Re: Retro Server 5 on NT 4
Hi Mary Ann, on 25/1/01 12:47 PM, Mary Ann Zhang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to reinstall NT4 server on a backup server and then reinstall Retrospect Server v5. I have some concerns about the existing retro config and scripts being retained and the 100 or so clients still being able to access the new install. If I backup the existing Dantz directory and the catelog directory and then restore these after retro has been reinstalled will all be (ie: retro scripts and backups) as it now?. Has anyone on this list have experience with this? If so do you have any tips and traps you know of. Given my lack of experience with this process any help would be greatly appreciated. I have had to do this a couple of times (with WinNT Workstation not Server) and all I did was backup the Dantz directory and catalog directory before reaching for the OS Restore CD and rebuilding the machine. After reinstalling Retrospect I just replaced the Dantz directory and catalog directory with the copies I saved. It worked for me. Play it safe ... do a full backup of the backup machine (and a safety) before embarking on this exercise. If you have a full backup all will go well ... bad things usually happen when you don't have a backup. Cheers, Malcolm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Information Alchemy Pty Ltd ACN 089 239 305 Canberra, Australia Malcolm McLearyMobile: 0412 636 086 Managing Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message was sent using Outlook Express 5.0 for Macintosh. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: copying sets
Hi, Any one any suggestions on this? I am running the backup server script and using a scsi dat tape, rotating between four. Is there a way of copying the contents of the storage set from one tape to another so that I do not have to repeat the procedure 4 times? regards David --- David Chokwenda Pre Press/ Systems Admin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A C T I O N M A G A Z I N E T h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l H e a l t h M a g a z i n e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mukuvisi Environment Centre Hillside ext/Glenara Ave. South Harare Zimbabwe Postal address: Box GT 1274, Graniteside, Harare Tel (2634) 7474217/73/74 Fax (2634) 747409 Web Site - http://www.action.co.zw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
New Apple SuperDrive Support
Hi, I am new to the list, but am a longtime retrospect user, having worked on it for hundreds of hours over the last 6 years. Apple is now installing the Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD recorder in it's machines. I've read a lot of articles about the drive, but NO ONE mentions burning computer data on it, just music and movies! It is driving me crazy. So what about this drive? Can computer data be written on it and then read by a computer. Will this drive be the standard for data dvds into the future. Anyone know anything? Will Dantz support it? Thanks for any info, Scott See: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/CDA/Industrial/IndustrialProductDetails/0,1444,1718,00.html -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: New Apple SuperDrive Support
At 11:53 -0500 1/25/01, Parthenon West wrote: Apple is now installing the Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD recorder in it's machines. I've read a lot of articles about the drive, but NO ONE mentions burning computer data on it, just music and movies! I don't know how this affects data writing/reading, but you might want to read this: http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm "...What is wrong is when companies who make copy-protecting products don't disclose the restrictions to the consumers. Like Apple's recent happy-happy web pages on their new DVD-writing drive, announced this month (http://www.apple.com/idvd/)..." Will Dantz support it? Eric announced that Dantz would be supporting the drive and that "It's a VERY high priority" -- -Steve --- Steve Axthelm Mudpuppy Studios [EMAIL PROTECTED] 503.227.1775 -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Retro Server 5 on NT 4
I know on macs that rebuilding a catalog from scratch is a long process for one tape. Much less more than one. I know that this sounds like the long way, but isn't it possible to start from ground zero? I mean that if I start with a clean install of NT 4.0, then install Retrospect, then have Retrospect rebuild a catalog of the tape, from there I could do a complete restore of the Server, right? -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Purchasing a new system
Yet another thought about backups. Currently we have a dedicated NT server with 280 GB of cheap IDE drives inside. Multiple times, in a day, it duplicates the changes from critical servers (two remotely). The changes are usually no more than 300 MB per execution. The duplication serves several purposes... 1) If for any reason the original server fails the data (accurate to within 4-12 hours) can be immediately published from the backup server. 2) Tape backup speeds, of the local drives, average between 360-520 MB minute. 3) Saves wear and tear on the tape system for remote or slow backups. Currently we are using an Exabyte EZ-17 Autoloader with a Mammoth 2 drive. I did not consider a DLT as several years ago I learned that, when backing up data, DLT needed to be constantly streaming data. The process of stopping and starting caused excessive wear on the unit. Currently, I have not been able to find anyone to confirm this has been overcome. For workstations we use a HP DDS-3 tape drive with a Mac G3. It runs several backup server scripts, which backup workstations daily. The backups are to multiple files. Each backup file is reset after 2 months with a different one being reset each 2 weeks. These are then backed up to tape monthly. I know this has a problem of figuring out which archived tape the workstation's data may be on. Our expectation is that, any recovery from a workstation (not server) are files that are two months old or less, which are continually online. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
RE: Purchasing a new system
DLT has not addressed that issue. Since linear pulls the tape across the heads at a faster rate (150 inches per second vs helical scan's .5"/second), it requires streaming -- otherwise you end up "shoe-shining". This reposition is very intense on the heads/tape of a linear drive. This applies to more than just DLT. Anything linear can suffer from this. 4mm, AIT and M2 are not plagued with this problem. Steve www.cybernetics.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Lapham Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 3:59 PM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: Purchasing a new system Yet another thought about backups. Currently we have a dedicated NT server with 280 GB of cheap IDE drives inside. Multiple times, in a day, it duplicates the changes from critical servers (two remotely). The changes are usually no more than 300 MB per execution. The duplication serves several purposes... 1) If for any reason the original server fails the data (accurate to within 4-12 hours) can be immediately published from the backup server. 2) Tape backup speeds, of the local drives, average between 360-520 MB minute. 3) Saves wear and tear on the tape system for remote or slow backups. Currently we are using an Exabyte EZ-17 Autoloader with a Mammoth 2 drive. I did not consider a DLT as several years ago I learned that, when backing up data, DLT needed to be constantly streaming data. The process of stopping and starting caused excessive wear on the unit. Currently, I have not been able to find anyone to confirm this has been overcome. For workstations we use a HP DDS-3 tape drive with a Mac G3. It runs several backup server scripts, which backup workstations daily. The backups are to multiple files. Each backup file is reset after 2 months with a different one being reset each 2 weeks. These are then backed up to tape monthly. I know this has a problem of figuring out which archived tape the workstation's data may be on. Our expectation is that, any recovery from a workstation (not server) are files that are two months old or less, which are continually online. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: copying sets
Hi David, I assume you're talking about having four backup sets in total, right? Retrospect does has the ability to do a Backup Set transfer, but you must have two tape drives available to do this. It won't be much speedier than running a backup though, as it will still need to copy and verify. The best bet is to have unique full backups from the original source anyway, so you are not relying on a copy of a copy for your backup sets. Regards, Irena Solomon Dantz Technical Support 925.253.3050 Try our new Searchable Knowledgebase at: http://partners.dantz.com:591/faq/ Hi, Any one any suggestions on this? I am running the backup server script and using a scsi dat tape, rotating between four. Is there a way of copying the contents of the storage set from one tape to another so that I do not have to repeat the procedure 4 times? regards David -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
