Catalog Backup CD/DVD

We need a solution to catalog CD/DVDs so we can easily find projects that have been backed up. Do you know of any software that quickly does this that runs in OS X 10.3?
Thanks

Hi, David. I think you'll find DiskTracker to be exactly what you're after, and more besides.

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Consolidating catalogs & backups

I gather by reading some of the posts in this forum that should be possible to merge old catalogs, into one new one as to consolidate picture locations into one.
If this is correct can I do the following without problems. I have Version 11 waiting to install. I have reorganized my PC & have some old catalogs,sometimes on different drives,as well as possible some stray pictures on them as well.
I was thinking of installing the new software & create a new catalog from scratch. I could then refer setup to the most recent version 10 catalog & have it import & upgrade it to 11. Once this done I could refer the program to older catalogs, & import them one at a time.
Can one if necessary restore a backup in lieu of a catalogue as well if necessary? If the program can update from these catalogs & backups as well will it create duplicates or just refer to the pictures being in the catalog already?
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Thanks in advance

From what you have written in other posts, I suppose you practically did not use tagging or other organization features like albums or stacks ?
If that is the case, in my opinion, you don't need to bother with old catalogs or backups. Your migration should be able to :
1 - create a new catalog in the PSE11 format from your current main catalog : it's the conversion process which does not change anything to your present older PSE version. No picture files are copied or moved, only a new different catalog is created. You keep both PSE versions and both catalog versions.
2 - import all pictures not included in your present catalog, even if they are on different drives.
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
Yes, of course. With the current catalog active, you use the menu 'get files from files or folders'. You can get files from external drives (USB, CD, DVDs...) You have the choice to do so in PSE11 after the conversion, or before in your previous PSE version.
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Absolutely : do a backup when the catalog is up to date.
You can move pictures to a single drive before or after the above job provided you move your folders from the organizer in folder view. Since the PSE11 interface has been changed a lot, you should be more at ease by doing so before the above conversion process.
The additional advantage of a full backup is that you can restore it easily to another computer or drive. If you choose the option to restore to 'custom' location, stating a master folder, various drives will be copied as new folders in the new drive. In that case, you don't need to move the files from the external drive. The restore puts them on the destination drive, with different drives showing as different folder trees.

Recovering from lightroom catalog backup

Hi,
For the past 2 months i have been using lightroom.
I used to store my original photos in E dirve(E:) and import in lightroom for processing. Unfourtanetly a week back my hard-disk crashed and i am not able to recover any files other than C Drive(C:).
Luckily had installed lightroom in C Drive(C:) only.
And i think i should be recover lightroom folders in too.
Is it possible to recover any of the photographs from the lightroom metadata stored in the lightroom folders in C:. I read in some websites about catalog backup. Would it be possible to recover from that, i never explicitly created a catalog i used to directly import to lightroom?
Kindly help me!. I would really appreciate that.
Thanks,
Sridhar

If you imported the files from your E drive and chose to store them on your C drive by choosing a folder on your C drive in the Import Photos dialog, "Copy to:," you will find your images on your C drive in the folder you chose. Go to the Import dialog and look under "Copy to:" Lightroom displays the last place you copied files to. If you chose "Add Photos without moving," the photos are not on your C drive. However, you may be able to recover the photos on your crashed E drive using data recovery software.
When you import your photos, Lighroom creates previews which are still available, but Lightroom cannot process the photos without an actual copy of the photo to work with.
I suggest using the Backup to feature of Import Photos, backing up those originals to DVD, and backing up processed photos on portable hard disks. It is a good idea to have off-site backups also.

Catalog Backup Fails

I am using Photoshop Elements 10 on a PC with Windows 7 Professional. When I attempt to backup the catalog to DVD, the process begins and after burning four disks it fails with a message to make sure that the current disk drive firmware is installed.
Thus far I have:
     Reconnected all missing files
     Repaired (no errors found) the catalog
     Optimized the catalog
     Recreated the thumbnail cache
     Turned off the sync agent
     Turned off Auto-Analyzer
     Turned off facial recognition
     Used different brand of DVD
On four separate attempts to run a backup, I have encountered the same result.

Has anyone solved this or received the answer from Support. I have spent several days importing all my pictures, after having bought elements 10 and when I do the backup to DVD it fails after the second DVD with the same error. 'error encountered while writing disc. Contact your disc drive manufacturer and upgrade to the latest available firmware for your specific disc drive before trying again'
I know it's not my drives or drivers as this is the only software that has given me a problem.
I need to backup to 6 DVD's.

Is there a way to only catalog backup set not in the catalog? "CATALOG START WITH" generates double entry.

