Can I force a full system backup somehow ?

Bootcamp has made a mess of my HD and I'd rather not rely on existing backups but have plenty of space and could do a full disc backup as insurance.
I can then restore from TM in theory and solve the partition problems caused by BC.
But how do I get it to do a complete fresh 'clone' of my hard disc ?

Try SuperDuper or Carbon Copy. It's designed for this kind of job.

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Can I force a full backup in Time Machine?

I recently set up one of our users with a new iMac that came with OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Instead of getting their info by importing from a Time Machine backup, I set them up manually because they wanted a number of changes made to their account.
Previously, this user had been on a MacPro running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. I used the same external drive that they had been using with Time Machine on the MacPro as their Time machine drive on the new iMac, via an Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter, and didn't reformat it. When I turned on Time Machine in 10.9 it made a backup that took several hours, so I assumed it had made an initial full backup.
They had a problem and I booted the iMac from the Recovery partition and selected to restore from a Time Machine backup. I was surprised that only two full backups showed, and both were of their MacPro with 10.6.8. We came up with another way to get the lost data back, but it was very time consuming. We were able to restore individual files from their Time Machine backups, just not able to do a complete restore of the drive.
I double checked and nothing is excluded in the Time Machine System Preferences.
I would like to be able to restore this user if they have a problem in the future, but it appears that unless I can force Time Machine to make a full backup that this may be impossible.
Is there a way to force a full Time machine backup with the OS X 10.9.2 that they are now running?
Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Chuck Hildebrand
Iowa Public Television

If you have a spare, emptry hard drive of sufficient capacity, then you can clone the backup drive to the empty drive. Do not attempt to simply copy using Drag and Drop since there are invisible files you may inadvertantly omit.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the empty drive. Source means the old backup drive.
Alternatively, replace the backup drive with a new drive. This would be simpler than the above.

Can I do a full system restore of a 10.5 system by booting on a 10.6 CD?

Dear all,
I am trying to support my parents whos MacBook just failed (harddisk dead). They have now gotten a new harddisk installed and wants to restore the setup from their TimeCapsule.
I would prefer to do a full system restore, so that it gets back to exatly how they had it before. A 'user only' setup would require them to reinstall all third party apps including MS Office etc., which will be tricky for them.
Few questions:
1. Does a 'full system restore' restore everything, including applications and system files? Will it be going back to an exact clone of what they had?
2. They ran a Mac OS 10.5.x system, but cannot find their installation CD. Can I lend them my Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) CD to boot, while still restoring their 10.5.x system? (I don't want them to have 10.6 as I am not sure about compability with all their 3rd party software/drivers etc.)
3. Any other things I should keep in mind for a successful restore?
Thanks,
Magnus

Magnus Olsson wrote:
2. They ran a Mac OS 10.5.x system, but cannot find their installation CD. Can I lend them my Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) CD to boot, while still restoring their 10.5.x system?
No. Well, you can do the restore, but it won't boot.
You need a Leopard disc. It can be the original that came with their Mac, or a Retail (black) version, and it doesn't matter what version of Leopard it is, since you don't load OSX but only use the Installer utility. Thus borrowing one doesn't violate the license.
They really should have a Leopard disc, not only to do a restore, but also if they need to do a +*Repair Disk+* on the internal HD. And they would need the original disc, for the Apple Hardware Test on it; AppleCare will send them a replacement for a nominal fee.
3. Any other things I should keep in mind for a successful restore?
Yes. See #14 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum, for detailed instructions. Note the caution there, under the green box, about turning TM off immediately after the restore.

How can one do a full system restore from Time Machine to a Macbook Air

I recently had a major crash on my two internal disc DualG5. The system internal disk failed completely and I used Time Machine to do a full system restore to the second internal disc. It worked PERFECTLY!! I followed the instructions in support
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html
This involved inserting the Leopard DVD into the optical drive and backing up from my external LaCie time machine backup.
I also have a MacBook Air. I use an external USB HD drive as Time Machine backup. The Air only has one USB port. I have an external DVD drive for the Air. Clearly, I will not be able to mount the DVD and External disk at the same time unless I use a small hub. I guess this will work but is there any other work around. Could I do a full reinstall and then connect the external HD?

