RE: Stubbornly Invisible Client!
The "Macintosh centric" feel of the product has begun to concern me. While I certainly have no bias against Apple (we were once an Apple shop before moving to NT), I hope Dantz is not struggling with a lack of depth of experience with NT/Win2K as compared to other vendors with a more well defined Wintel heritage... Dantz may not have had a Windows server until recently, but they have had a Windows Retrospect client for a long time. Years ago I had terrible problems backing up a Windows NT 3.5.1 server, and Dantz technical support were very helpful. Despite Retrospect being the only application affected, I eventually identified a hardware problem. Windows NT 3.5 experience suggests a reasonable Wintel heritage. :-) So a personal vote of confidence from years of backing up Windows and Macintosh clients: I have complete confidence in the Retrospect software and in Dantz technical support, for both Windows and Macintosh. 1. Does anyone have the Retrospect CLIENT running successfully on a Win2k SERVER? Yes. My only problem was that when the Windows 2000 server was first set up, the TCP/IP protocol was binding to a second ethernet card with no ethernet attached. Walking through a Dantz trouble-shooting guide helped me to resolve the problem. 2. Does anyone have the Retrospect Client working on a dual-homed machine? Not at the moment, but our previous Windows NT 3.5.1 server acted as a gateway between two ethernet segments and was backed up using Retrospect client. (Which might or might not be dual-homed, excuse my ignorance.) -- John Gee[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dunedin, New ZealandProgrammers live in interesting times... -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Micompare errors with 4.3
on 31/7/00 10:03 AM, John Gee wrote: I get about the same number of miscompare errors as with the previous version, and they all make sense. (e.g. Files which are in use by running applications like email clients which haven't been shut down.) The files in question are on a NT volume which is used as a repository by our retouching dept. They never open files from the server, I fail to see how these files can be flagged as busy. michael -- Michael Scheurer Systems Administrator Show-Ads Digital Centre 479 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004 Phone: +613 9821 4588 Fax: +613 9821 4599 Mobile 0419 554 495 http://www.showads.com.au -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Micompare errors with 4.3
Michael, It would be really helpful if you would send the pertinent portion of your log showing the miscompares to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We could then try and diagnose what the problem is. A "miscompare" to me is still not enough information to even begin troubleshooting. What miscompared? Date/time, data size, data offset, resource offset...? Depending on what it was, this could be a trivial or extremely serious problem! Regards, Matthew Tevenan Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Michael Scheurer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:54:57 +1000 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Micompare errors with 4.3 Hi all, I'm getting heaps of miscompare errors with the new version, anyone else experiencing this? My setup is PPC 7300/180, 2 Sony DDS2, 1 HP DDS2, MacOS 8.6. with Retrospect 4.3 backing up various clients and NT Volumes. This setup is the same I've been running for the last year without any problems. It's not a tape problem (Sony DGD120P) as the problem re appears on new storage sets and new tapes. I don't btw recycle tapes, tapes are written to once and stored. cheers michael - Michael Scheurer Systems Administrator Show-Ads Digital Centre 479 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004 Phone: +613 9821 4588 Fax: +613 9821 4599 Mobile 0419 554 495 http://www.showads.com.au -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Micompare errors with 4.3
on 7/30/00 5:36 PM, Michael Scheurer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 31/7/00 10:03 AM, John Gee wrote: I get about the same number of miscompare errors as with the previous version, and they all make sense. (e.g. Files which are in use by running applications like email clients which haven't been shut down.) The files in question are on a NT volume which is used as a repository by our retouching dept. They never open files from the server, I fail to see how these files can be flagged as busy. What are the exact errors in question? Copy and paste the log and send it to the list. There is no way to know what the errors you are getting are about if people don't know the EXACT error in question. Error messages and numbers will be helpful in figuring out your problem. Otherwise, people are just going to guess. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Micompare errors with 4.3
on 31/7/00 1:45 PM, Pat Lee wrote: What are the exact errors in question? Copy and paste the log and send it to the list. There is no way to know what the errors you are getting are about if people don't know the EXACT error in question. Error messages and numbers will be helpful in figuring out your problem. Otherwise, people are just going to guess. I've sent a portion to Matthew, however here's a snippet: Miscompare at data offset 9,099,563 for file ³ARCHIVE_CREATIVE:DC7392_HEINZsnow:MAN:ORIGS:heinz02.tif². They are all the same, except for the data offset changing number. No other error messages though. michael -- Michael Scheurer Systems Administrator Show-Ads Digital Centre 479 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004 Phone: +613 9821 4588 Fax: +613 9821 4599 Mobile 0419 554 495 http://www.showads.com.au -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
