. Verification off. Same Backup Sets. Backup starts looping again with several (other) files. It's repeating over and over again. Any input greatly appreciated! Log says this: [color:green]> !Trouble writing: "1-MD-Backup Set 3" (3285934080), error -102 ( trouble communicating) !Trouble writing media: "1-MD-Backup Set 3"error -102 ( trouble communicating) MapError: unknown Mac error 22 TFile::Create: UCreateFile failed, /Volumes/MD-Backup3/Retrospect/MD-Backup Set 3/1-MD-Backup Set 3/AAd.rdb, oserr 22, error -1002 Additional error information for Disk Media Set member "1-MD-Backup Set 3", Can't write to file /Volumes/MD-Backup3/Retrospect/MD-Backup Set 3/1-MD-Backup Set 3/AAd.rdb, error -1002 ( unknown Mac OS error) [/color] Update2: Force-unmounted + repaired + mounted disk with disk utility. Backup running fine now. I had this same cycle a few times now. I bet it's coming back tomorrow. Any ideas? Could it be the Backup-Hardware? I chose this relatively cheapish Sharkoon Quickport for super easy disk swapping. Could it even be the USB-Cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Could it be the Backup-Hardware? Yes. "[color:purple]!Trouble writing[/color]" means, well, it means what it says; trouble writing data to the backup hardware. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohrus Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yes. "[color:purple]!Trouble writing[/color]" means, well, it means what it says; trouble writing data to the backup hardware. Simple, yet convincing remark I will move forward in purchasing a new piece of equipment. Will keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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