Richard,
Alternatively, you could use Remote Disc Sharing (via the DualG5) to do the install and reserve the USB port for the Time Machine disk.
[http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1131]
[http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1777]
Let us know if this was helpful.
Cheers!

How can I amke a full cold backup

Hi, I would like to make a full cold backup in command line mode and then recover it.How caI proceed?
Backup sets or image copy?
I have tried this but it didn't work, I made it after a normal dbstart.
connected to target database: ISCREAM (DBID=3415054131)
RMAN> backup incremental level 0
2> as compressed backupset database;
Starting backup at 26.04.06
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=145 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed incremental level 0 datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00002 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/undotbs01.dbf
input datafile fno=00001 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/system01.dbf
input datafile fno=00003 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile fno=00005 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/example01.dbf
input datafile fno=00004 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/users01.dbf
input datafile fno=00006 name=/home/oracle/oradata/iscream/tools.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 26.04.06
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 04/26/2006 10:22:33
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-19804: cannot reclaim 52428800 bytes disk space from 5242880000 limit

You did fill up flash recovery area :
$ oerr ora 19809
19809, 00000, "limit exceeded for recovery files"
//*Cause: The limit for recovery files specified by the
//        DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE was exceeded.
//*Action:The error is accompanied by 19804. See message 19804 for further
//        details.
$ oerr ora 19804
19804, 00000, "cannot reclaim %s bytes disk space from %s limit"
// *Cause: Oracle cannot reclaim disk space of specified bytes from the
//         DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE limit.
// *Action: There are five possible solutions:
//          1) Take frequent backup of recovery area using RMAN.
//          2) Consider changing RMAN retention policy.
//          3) Consider changing RMAN archivelog deletion policy.
//          4) Add disk space and increase DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE.
//          5) Delete files from recovery area using RMAN.
$

Windows 8 full system backup and restore to new laptop (system with 32GB mSata Cache)?

Hi, I have a new Envy DV7-7205 which has 2TB storage with 32GB HDD Cache (or mSata, not really sure how it's implemented). I need to return the laptop as it's faulty but I would like to startup on the replacement exactly where I left off.
Are there any special methods required to backup and restore the system image from the old laptop to the new one, particularly with consideration to the 32GB SSD cache, as this doesn;t seem to appear as a distinct "drive" on the system.
Please can anybody advise the simplest, safest method to move my entire system from old to the new laptops (should be exactly the same spec machine).
Many thanks,
Greg
HP Envy DV7-7205tx, 2x1TB HDD, 32GB mSata Cache, Windows 8 Pro

Hi,
Firstly I don't know how this is going to work on new machine because the Windows 8 lisence would NOT work at all.
Regards.
BH
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[SOLVED] Problem with full system backup with rsync

Hello,
I made a backups by following this page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fu … with_rsync
Then I copied it to another computer, edited grub and fstab and it's almost works.
Commands su and sudo produces:
Cannot set groups, operation not allowed.
Maybe I must change permission of some file in system, because I backup system first to ntfs disk.
And I copied it as root, so it have only root permissions. But I don't know which files must I change.
Thanks
Last edited by KSJ (2013-07-21 18:40:59)

KSJ wrote:Maybe I must change permission of some file in system, because I backup system first to ntfs disk.
And I copied it as root, so it have only root permissions. But I don't know which files must I change.
Best not to try. If you backed up to NTFS, the best thing to do is to reinstall and then copy over stuff from your home, crucial config files etc. You will need to adjust ownership and permissions appropriately for everything you copy over from the backup.
NTFS does not preserve ownership and permissions.
Of course, if you still have your original installation, you can make a new backup instead. Just make sure to use a suitable filesystem.
Last edited by cfr (2013-05-24 00:52:17)

