Backup with Retrospect ?

Hello everybody.
I need to backup a couple of xserves running in a xsan setup.
We'll buy a real backup from ADIC and Time Navigator soon but I need to do a backup with my old setup.
I can just mount the servers on a client running retrospect and do a complete backup right?
Thanks for helping me out...

John,
Retrospect will not see an Xsan volume. However, if you mount the volume through a non Xsan system over AFP, assuming your account has the necessary privileges, Retrospect should be able to see that.
I am also running Time Navigator with the ADIC library, and it works great with Xsan.
- David

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Backups with retrospect or what

I have an old version of retrospect 6.0.
I haven't been using it. I noticed apple has backup software in the .mac account. Is that only to backup to your .mac account on the internet? I don't think there is enough space to backup my entire system.
I am not sure if I am going to keep using my .mac account but I need to do backups because my G4 has crashed many times because our building has old electric wiring aka 1900's
should I get the upgrade for Retrospect and buy an external drive? Fry's has a 160gb iomega external hard drive for $69.00. My hard drive is only 60gb.
thanks,

Hi, Chuck
1. You wrote: " I back up manually by dragging to an external FW drive."If you're copying your Mac's startup disk to an external hard drive simply by dragging and dropping, you're not making a proper backup. That method will not copy many of the hidden, invisible, and System-owned files. The copy will neither be bootable, nor will it be possible to restore the entire system from such a copy in the event you have a disaster.
2. You wrote: "Can v 4.1 be upgraded or should I just purchase the newest version?"According to their Upgrade Matrix, you must have Express or Desktop version 4.3 or later to be eligible for an upgrade. So for you it looks like a new license. You might want to call them to confirm this. Since you're in CA and so are they, the toll-free number is 877-222-5879.
3. You wrote: "I can use the internal drive in my iBook to backup, correct?"If you mean can you run Retrospect from your startup disk to backup you startup disk to either
- Optical media on your internal optical drive.
- An external hard drive, e.g. a FireWire drive.
Then the answer is yes.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

TC use with Retrospect as backup software

As I read through this forum, I'm seeing lots of problems with TC getting a backup done using Time Machine, but I'm wondering how it will work with Retrospect, my backup utility of choice. I don't see why it won't work IF the Time Capsule truly mounts as a network drive.
Any thoughts?
thanks...

Great idea, if you ever find how to do this
please post a detailed procedure for Retrospect (6.1)
Thanks
Message was edited by: Gilles99

File compression with backup software (Retrospect)

I usually avoid backing up Photoshop and RAW files when doing incremental backups using Retrospect software since it compresses files to save space. Has anyone used this software to backup image files and then used it for a restore? I would think the restored files would not have full data. I still create backup CD's and DVD's of original RAW files, but it would be handy to be able to include PS files with the incremental backups so I wouldn't have to continuously backup after each change.

> Retrospect software since it compresses files to save space.
That's an option you can change. The default is to use hardware compression but that isn't always a good idea particularly with tape drives since other brands and models of the same tape spec may or may not be able to reliably decompress the hardware compression.
Other than that issue, there's no reason not to use Retrospect for incremental backupsI tend to use the disk copy approach to copy incremental backups to external drives.

Problems with Retrospect 5.0.201

I've been having some issues with Retrospect 5.0.201.
I start Retrospect and wait for the scheduled backup to occur. It starts just like it's supposed to, backs up everything, and then when it's complete it returns the following error:
"Can't open the operations log, error -48 (duplicate name). It is already open in another application."
I'm given the "option" to quit, which I have to take. If I attempt to restart Retrospect, I get the same error message. Infact, I can't restart the program until I go into the Activity Monitor and force quit the process "RetroRun" (ID 18466). Once I do that, I can start Retrospect again, and wait for the next back up.
While this process does allow me to run the back up each night, it gets old really fast. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Duel 2 GHz PowerPC G5 Server Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB RAM

Is it possible you have another version of Retrospect installed on that server (i.e. another 5.x build or a 6.x)? If so, launch it and make sure Retrospect isn't configured to auto-launch, run scripts, backup servers, etc. Better yet, delete it if possible.
And if you can, do yourself a favor and upgrade to Retrospect 6.x. Still has some gotchas, but worlds of pain better than 5.x.

Required to take backup with out TSM in PROD server.

