Backup with tags?

If I backup to CDs using Elements 3's backup command, will all my tags go onto the CDs, too?

Yes. The built in backup facility keeps images and all catalog info.

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Backup with retention policy to recovery window of N days

Hello,
I've issued command to create database incremental backup with configuration:
run
configure retention policy to recovery window of 14 days;
backup incremental level 1 cumulative
tag daily_incr_14_days
database
plus archivelog delete all input;
All parameters are set to their default values and database backups goes to FRA. I've got recovery catalog connected and all RC_ views at my disposal.
1) Is there any way to find out, what recovery window was used for backup from any command in rman or query from RC_ views or local database views (information from control file)?
2) If I use other recovery window setting with configure command what would rman crosscheck or report commands do?
BR
Patrycjusz.

TenakaKhan wrote:
Mahir,
thanks for answer - this means that recovery window should be used mainly for maintenance purposes (crosscheck, delete obsolete, report need backup etc.) and it's not related to actual retention period with backup pieces like 'keep until' clause for backup ... database command (this information are saved with backup as I could check in rc_backup_set view from recovery catalog)?
Yes it is.
Maintaining RMAN Backups and Repository&nbsp;Records
keepOption
backup retention policy
A user-defined policy for determining how long backups and archived logs must be retained for media recovery. You can define a retention policy in terms of backup redundancy or a recovery window.
RMAN retains the data file backups required to satisfy the current retention policy, and any archived redo logs required for complete recovery of those data file backups.
recovery window
A recovery window is one type of RMAN backup retention policy, in which the DBA specifies a period of time and RMAN ensures retention of backups and archived redo logs required for point-in-time recovery to any time during the recovery window.
The interval always ends with the current time and extends back in time for the number of days specified by the user. For example, if the retention policy is set for a recovery window of seven days, and the current time is 11:00 AM on Tuesday,
RMAN retains the backups required to allow point-in-time recovery back to 11:00 AM on the previous Tuesday.
Regards
Mahir M. Quluzade

Convert Catalog (PSE 5 to PSE 7) Issue with Tags!

Upon installing PSE7 and attempting to convert my PSE5 catalog I ran into a problem that I had not seen described anywhere else. The information obtained from the various other discussions/forums helped point me in the right direction (conversion logs, etc.) for performing a root-cause analysis and eventually correcting the problem. I wanted to share this info with others to hopefully help prevent somebody else from dealing with this same frustration.
After installing PSE7 and attempting to execute the conversion process it would fail immediately. I attempted all the normal documented corrections (repair catalog, reconnect photos, backup/restore) with no luck. Upon reviewing the conversion logs I noticed that the failure appeared to occur while the conversion was attempting to process the tags! Interesting, as none of the online items I read had mentioned any problems with tags during the conversion process. I opened the suspect catalog in Microsoft Access 2007 and focused on the table named "FolderTable" which appeared to contain the information pertaining to the tags. Comparing the offending tag (identified as the last tag attempted by the conversion process) with the other entries I noticed two columns appeared to have invalid entries.
fFolderLongitude
fFolderLatitude
Both columns contained the value "1.#QNAN". No idea where those values came from but the rest of the rows had valid numeric values. Within Access I modified the values of these columns to "-181" and "-91" respectfully as these appeared to be the default values for many of the other rows/entries. I exited Access and re-attempted the catalog conversion. Success.......the catalog converted without any problems after making these modifications. Hope this helps others....
One final note, I've been in IT developing software for computers for over 20 years and can say without queston that after dealing with this situation and reading some of the issues encountered by others that Adobe has done a pathetic job on the code for the conversion process!

Thanks much for providing such great detail. I haven't heard of the conversion failing before during tag conversion.

RMAN backup with smallest backup size

Oralce 11g2 on Redhat 5. The diskspace is our tightest resource, and we want to an incremental backup with level0 on Sunday and level 1 every week days and Saturday. I am to use the comamnds to do the job--Sunday
backup incremental level 0 tag 'level_0' database plus archivelog;
--Other days
backup incremental level 1 database plus archivelog delete all input;I do not think this is the best practice nor produce smallest backup files.
What are you comments and opinions. Thanks