Problem following full system backup recovery from TM

Hi All,
In addition to other Mac computers I also own an iMac G5. The original hard drive that came with the machine was starting to show signs of "fatigue" so I decided to get a replacement drive.
After putting in the new drive (500gb) I booted my computer using the Leopard install DVD and selected the "restore from time machine backup" under utilities. I went through the process of finding my time capsule->backup->restoring the full thing. I left it going over night so I don't actually know how long it took. Nevertheless, in the morning the process was done. Happily, I restarted my mac and got the grey screen with the apple logo in the middle. The spinning progress circle appeared and started going around. After ~10-15 seconds the screen went black and the mac rebooted itself. The same thing happened over and over and the only way to stop this was to physically turn off the computer.
Here is some additional information for those with a good idea what is going on:
1) If I install a clean Leopard system everything works. The system gets installed and the computer boots normally.
2) After restoring from time capsule (computer continues to reboot itself) I tried doing an "archive and install" from the install DVD. I reasoned that the problem likely lies somewhere within the system booting process so if that is corrupted in one way or the other putting only a new system (and archiving the old one) may allow me to boot the machine and access my user data. Long story, after going through the full recovery process I get an error that the system was installed but that there was some error so the user information could not be used. Regardless, the computer still continuously reboots itself upon startup.
3) I ran Diskwarrior on the recovered time capsule backup. Some very minor errors were found and corrected in personal files that have nothing to do with the boot process (actually, files I have not touched in ages). Directory structure etc. was fine. This did not help however to solve the problem.
4) If I boot my Mac in "safe" or "verbose" mode the screen goes black and I start getting the details of the boot process. (I do not have a copy of the text). Rather quickly it reaches a point where it say something about the HD. It seems to be checking something since the process is "hanging". Afterwards there is a whole quick list of things that the Mac goes through and then follows the dreaded reboot. This goes too fast to actually see what is the last step. (is there a way to slow/freeze the process?)
Is there anyone out there that has an idea on how to solve this issue?
thanks
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.5.5) 1GB RAM

Thanks for your post.
I did forget to mention in my initial post that I did try to recover my time machine backup from older dates. I tried a backup from one week, one month, and two months ago. The problem persists.
I am avoiding the second option you raised (installing a clean system and migrating my data) and keeping that as a last option. The main reason is that in addition to the data I have I would like to avoid having to install all the applications.
If worse comes I'll take that route. Hopefully, a good suggestion will come up.

Had to order recovery discs and can't do a full system recovery

My recovery file on my hard drive was erased so I had to order recovery discs. I followed all of the instructons of turning computer on, inserting the 1st dvd, holding the power button to shut off the computer, turning it back on, pressing etc to reach options. Chose f9. Chose to boot from dvd/cd rom. When I do that, my computer acts like it was shut off prematurely and no recovery menu.

One of several possibilities. Your CD/DVD drive is not working well enough to boot from or possible that the Recovery Disc is defective. Do you have another machine you can test the discs on to see if they will boot?
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Why is time capsule not doing a full system backup?

It's only backing my users folder and nothing more. Their is nothing excluded from time machine in the options. Also I have my time capsule set up the right way.

Reset Time Machine.
See A4 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Verify local disk and wipe the TC and start over.

Time Machine will not complete a system backup and terminates with "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume. This follows a problem when Time machne terminated when the volume was almost full.

On 11/1/2011, Time Machine (TM) terminated with an error message I did not record. I noted that the drive was full and decided to do a separate complete bootable system backup using Carbon Copy Clone (CCC), before clearing the TM volume and trying to start it over clean. Part way through the full system backup CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16". That was about the time that TM malfunctioned, so I assumed they were related. After starting CCC over a couple of times, and getting the same error message, I let it go through to completion of the backup, which took three or four hours. I then ran tests using Disk Utility and verified that there was nothing physically wrong with both the internal hard drive and the TM volume. I also erased and reformatted the TM volume. However, every time I started Time Machine, it would record a few GB and terminate with "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume". I restarted the computer with no change in results. Note that prior to starting the CCC backup, I "Repaired Permissions", "zapped the PRAM" and "re-set the SMC", hoping to have a clean bootable system on the backup. I ran Techtool and no problems were found.
I'm running this on an Intel iMac under 10.5.8 and recording to a 500GB My Passport drive. My hard drive is only about half full at 246 GB. My assessment is that something happened at 16-28-16 on 11/1/2001 to screwup the Backup Directory in the file at "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16". My question is, how do I fix it?
I had just completed writing everything above here, explaining the problems I had been encountering for the past 24 hours. I had the Time Machine window standing open on the desktop where I could see it, having recentlycleared it after the last termination. As I was proofing what I had written, I looked at the window and noted that the clock had started a new run for a full back up, since all prior efforts had failed and the TM volume was empty. As I watched and waited for it to fail again, as it had been doing at about 13 GB, it kept going and going until it just finished a complete backup, about 4.5 hours later, with my having done nothing. Now my question would have to be - what could possiibly have happened to make it perform this way? It will be interesting to see if it continue to operate normally, or if the problem will return, in a later backup run.