Dear all,
I required to take backup with out using TSM .
we have got error in TSM . so that i am getting error .
Prod server backup is working automated through TSM .
now i need to take Online backup with out using TSM like DEV and QA (Manual backup) .
For DEV and QA server backup is manual . i am simply moved the tape to tape library and fired the online backup as well same QA also .
Now my query is reqiured to take backup with out the help of TSM in PROD server . Is it possible ?
2 profiles are configured for Online backup and offline backup .
pls check the below profiles .
initSIDdaily.sap -
> Online backup .
initSIDweekly.sap -
> Offline backup
is there any parameter i need to change ?
Kindly advise

Dear all ,
I have initialised the Tape IRPB01 , after i have try to tkae backup , i got below error .
BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.00 (48)
BR0055I Start of database backup: bedqreyq.ant 2010-07-12 13.19.44
BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: /oracle/IRP/sapbackup/bedqreyq.ant
BR0477I Oracle pfile /oracle/IRP/102_64/dbs/initIRP.ora created from spfile /ora
cle/IRP/102_64/dbs/spfileIRP.ora
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.45
BR0319I Control file copy created: /oracle/IRP/sapbackup/cntrlIRP.dbf 15122432
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.46
BR0057I Backup of database: IRP
BR0058I BRBACKUP action ID: bedqreyq
BR0059I BRBACKUP function ID: ant
BR0110I Backup mode: ALL
BR0077I Database file for backup: /oracle/IRP/sapbackup/cntrlIRP.dbf
BR0061I 42 files found for backup, total size 158434.742 MB
BR0143I Backup type: online
BR0112I Files will not be compressed
BR0130I Backup device type: tape
BR0102I Following backup device will be used: /dev/rmt0.1
BR0103I Following backup volume will be used: IRPB01
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.46
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.52
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0208I Volume with name IRPB01 required in device /dev/rmt0.1
BR0210I Please mount BRBACKUP volume, if you have not already done so
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.52
BR0256I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 's[top]' to cancel BRBACKUP:
c
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.55
BR0257I Your reply: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.55
BR0226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt0 ...
BR0351I Restoring /oracle/IRP/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0
BR0355I from /dev/rmt0.1 ...
BR0241I Checking label on volume in device /dev/rmt0.1
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.55
BR0226I Rewinding tape volume in device /dev/rmt0 ...
BR0202I Saving /oracle/IRP/sapbackup/.tape.hdr0
BR0203I to /dev/rmt0.1 ...
BR0209I Volume in device /dev/rmt0.1 has name IRPB01
BR0202I Saving init_ora
BR0203I to /dev/rmt0.1 ...
BR0202I Saving /oracle/IRP/102_64/dbs/initIRPdaily.sap
BR0203I to /dev/rmt0.1 ...
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.19.59
BR0198I Profiles saved successfully
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.20.00
BR0315I 'Alter tablespace PSAPSR3 begin backup' successful
BR0202I Saving /oracle/IRP/sapdata1/sr3_1/sr3.data1
BR0203I to /dev/rmt0.1 ...
BR0278E Command output of 'LANG=C dd obs=64k bs=64k if=/oracle/IRP/sapdata1/sr3_
1/sr3.data1 of=/dev/rmt0.1':
dd: /oracle/IRP/sapdata1/sr3_1/sr3.data1: Invalid argument
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.20.00
BR0279E Return code from 'LANG=C dd obs=64k bs=64k if=/oracle/IRP/sapdata1/sr3_1
/sr3.data1 of=/dev/rmt0.1': 2
BR0222E Copying /oracle/IRP/sapdata1/sr3_1/sr3.data1 to/from /dev/rmt0.1 failed
due to previous errors
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.20.02
BR0317I 'Alter tablespace PSAPSR3 end backup' successful
BR0056I End of database backup: bedqreyq.ant 2010-07-12 13.20.00
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.20.02
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
BR0292I Execution of BRBACKUP finished with return code 5
BR0668I Warnings or errors occurred - you can continue to ignore them or go back
to repeat the last action
BR0280I BRTOOLS time stamp: 2010-07-12 13.20.02
BR0670I Enter 'c[ont]' to continue, 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:
Kindly Advise

I have just upgraded to Mavericks and have been using Time Machine on an external disk with Snow Leopard. Can I continue to backup with Time Machine on the same external disk or do I need a new disk since the operating system has changed?