Pavan, Thank you for reply. Here are the info requested
what is size of DB ??
~250GB, including UNDO and TEMP. It is a dev database and not very big. But we have total 800GB disk space. After setting some housekeeoing folders, and allow some space for data growth, it leaves 180GB for flash_recovery_area.
what would be max size of archive logs generated per day ??
Variable from less than 1 GB to 12 GB
Are you taking backups to tape or Disk ??
Disk. In the 180GB flash_recovery_area, Current backup size is 152GB. If a backup fails to delete obsolete files, the next backup will fill the flash_recovery_area.
Provide the Rman configuration information ??
RMAN> show all;
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name TDEV2 are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/snapcf_tdev2.f'; # default

RMAN merge backup with compression

Hi All,
Os : solaris 10
db: 10.2.0.4
as of now as per our backup strategy we are taking RMAN levle 0 weekly and daily incremental backup as compressed.
we are planning to take RMAN merge backup like below
For full backup on sunday
backup incremental level 0 AS COPY tag 'DEMO_MERGE_DB' database ;rest of the days
BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 FOR RECOVER OF COPY WITH TAG 'DEMO_MERGE_DB' DATABASE;My question is , while taking as merge is there any option to compress the backup.
i have gone through but dint see any info regarding this.
Please help...
Thanks in Advance
Mvk

merge backup , updated backup and image copy are these things are same or any difference inbetween..Image copy of backup copy of the data file
merge backup means that you take incremental backup of data and merge it with the image backup copy of the datafile so that backup copy is updated all the time and in case of recovery, you don't need to apply all archives since backup copy because his copy is already up to date till the time of last merge backup.
Now your image copy backup is an updated backup because it is keep on updated with the incremental backups using merge backup strategy.
Salman

Full backup with archivelogs

I tried to do an incremental level 0 backup with archivelogs, it failed with the error messages said that can not recognize file C:\ARCHIVE\ORCL\4_1_684433700.ARC, the error code was ORA-19625. So I added "crosscheck archivelog all;" to the backup script and Redo it.
This time it succeeded, but there is still something I'm confused. I set up two folders to store the archivelogs, during the process, the archivelogs in the folders were not deleted synchronously,for example arhivelog a was deleted from one folder while the same file in the other folder was remained. Below is my backup script
RUN {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch00 TYPE DISK;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch01 TYPE DISK;
BACKUP
incremental level 0
SKIP INACCESSIBLE
TAG hot_db_bk_level0
FILESPERSET 5
# recommended format
FORMAT '\\dell090121\rman_hotbackup\bk_full_%s_%p_%t'
DATABASE;
sql 'alter system archive log current';
RELEASE CHANNEL ch00;
RELEASE CHANNEL ch01;
# backup all archive logs
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch00 TYPE DISK;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch01 TYPE DISK;
BACKUP
filesperset 20
FORMAT '\\dell090121\rman_hotbackup\al_%s_%p_%t'
ARCHIVELOG ALL DELETE INPUT;
RELEASE CHANNEL ch00;
RELEASE CHANNEL ch01;
# Note: During the process of backing up the database, RMAN also backs up the
# control file. This version of the control file does not contain the
# information about the current backup because "nocatalog" has been specified.
# To include the information about the current backup, the control file should
# be backed up as the last step of the RMAN section. This step would not be
# necessary if we were using a recovery catalog.
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch00 TYPE DISK;
BACKUP
# recommended format
FORMAT '\\dell090121\rman_hotbackup\cntrl_%s_%p_%t'
CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
RELEASE CHANNEL ch00;
}

Even if you have two (or more) archivelog destination directories, the "DELETE INPUT" clause in "BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ..." would delete only archivelogs which it reads for the backup. Thus, because the backup could read from dest_1 (for instance), it would archivelogs from dest_1 but not from dest_2. The Backup is free to backup files at either dest location and delete only what it has backed up, by default with "DELETE INPUT".
However if you specify DELETE ALL INPUT, then Oracle deletes all copies of the ArchiveLogs.
Thus your backup command would be
BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ALL DELETE ALL INPUT;where the first "ALL" is "all archived log sequences available, but only 1 copy of each" while the second "ALL" is "all copies of each archived log backed up by the BACKUP"

How do I import Delicious bookmarks into Firefox with tags?

How do I import Delicious bookmarks into Firefox Bookmarks Organizer so the tags port over? I tried importing but the tags are not coming over.