jcm21 wrote:
CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16"
You should not keep those files for long, and probably shouldn't back them up (if you need them at all -- since you do regular backups, I'm doubtful just how worthwhile that feature is).
"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume".
One of Apple's maddeningly incomplete messages. Most likely, there's a problem with a file (quite possibly the one CCC didn't like). See #C3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details and instructions on finding and fixing it.
If you continue running the Directory Protection app, be sure to exclude your Time Machine drive from it (as it will just take up lots of room, and won't help repair your backups if there's a problem); and exclude the folders it creates from being backed-up by Time Machine (as they'll create large backups, and you probably can't use the backed-up folders anyway), per #10 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

TM Full system recovery does not see my backup folder

Hello to you all Apple/Mac lovers ,
So, as the title mentions, I need to do a full system backup after an HD failure. No problem so far my last backup was 11 minutes before the problem happened. Now, I re-installed Leopard and followed the instructions to proceed to a full system recovery. But the recovery software does not detect my external hard-disk or does not see the backup in it ... what's wrong ? What information would you need to help me solve that ? Thanks in advance ,
Charles

Are you doing this from within the Leopard installer or is this post installation? If the latter are you trying to migrate from your TM backup in Setup Assistant or are you simply trying to do a basic restore from your TM backup drive? If the latter be sure you change the Computer Name in Sharing preferences to match the one used before your reinstall.

How long does it take for Time Machine to do a Full System Retrieve?

I have recently installed Snow Leopard 10.6.1 to find it clashes with fonts in Quark. I am now reverting to Leopard!
I have installed system disc and am now retrieving a full system backup from my Time Machine from a few days ago.. (PRE Snow Leopard)
It's been whirring away for 8 hours... (it said 50ish hours to retrieve initially) it NOW says 48 hours are left. Is this normal and should I just sit it out as it is still chugging away?
Hoping for some reassurance or some advice on what to do next...
Thanks

