sndesign1 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Hello, Am probably duplicating posts somewhere but after a couple hundred bucks on FireWire media and mucho $$$ in lost time...I'm not going to have any hair left if this goes on much longer. Running OS 9.1 and Retro 4.3 on Mac Backing up 4 clients in OS 9; 1 on OS X. Using 2=40G Maxtor and 1=120G FW external drives 1. Neither 40G will mount on desktop (In contact w/Maxtor about it, not a Retro problem unless there's a magic trick I don't know about.) 2. Want to run scripts Tu We Th Fr between 1-6 a.m. Scheduling isn't the problem in writing the scripts, but I can't get files in specific folders (i.e. Design Files) modified/created within 24 hrs to write to duplicate/overwrite. Tried the include/exclude feature, but still duplicates entire folder of Gigs of info. Including specific folders means specifying up to fifty folders in some cases. Would selecting only hot or cool-labeled folders alleviate this problem? 3. Any suggestions for a rotation to keep one drive (preferably the 120) off-premise in event of catastrophe? In the heyday when things worked (not under my supervision, obviously) Tu We Th Fr backed up to Firewire 1; on Fridays, FW 1 backed up to FW 2, overwriting corresponding files. FW 2 then went off-site. The 120 Gig came into the picture last week and already contains info from FW1 & 2 (which have the same files) to use for overwriting/duplicating. Have to admit, I'm not a techie, but usually can work my way through computers. Why isn't this going smoother and where have I fallen apart on selecting files? TIA, Cathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Running OS 9.1 and Retro 4.3 on Mac, Backing up 4 clients in OS 9; 1 on OS X. 4.3 cannot properly backup OS X. At best, you may be able to properly restore data files. An upgrade to 5.0 is required for OS X support. 1. Neither 40G will mount on desktop (In contact w/Maxtor about it, not a Retro problem unless there's a magic trick I don't know about.) Nope, not Retrospect. You may want to try the drives on another computer. The hardware vendor is the best source of information for this problem. but I can't get files in specific folders (i.e. Design Files) modified/created within 24 hrs to write to duplicate/overwrite. Tried the include/exclude feature, but still duplicates entire folder of Gigs of info. Including specific folders means specifying up to fifty folders in some cases. Would selecting only hot or cool-labeled folders alleviate this problem? Using the Hot Items (to include) or the Exclude Cool items (to exclude) files/folder will allow you to customize your backup. Using either of these selectors, when the root level of a folder is selected all contents are also selected. The following article will go into more detail on selector creation: http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=kbase&ACTION=KBASE&id=27731 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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