can't log clients into PC-Retrospect server

2000-09-26 Thread Todd Reed
Howdy, I was working today on an 300 mhz IBM running Win 98. The system had recently been installed with Retrospect 5.11 Workgroup Server. The LAN was running through a standard 10Bt hub. and there were several Macs and 2 PC's on the network including the server PC. Retrospect launches fine,

Re: VXA Mac Tool

2000-09-26 Thread Todd Reed
Has any one had any luck using the VXA tool on a Mac? My version just bombs with some cryptic error that it can't find the target. Doesn't crash, but doesn't find the drive either though the drive is listed in the window. Todd On 9/26/00, Geoff Rainville emailed about "VXA Mac Tool": >The

Re: VXA Mac Tool

2000-09-26 Thread Chuck Hornish
Eric Ullman wrote: > > Jon Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> slyly asked: > > > So, hey, Dantz folks, when can we start > > beta-testing Retrospect X? > > Well, since we're on 4.3 now, I think we should have Retrospect X (ten) by > about Spring 2009. Please note that this schedule will slip as necess

Re: VXA Mac Tool

2000-09-26 Thread Eric Ullman
Jon Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> slyly asked: > So, hey, Dantz folks, when can we start > beta-testing Retrospect X? Well, since we're on 4.3 now, I think we should have Retrospect X (ten) by about Spring 2009. Please note that this schedule will slip as necessary to enforce reliability standards

Recommended Hardware?

2000-09-26 Thread John Mulligan
Up until now I have been using the internal DVD-RAM in a G4/450 to backup a couple of Mac servers. This morning I came in to find Retrospect asking for another disc as the original was now full. As a result I'm now looking for some new hardware that has the capacity to take care of my backup r

Re: VXA Mac Tool

2000-09-26 Thread Jon Gardner
on 9/26/00 12:43 PM, Geoff Rainville at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > VXATool for MAC is a MAC based utility used to configure your VXA-1 tape > drive. With VXATool, you can check and uplevel firmware, optimize the drive > for speed or capacity, and toggle compression off or on. Way cool, Geoff! He

Re: Hourly Network Checks Revisited...

2000-09-26 Thread Jim Cowing
One thing to look at: In the TCP/IP Control panel, set to advanced mode (via the edit menu): Click the options button and make sure that "load only when needed" is unchecked for machines that you don't want to initiate network activity when unnecessary. However, if a machine is on a network, I s

Re: Windows 2000 Clients

2000-09-26 Thread Martijn Lina
Once upon a 26-09-2000, Pam Lefkowitz hit keys in the following order: > It sounds like you're backing up via static IP addresses but the clients > are running on DHCP. Therefore, when they reboot they'll have a new IP > address and Retrospect won't find them. You might want to check to make >

Re: Hourly Network Checks Revisited...

2000-09-26 Thread Matt Barkdull
>The problem appeared when the laptop's user took it to a foreign >network and they changed something in the configuration. I've been >attempting to locate what changed. I suspect the laptop is >attempting to use NTP from the date and time control panel (however, >this does not cause the dial

RE: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-26 Thread Larry Acosta Wong
Call my account rep, Skip Heeman at CDW and tell him I sent you and he'll sell you the VXA tapes for $67. Ask for CDW part# 204732. Here's his contact info: Skip Heeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] (877) 780-7017 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben

VXA Mac Tool

2000-09-26 Thread Geoff Rainville
There was some talk on this list last week about the VXA Tool for Mac. It is now live and posted on the ecrix.com site, in the support section. VXATool for MAC is a MAC based utility used to configure your VXA-1 tape drive. With VXATool, you can check and uplevel firmware, optimize the drive for

Re: Advice requested: tape system

2000-09-26 Thread Ben Liberman
At 10:43 -0400 9/18/00, Church Initiative WebMaster wrote: > > Also, in Graham's chart, the VXA V-17 media (33 gig native) is listed >> at $67. Anyone know where I can find it at this price? The best >> that I've found so far is ~72.50 >> > >http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00074283/032760

Re: Hourly Network Checks Revisited...

2000-09-26 Thread Dean Brissinger
At 10:12 PM +1100 09/25/00, John F. Lambert wrote: >>Ken Gillett wrote: >>> >>> But I still maintain that NO software should cause unrequested >>> dialups, I'm sorry if you don't agree. I don't accept that it is >>> beyond the realms of possibility to only perform such checks if it >>> doesn'

Re: Windows 2000 Clients

2000-09-26 Thread Pam Lefkowitz
>After the client reboots, it suddenly doesn't work, unless i stop&start >the Retrospect Client service on the 2000 machine after it boots. Hi Martjin, It sounds like you're backing up via static IP addresses but the clients are running on DHCP. Therefore, when they reboot they'll have a new IP

Email Servers - Getting OT

2000-09-26 Thread David Ross
> But can SIMS collect from a POP3 account and redistribute to local > addresses as does FetchMail and ASIP is supposed to do (but you > cannot configure it properly so it's not a useful as it appears)? Mailtron Gateway http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=2723 -- ---

Windows 2000 Clients

2000-09-26 Thread Martijn Lina
hello, I'm having problems with the Windows 2000 clients getting backed up. Everything is setup correctly, cause when i test it, the Backup Server can backup just fine. After the client reboots, it suddenly doesn't work, unless i stop&start the Retrospect Client service on the 2000 machine after