Pondini wrote:
mysie wrote:
Decided to use Time Machine to back up my computer (2-3 hours I think?), so I could wipe the drive and do a clean install.
Why? What kind of trouble were you having? (If there's a hardware problem of some sort, this isn't going to help.)
The computer has become more and more buggy over the past 6 mo. or so, to the point that almost every action I took in any application, even just the finder to check the date!, resulted in "beach ball". Sometimes the programs would unstick, but usually they did not - trying to get the Force Quit menu would then make the finder stall if it wasn't already stalled. In the rare event I was able to shut down normally (instead of being forced to power down), start up was just as slow as when it was forced - anywhere between 3-20 minutes, with no pattern or reason why. I looked online for clues, used Disk Utility (took a few hours itself, considered an online memory test suggestion I found online, but the idea of going through the process of turning my machine back on, waiting for it to load, waiting for it to connect to the internet, load a browser, get to the site, start the test - each would have been its own beachball. I decided it was time for the last resort option, reinstall.
The OS clean install took about 18 hours (after quoting 40 hours).
Do you mean it took 18 hours just to Erase and Install (there is no "clean install") Leopard? If so, you should stop right there. That's ridiculous. Something is very wrong with your Mac. (Normal for Snow Leopard is in the neighborhood of 45 minutes; Leopard is longer, as I recall, but not anything remotely like that).
Funny story: I had begun the archive/install process, when I found another disk that I thought had a more recent OS on it, so I decided to quit the process and start over again with that disk. I knew this was risky, but my data was backed up elsewhere, so oh well. It took a few minutes for the window popped up asking if I was sure, warning my computer might not startup again. I foolishly chose yes. As predicted, the computer wouldn't start again. I had to start up from the disk (can't remember which one now). At that point, "archive and install" was not an option - it thought my machine had nothing on it, so the only option was to just install, not reinstall. One disk was freestanding Leopard, the other was my iMac install disk - but now I can't remember which one I found 2nd, and which one I used for the final install.
So when the restart dialog came up, I chose to use Time Machine to move everything back over. It took a few minutes to calculate, then said it would take 19 hours and five minutes.
Do you mean when you were asked if you already have a Mac, and wanted to transfer your data?
Without some idea of how much data you have (30 gb? 1 tb?), there's no telling whether that's sensible.
It asked me for a language preference, then maybe one other question, and then asked me if I had a Time Machine backup and did I want to use it. I said yes, it said plug in the external drive now, I did, and away it went. I have about 120GB of data, mostly mp3s and photos. I deleted all my gaming software earlier in the week and some old OS 9 apps that somehow came over in a previous migration, this made my hard drive's finder window look sleeker, but helped nothing.
Anyone have an opinion on when I should stop this process
If it took 18 hours to +Erase and Install,+ stop it Now.
It sounds like your internal HD is failing. Disconnect everything except your keyboard and mouse.
Find the second disc that came with your Mac. It's probably labelled +Applications Install DVD+ and has instructions on it (in very tiny type) telling you how to run the +Apple Hardware Test+ (mine says boot up while holding the "D" key).
That will do a relatively fast and cursory check of your memory, hard drive, etc., and I suspect will tell you there's trouble with the hard drive.
Report back with your results.
(Whether your backups were corrupted by whatever's wrong is hard to tell, but it's likely you'll be able to recover most, or all, of your data. So disconnect that drive until you get your Mac sorted out.)
Next funny story: I can only find a Disk 1 for my iMac. The disk had a Disk Utility, which turned out to be the same one program I used to verify/repair the drive and verify/repair permissions - another set of "everything is ok". I can't recall if there was an Apple Hardware Test on that disk. Is there a way to get that program online?
I'll go try to quit the Time Machine now and see what's on that disk.
ps: Because the issue was freezing/stalling, I never considered the hardware, so I apologize for all the idiotic choices I made in the process. No public flogging is necessary, as I am already in the process of doing that myself.

Network Error in Client Full System Restore

Hi,
I've been attempting, as a test, to restore a full system backup to a client computer using a boot flash drive. When I attempt to do so, I get a "Unknown Network Error" at the point where the client has attempted to contact the server, been unable
to and offered the opportunity to enter a name or an IP address. When I enter either one, I immediately get an "Unknown Network Error". There's no error number or other specific identifying informations.
Details:
The client computer is a UEFI motherboard PC running Windows 7 Professional. It connects with no difficulty whatsoever on a normal basis to the Windows 2012 R2 Essentials server. It gets backed up every night by the server over the network with no problem.
When I boot from the Network Client Computer Restore USB key, everything works fine except that it is unable to find network drivers. When given the chance to load missing drivers, I use the "Drivers for Full System Restore (from the full system backup)"
on another USB key and they are found just fine.
Then when we get to the point of searching for the server, it appears to look for 30 seconds or so, then a dialog comes up asking whether to search again or if I want to enter a IP or name. Searching again doesn't yield results, and when either an IP or
the server name is entered, I get the "Unknown Network Error".
I feel certain there must be some logging that is either available or could be turned on if I knew how. I feel concerned that I would not be able to restore my client computer if something were to happen. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff

