deadseasquirrels Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 I am having issues with the retrospect software and/or the tape backups I use to backup my server. I am just running the desktop version (I believe). Bare with me because I stepped into somebody else's position about 3 weeks ago. Anyway I am constantly getting this message from one of the 4 servers I am running. > File "[file name]": miscompare data @ offset #, path: > File "[file name]": different modification data/time... > File "[file name]": different data size... Also I come in in the morning and I see the tape has been ejected. My gut reaction is that the tape is full, though this is disheartening because I still have 2 more full days of backing up that I should be doing before I change the tape. If the tape is full, why am I getting these error messages that have nothing to do with the capacity of the tapes? I've read a good portion of the manual, and it said that I should not worry about the second error too much but that the first error can be a problem. I do not think it is a physical connection issue because it runs smoothly for about 3 days and then craps out. Sorry for this terribly long message, but i have a lot of confusions right now, and i thought it would be best to get them all (nay, mostly) out. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Hi You are right about the errors. They are likely not a problem. There is an eject on quit feature that may be causing the tape to be ejected. To check if there is free space on a member of a backup set go to configure->backup sets->(pick one)->configure and look at the general tab. If it says "Appending requires another member" you know the tape is full. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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