I have just upgraded to Mavericks and have been using Time Machine on an external disk with Snow Leopard. Can I continue to backup with Time Machine on the same external disk or do I need a new disk since the operating system has changed?

Hi there,
I found that Time Machine in Mavericks will sort it all out for you. You shouldn't need to buy another backup drive, unless you have insufficient space left and can't afford to delete whats on there. It should just work fine.

How can I create a new TC backup with ethernet, so I don't have to wait two days for a new wireless backup?

How can I create a new TC backup with ethernet, so I don't have to wait two days for a new wireless backup?
Several times in the last year, I've gotten a message that Time Machine needs to completely redo my backup. Using the wireless connection, this takes almost two days. Is there a way to do the backup with ethernet and then switch back to wireless? Thanks.

May I know what is needed to make sure the MacBook is able to see Time Capsule on ethernet?
Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the 2Wire gateway to the WAN port (circle of dots icon) on the Time Capsule.
If AirPort Utility cannot "see" the Time Capsule now, you will need to perform a "hard reset" by holding in the reset button for 7-8 seconds or so and then reconfigure the Time Capsule. You can use the same Time Capsule name and password, etc. as before.
Configure the Time Capsule to "Create a wireless network" and select the Bridge Mode option when it appears during the setup using AirPort Utility.
Once the Time Capsule is configured, restart the entire network again. Power down everything, start the 2Wire first and then start each other device after that one at a time about a minute apart.
Now you can connect your Mac directly to one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule for the backup using another Ethernet cable. In general, about 20-25 GB per hour will transfer.
The Time Capsule will broadcast a much faster wireless network than the 2Wire can provide, so you might want to leave the setup "as is" for awhile after the first backup is complete. If you decide to use the Time Capsule as your main wireless access point, you would want to turn the wireless off on the 2Wire since two wireless networks in close proximity can create interference problems.
Or, if you want to use the wireless on the 2Wire, you could turn off the wireless on the Time Capsule. Then backups will occur over the 2Wire wireless, or over Ethernet.
I don't really recommend the "Join a wireless network" setting on the Time Capsule for most users, but you could go back to that setup as well if you want after the first backup is complete.

How can i use "icloud backup" with ios 4.2.1?

How can i use "icloud backup" with ios 4.2.1? I tried to update my ihpone 3G wih the newest IOs. Seems not to be possible.

You cannot.
It requires ios 5.
Your iphone can only go to 4.2.1

Error in backup with verification in DB13

Dear all,
I am taking backup through DB13. There is two options in that with verification & without verification. when i am taking backup without verification , it is completed succesfuly, but when i am taking backup with verification, there is some error.
I am giving the error lines....
BR0428W File /oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 will be overwritten
BR0278E Command output of '/oracle/BWD/920_64/bin/dbv file=/oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 blocksize=8192':
DBVERIFY: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Thu Nov 6 16:08:07 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
DBV-00102: File I/O error on FILE (/oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1) during end read operation (-1)
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2008-11-06 16.08.07
BR0279E Return code from '/oracle/BWD/920_64/bin/dbv file=/oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 blocksize=8192': 1
BR0397E Verification of backup of /oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 using DBVERIFY failed due to previous errors
BR0056I End of database backup: bdzeuhyo.ant 2008-11-06 16.08.07
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2008-11-06 16.08.10
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
Plz help me to solve this error.
Thanks & Regards,
Ankit Gupta

There is no problem if you delete oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 prior to backup. It will come again since you are using Verify option with BRBACKUP.
What happens when you use verify option is Once the backup phase is complete, all the saved files are restored from the volume (for example, tape) in sequence to the temperory directory (in this case /oracle/BWD/sapreorg), decompressed (when compress = yes was used), read by the check program, and compared with the originals. And the check program being used is dbverify (command dbv).
The problem may not be with oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1, it may be with the original datafile bwd.data1. What you can do is,
Run dbv on all your datafiles and check for errors. (recommend to run dbv when database is offline)
If dbv returns an error, then fix that.
If there are no errors reported by dbv, then your database is perfect.
The reason why BRBACKUP gave the error in such a case, as i see it is, since you are doing an online backup, the datafile is first backed up to a backup media. Since verify is ON, the file is restored to the temperory folder. Some changes (even if minor) may occur in the datafile within this time frame and the comparison fails.
Another chance is if there is no enough space in sapreorg and the restored datafile is not complete.
If you get an error like "DBV-00102: File I/O error on FILE (/oracle/BWD/sapdata1/bwd.data1) during end read operation (-1)" on the original datafile, then, resizing of the datafile may help.Not sure though.
Please refer the link http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/Helpdata/EN/0d/d30c774a0c11d182b80000e829fbfe/content.htm

When is Apple going to fix the problem with slow Time Machine backups with Mavericks?