Hi Justin,
Thanks for your response. I'm sorry that I didn't see it sooner - I guess I assumed I'd get an email if there was a response...
Anyway, at the time when the error occurs, the OS is not running. We have just booted via PXE over the network and started the "Full System Restore" Wizard, so it is not possible to "ping" the server. However, the fact that we successfully
booted via PXEs tells me that basic connectivity exists to the server, because otherwise the PXE boot wouldn't work.
Thanks for the pointer to the logs - I'll check them.
What I have done since I last updated was to do a few experiments. I added a Windows 7 boot image and install image with the Windows Distribution Service, so that on PXE boot I'm given 2 options - a Full System Restore and a Software Install.
I also roped another PC into service, one that is running from BIOS rather than UEFI. On that PC, both the System Restore and Software Install via PXE boot work fine. This tells me the server is at least nominally working, and that the problem is related
somehow to the specifics of the PC being connected. Could be server setup still, could be something on the PC.
On the computer with the UEFI, neither Full System Restore nor Software Install works. However, there is at least a clue in the error response from the Windows Setup - I get a lengthy error message that essentially says that \Windows\Boot\EFI\bootmgr.EFI
is corrupted. I'm not clear whether at this point we are referring to a file extant on the PC or one that is being downloaded that's being claimed to be corrupted.
This took me down a path in which, to eliminate variables, I changed the boot drive on the UEFI system from MBR to GPT. No joy. Also broke up my mirrored drive and changed the SATA from RAID back to AHCI. Also no joy. But everything I am reading is leading
me to believe that the problem has to do with the fact that my target PC has a UEFI BIOS. I continue to investigate - and will look through the logs you mention.
Jeff
Update 8/24/2014
Made some progress yesterday. I'm now able to use Windows Deployment Service to deploy Windows 7 over the network to the UEFI computer. I had to do two things to get that to work.
Turn off driver signing in the UEFI bios. That got me past the error screen complaining about a corrupted driver (which I'm pretty sure I don't have). But then it got hung up saying it couldn't find a driver for the network.
To fix that, I added the driver package to the boot image using the tools in the Windows Deployment Service applet.
After that, it found the server just fine, allowed me to authenticate, and would have proceeded to install Windows 7 if I hadn't aborted.
I then added the exact same driver package to the Full System Restore boot image, but it made absolutely no difference. Exactly the same symptoms as reported previously.
So, where am I and what do I know?
I can do both a Remote Windows 7 install and Client Full System Restore using Windows Deployment Services on an X64, BIOS based computer.
I can do a Remote Windows 7 install to my X64 UEFI based computer.
When I attempt a Client Full Restore to the X64 UEFI computer, I get all the way to the Full System Restore Wizard, which tells me that it can't find network drivers (even when they've been installed to the boot image). It finds network drivers when provided
via a USB key, but then when the Wizard looks for the server, it's unable to find it. When a manual option is presented, and I enter the server's IP address, I get an "Unknown Network Error" popup message, and I can't proceed further.
On the UEFI computer, I've tried all combinations of Compatibility Support Module (CSM) settings, but they make absolutely no difference to the Full System Restore process.
I've also tried converting the boot disk from MBR to GPT, didn't make any difference.
I "unmirrored" my mirrored RAID drives and changed the SATA bios from RAID to AHCI. Made no difference.
So, at this point I'm kind of stuck. I'm out of ideas for things to try for now. I did look at the logs as suggested, but didn't see much of anything relative to WDS. Possibly logging has to get turned on?
As always, any help or ideas would be much appreciated.
Jeff

Is possible control tape library slot 1 - 10 for file system backup

hi ..
i am new to osb , i just install and setup osb , i have a question as below , hope expert can help me
env: testing
rhel 5.5
tape library with 20 slot
file system backup
1. is possible osb only use slot 1 - 10 for file system backup ? amanda can control slot x - slot y for the configuration .
2. how do i label the tape for slot 1 - slot 10 by obtool ? how to control osb auto load the tape for next backup ? where to check the log say that next tape is tape-02 ?
thanks ..

hi dcooksey
how do i use list for a tape drive...for example, if you want tape drive A to only use slots 1-10 from obtool or webtool ?
becoz i new to backup solution & osb ( i always use ghost or acronis to clone the image ) , my thinking as below , pls correct me if i am wrong
slot 1 - 10 for daily backup
slot 11-16 for full system backup
slot 17 - 20 reserve ( this tape only use for full system backup before perform any application upgrade patches , )
daily backup mon - fri ( 2 week ) ( no backup on saturday and sunday ) , server application offline
full system backup friday ( 1 , 14 on calendar ) every 2 week perform full system backup after daily backup completed
for upgrade application ,
perform full system backup after daily backup , then release the server to application team to perform upgrading .
so how to set my media family for the above setting ? the slot configuration is control by media family ?
hope you can help ...

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