jeffmazur Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 Running Server 5.0.238 under OS 10.2.4. When I attempt to run an immediate restore, I cannot change from Run Interactively to Run Unattended. This has always been a sore point - you have to wait while tapes are searched before you can even get to the Run menu - but under OS 9 you could eventually change to unattended and then walk away. Under OS X, every time I try to change the Run mode, it waits for a while and then asks for the admin password (sometimes in a dialog underneath other windows, thank you very much). After entering the password, it resumes but DOES NOT change to Unattended no matter how many times I try. This is BAD!!! Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Quote: Under OS X, every time I try to change the Run mode, it waits for a while and then asks for the admin password (sometimes in a dialog underneath other windows, thank you very much). After entering the password, it resumes but DOES NOT change to Unattended no matter how many times I try. It doesn't happen to me that way. What are the exact steps you're doing? Here's what I tried: - Immediate Backup of Files/Folders from a File Backup Set - Retrospect matches Backup Set to Destination (short process for File/Folder backup, can be much longer if it's matching existing files in a Replace Entire Disk operation) - Select Files for Restore - Click "Restore" - Arror cursor chages to the gear cursor; this means it's running Interactively. - Click on Run menu, select "Run Unattended" - Cursor changes to checkerboard; this means it's running Unattended - At this point, if you click anywhere (within Retrospect) again, Retrospect will prompt for a password (if your security settings are the default of "always require authentication"). This is as it should be. - If you leave it alone it will time out and continue Unattended. If you enter your password you will be back to Interactive. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmazur Posted April 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Thanks Dave, You were right. I just didn't realize that every time I went back to the Run menu (and re-authenticating), it was putting me back into interactive mode (unlike OS9). Still, I wish we could set the mode before executing the command - or even better, set a default preference - since waiting for the tape to read before letting you select a menu is quite awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Quote: Still, I wish we could set the mode before executing the command - or even better, set a default preference - since waiting for the tape to read before letting you select a menu is quite awkward. What sort of Restore are you doing? Entire disk, or just Files and folders? You could Schedule the Restore, and run it from the Run menu. - For Files and folders, first setup the Immediate Restore. - Select the files you want, then "Save highlights" from the Browser menu - Name this selector; you can rename the same name each time; Retrospect doesn't seem to care about overwriting an existing selector name (maybe a bug?). - Then select "Schedule" from the Script menu, and name a new script. - When the script opens, change "Selecting" from "file name contains anything" to more choices and then Include->Selectors->your_selector. - Save and run from Run menu. I don't know if this will work for your workflow; it's just an idea... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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