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Does Retrospect 5 Suddenly Need Clients?


jreffner

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I have 2 Macs (both OS 9).

 

 

 

The G3 is used as a game & FTP server. The G4 is my primary Mac. The G4 has Retrospect Desktop 5 installed, is connected to an external Firewire drive, and is connected to a Netgear router/switch/firewall.

 

 

 

When running Retrospect Desktop 4.3 on the G4, I could back up the G3 over the LAN.

 

 

 

After Upgrading to Retrospect Desktop version 5, I get an error -37 (invalid Name) as Retrospect is scanning the files on the G3 over the LAN. According to the Knowledgebase, on a Mac this indicates that I have a file with a name that is too long for OS 9 to handle. This would be fine except that I have no idea how to find the file with the long name. The log in Retrospect tells me nothing useful.

 

 

 

I could really use some help here. Do I now need to buy/install a client on the G3 in order to back it up over the LAN? I didn't need a client with Retrospect 4.3.

 

 

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jim

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I found an answer if anyone cares.

 

 

 

Yes. Retrospect 5 needs a client to backup a second Mac over a LAN (TCP/IP since AppleTalk support has been dropped for version 5).

 

 

 

I hope this is helpful to someone. Actually IreneS and others have been a huge help. Thank them, not me.

 

 

 

Jim Reffner

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