I have been with Apple tech support and they got my Time Machine working by doing a spotlight re-indexing and a safe boot. This worked for about three days and I am back to very slow backups. It is impossible for Time Machine to back up every hour when it takes six hours to do the back up. I don't want to take hours to re-index with spotlight all the time. I think taking six hours to do an incremental backup is a bit much. I see that there are many people that have this trouble and it all started with an upgrade to Mavericks. The question is when is Apple going to fix this problem of slow backups with Time Machine for Mavericks. I have wasted more time than I care to. I am think of going back to Windows. I need good solid backups of my machine and Apple has taken it away with the new Mavericks. Oh, I am using the UBS 3.0 connection so the drive should not be the problem. Also this has occurred in about the last five months, so I am not sure this problem was in the original Marvericks.

Allen Thanks for your reply. All I can say is several months ago Time Machine quit working in a reasonable manner. Right now I have a Time Machine backup that has been running all night and still has three hours to go to backup 6 GB of data. I am using a OWC 1.5 TB drive connected directly to my MacBook with a USB 3.0 connection. In the resent past I have added Dropbox, GoogleDrive and a MAMP server on which I am using a program called Learning With Text from Sourceforge. There have been a lot of questions on the forum about people having very slow Time Machine back ups, so it appears to be a general problem. I should also state I am getting this very slow backup after doing the Spotlight re-indexing and the Safe Restart procedure that was told to me by apple support. I have a 750 GB drive in my MacBook Pro which I am constantly trying to keep at a 5% level of free space. This might be a problem also. However, I am working on a lot of things and like to have a lot of things on my drive. Also the heavily loaded drive has not be a problem in the past. This slow backup business started about three months ago, so something has happen in a very short time period. Now it seems even the procedure that Apple support gave me is not working. Currently I am in China and it is difficult to interact with Apple support to solve this problem, but because I am in China having my computer backed up is critical. I have run the EtreCheck and am attaching the results below. I would appreciate any suggestions. If necessary I will clear out more of my hard drive if that appears to be a solution. The Time Machine drive was recently reformed so I only have a few backups on it. I also don't run the Time Machine all the time as I don't want multi-hour backups running all the time. I run it every few days.
Here is the info from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (54.06 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          VIA Labs, Inc.    USB3.0 Hub
                    OWC Elite Pro mini C 1.5 TB
                              EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                              NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1 (disk1s2) /Volumes/NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1: 1.5 TB (691.6 GB free)
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          Pen Tablet Support
          Perian Support
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Time Machine:
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          Auto backup: YES
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          Destinations:
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                    Total size: 1
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                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 1 < (Disk used 647.49 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
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I hope you can see something that can be fixed.

How long for Time Machine backup with USB v. 1

My hard drive might be failing. I'm going to backup with Time Machine for
the first time ever. I'll be using a 1 TB external hard drive. My Mac only
has a USB v. 1, so how long should this take? I read where someone said
that Time Machine said it would take DAYS to do it. Say it ain't so!! Any
ideas our there? Thanks!

See this for an indication of transfer rates these are theoretical speeds - real world is slower!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bit_rates
USB 1.1 runs about 1.5MB/s at full rate.
How much data is on your internal disk?
Wolfram Alpha says 1TB would take 7 days & 17 hours.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1TB+at+1.5+MB%2Fs
I would add more days to that time to account for the fact that USB 1 is slower (more like 0.7MB/s in my tests from years ago).
This is an appalling idea - your disk could easily stop working in the time it takes to copy.
Fortunately you have got the spec wrong on this iMac…
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.4-20-inch-alu minum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html
It has USB2 ports & Firewire - connect directly to one of those & the time will be much less (more like 1/2 a day).

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