Can't add more than 2 gig to backup set (file on server)

[barryamundson]

I'm using Retrospect Workgroup to backup 13 users email personal files (Mac OS 9 and OS X/Entourage and Windows 2000 and XP/Outlook) through the Retrospect client to a backup set file on to a OS X Server(10.3) volume. Retrospect Workgroup 5.1 is running on it's own OS 9 computer and backs these files up through the network to the mounted server.

 

I get the following error halfway through the second persons email files, as it approaches a 2 gig backup set:

 

Can't add that much data to backup set.

The limit is 2.0 G.

 

Can I really only have 2 gigs in the backup set? I'm sure once the email backup script completes it will be around 20 gigs total for all the outlook archive.pst files and entourage email data. Does this have something to do with the Retrospect Backup running on an OS 9 machine but (the backup set is located on an OS X Server)? I could upgrade the REtrospect computer to run OS X, but it will be mightly slow as it's a 233mhz beige G3.

 

THANKS!

 

Here's the full log:

 

 

+ Recycle backup using EMAIL Client Backup at 7/20/2004 2:47 AM

To backup set Email Client Backup…

7/20/2004 2:47:20 AM: Recycle backup: The backup set was reset

 

- 7/20/2004 2:47:20 AM: Copying Barry on barry…

7/20/2004 2:47:20 AM: Connected to barry

7/20/2004 3:49:07 AM: Execution completed successfully.

Completed: 6 files, 1.3 GB

Performance: 20.2 MB/minute

Duration: 01:01:47 (00:00:01 idle/loading/preparing)

 

- 7/20/2004 3:49:11 AM: Copying elizabeth on Elizabeth's Computer…

7/20/2004 3:49:11 AM: Connected to Elizabeth's Computer

Can't add that much data to backup set.

The limit is 2.0 G.

7/20/2004 3:49:13 AM: Execution incomplete.

Remaining: 11 files, 759.9 MB

Completed: 0 files, zero KB

Performance: 0.0 MB/minute

Duration: 00:00:02 (00:00:02 idle/loading/preparing)

 

7/20/2004 3:49:15 AM: Execution incomplete.

Total performance: 20.2 MB/minute

Total duration: 01:01:53 (00:00:03 idle/loading/preparing)

Quit at 7/20/2004 3:49 AM

[natew]

Hi

 

This is a limitation imposed by Macintosh file sharing. You can't copy/ access files larger that 2 GB over the network. As a result when the Retrospect backup file gets bigger than 2GB on a file share the Mac running Retrospect can't see it any more.

 

The only real way around it is to store the backup file on the local machine.

 

Thanks

Nate

[markfrautschi]

I worked this same questions with Dantz Tech Support this afternoon.

 

They advised me to reformat the backup volume as HFS+. It had been formatted (by Retrospect 5.1!) as HFS, and HFS only supports drives up to 2 GB in size!

 

This worked, and got me to the next problem.