I recommend Xmarks. For the long-winded reasons why there's nothing better, read below.
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xmarks-sync/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xmarks-sync/]
# Once installed, run the setup wizard and sign up for a free Xmarks account.
# Once signed up, sync your bookmarks.
# Head over to [http://my.xmarks.com/ my.xmarks.com/] and click the '''Tools''' menu option on the page, then choose '''Import Bookmarks From Del.icio.us...'''
# Enter your del.icio.us login information so Xmarks can import your bookmarks.
# You should see a list of your del.icio.us bookmarks. Click the '''CHECK ALL''' button, then the '''IMPORT CHECKED ITEMS''' button.
# When Xmarks next syncs your bookmarks, you will have all of your del.icio.us bookmarks complete with tags, in a folder named "Imported from Delicious ''date of import''".
# If you're the untrusting sort, change your del.icio.us account password.
There are two official Delicious extensions at the moment. "[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/delicious-bookmarks/ Delicious Bookmarks]" which not compatible with Firefox 4.0.x, and "[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/delicious-extension/ Delicious Extension]" which is marked as compatible but doesn't actually work.
@u48998 |
Slurp didn't work for me. I got all the prompts like I was supposed to, but clicking the '''Export''' button on the delicious page changed its text to '''Please Wait...''' and it just got stuck like that with no way to continue.
Apart from that, I was rather uneasy about installing an unreviewed extension from an author I've never heard of.
@the-edmeister |
You have that backwards. It's Firefox that does not either import or export tags from or to bookmarks.html. The only way to preserve tags when exporting is to create a json backup; these types of files wipe out all existing bookmarks when imported.

Variable Substitution with tag attribute

Hi,
is possible to use variable substitution with tag attribute? as follow:
<root directory="xxx" filename="yyy">
<....
</root>
using variable substitution for directory : root,1,directory,1
root,1,filename,1

Hi,
I solved my problem using Dynamic Configuration to set the FileName and Directory fields in Adapter Specific Configuration. To use Variable Substitution only accept element in XML.
Thanks for all.

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
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 10:18:59
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    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)
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Logitech USB Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] com.LaCie.ScsiType00 (1.2.2) Support
          [not loaded] com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1) Support
          [not loaded] com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.0.1) Support
          [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.0.1) Support
          [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.0.1) Support
          [not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.0.1) Support
          [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (11.2.2f3) Support
          [not loaded] com.symantec.kext.confidentialData (1.4f5) Support
          [not loaded] com.symantec.kext.filesecurity (1.4.3f19) Support
          [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.fw (1.0.3f5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (1.3.2f5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.ips (1.3.1f7) Support
          [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.pf (4.2.1f7) Support
          [not loaded] com.wacom.driver.HIDTablet (5.0.1) Support
Startup Items:
          cma: Path: /Library/StartupItems/cma
          MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
          ParallelsDesktopTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
          ParallelsTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsTransporter
          Tablet: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tablet
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
          [loaded] com.mcafee.virusscan.eupdate.plist Support
          [running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.avscandaemon.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.diskMountNotify.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.MissedTasks.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.navapd.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.Sched501-1.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.Sched501-2.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.Sched503-3.plist Support
          [loaded] com.symantec.Sched503-4.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist Support
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
          [running] com.lacie.safemanager.daemon.plist Support
          [running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
          [running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
          [failed] com.sogou.SogouServices.plist Support
          [running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist Support
          [running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist Support
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon.plist Support
User Login Items:
          GeekTool
          SIMBL Agent
          QQ
          Safari
          Calendar
          Google Drive
          Dropbox
          Day One
          Dictionary
          SymSecondaryLaunch
Internet Plug-ins:
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
          Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          Video Converter: Version: 4.0.0
          AllMyTube: Version: 4.1.0.0
          Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          QQMail: Version: 1.0.2.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          txftn: Version: 1.0.0.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support
          Flash Player Support
          GeekTool Support
          Growl Support
          Java Support
          MacFUSE Support
          MenuMeters Support
          MySQL Support
          Norton\nQuickMenu Support
          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
          Pen Tablet Support
          Perian Support
          TechTool Protection Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 647.49 GB
          Destinations:
                    NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1 [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 1
                    Total number of backups: 11
                    Oldest backup: 2014-03-18 15:09:46 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-04-29 23:24:28 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 1 < (Disk used 647.49 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              47%          SymAVScanDaemon
               7%          Finder
               7%          WindowServer
               2%          mds
               1%          NortonAutoProtect
Top Processes by Memory:
          385 MB          NortonAutoProtect
          262 MB          mds_stores
          180 MB          Safari
          139 MB          WindowServer
          115 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.15 GB          Free RAM
          2.87 GB          Active RAM
          1.83 GB          Inactive RAM
          1.05 GB          Wired RAM
          1.02 GB          Page-ins
          380 MB          Page-outs
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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