The DB version is 11.1.0.7.
The "CATALOG START WITH" not only catalog backup set that are not in the RMAN catalog, but also catalog a second copy for files that are already in the catalog.
Files are not a second copy; they are the same file in the same directory.
Having two copies in the catalog, through an error when deleting explicitly the backups.
We have to add the force clause to avoid the error.
RMAN> delete FORCE backup tag 'offsite-1';
The force clause ignores any I/O error.
The delete is part of our scheduled offsite backup script, which returns a false positive error when the force clause is ommited.
I don't want the force clause, in order to be notify if the backup set that are expected to be on disk are no more there, e.g., if someone had deleted files manually at the OS level bypassing rman.
Is there a way to only catalog backup set not in the catalog?
or May be remove the copy #2 entry from the catalog?
Find bellow a test case example:
RMAN> list backup summary TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backups
===============
Key     TY LV S Device Type Completion Time    #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
13      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
14      B A A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
15      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
RMAN> CATALOG START WITH 'C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite';
searching for all files that match the pattern C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\06OBTJEP_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\07OBTJI3_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\08OBTJI5_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\09OBTJI6_1_1
RMAN> list backup summary TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backups
===============
Key     TY LV S Device Type Completion Time    #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
13      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
14      B A A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
15      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
RMAN> DELETE BACKUP TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
24      18      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1   <<--- same file
30      18      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1   <<--- same file
25      19      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
31      19      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
26      20      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
32      20      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
27      21      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
33      21      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1 RECID=24 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1 RECID=25 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1 RECID=26 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1 RECID=27 STAMP=821470357
Deleted 6 objects
RMAN-06207: WARNING: 4 objects could not be deleted for DISK channel(s) due
RMAN-06208:          to mismatched status. Use CROSSCHECK command to fix status
RMAN-06210: List of Mismatched objects
RMAN-06211: ==========================
RMAN-06212:   Object Type   Filename/Handle
RMAN-06213: --------------- ---------------------------------------------------
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1

Hi JM,
Your demo with Oracle 10.2.0.5
At line 36 you answered "No" to "Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)?".
Just repeate your demo and answer Yes.
Even if he might have replied with "YES" then also, the RMAN search for the files which it can recognize as a valid rman backup file. Else it would show the list of files which are not recognized by RMAN as a valid file.
RMAN> catalog start with '/home/oracle/scripts';
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
searching for all files that match the pattern /home/oracle/scripts
List of Files Unknown to the Database
=====================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? yes
cataloging files...
no files cataloged
List of Files Which Where Not Cataloged
=======================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
About the RMAN catalog, it will not catalog the same file twice. It will only catalog the files which are not known to the database.
See this demo. (/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ is the location where all the backup pieces are.)
RMAN> catalog start with '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/';
searching for all files that match the pattern /backup/RMAN/STAGING/
no files found to be unknown to the database
This was the location based test, Another demo showing piece by piece catalogging .
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
1323    1321    1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
RMAN> catalog backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
cataloged backup piece
backup piece handle=/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00 RECID=1324 STAMP=821717283
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
1324    1321    1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
Hope its understandable, if any query please revert.
Happy to Help.
Thanks and Regards,
Prashant

Any solution for Windows 8.1 System Image Backup on DVD fails with error 0x80040154??(apart taking backup in external drive)

Windows 8.1 is facing a problem while taking System Image Backup on DVD, it pops an error saying 0x80040154 and more it says that class is not registered , i am trying from days to find some optimum solution for it apart from taking it on external
hard drive...any suggestion please let me know asap!
regards!

Hi,
Check this article first:
0x80040154 error may occur when you create a system image backup in Windows 8.1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2934165/en-us
Please capture the system event during you reproing this issue by using Process monitor:
Process Monitor v3.05
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
If there is any Access denied error, follow this blog to solve this issue.
Solving Access Denied Errors Using Process Monitor
http://improve.dk/solving-access-denied-errors-using-process-monitor/
You can also upload the saved log file here for our research. Please upload them to a file sharing service like Skydrive or "Rapidshare" and put a link to them in your reply.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Had PSE 8 installed on PC Windows 7 with a catalog backup on an external drive. Now have a Mac with OS Mavericks. If I install PSE 12 or Lightroom on this Mac can I use the cat. backup from Windows or must I start from scratch

Had pse 8 on a Windows 7 PC with a catalog backup on an external drive. Now have a Mac with OS Mavericks. If install pse 12 or Lightroom on the Mac will I be able to use the old catalog backup or must I start from scratch.

If you made a full catalog backup using the organizer's backup command, and you did it to a removable drive, yes, you can restore it to the mac. A backup made on discs will not work, though.

What is the content of Windows 8 Backup media DVD?

Does anyone know what is on the Window 8 Backup media DVD provided by Microsoft?

Hi,
Seems that you've already created a installation media using the ISO for Windows 8, the media now has all necessary files to start Windows, you can start your PC from the DVD to repair the system.
According to your description, it also likes a power supply issue, so you can check your battery performance as well.
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

Problem Restoring iTunes backup from DVD

I've searched and haven't seemed to find an answer to my particular issue, so if this has been asked and answered apologies. Here's my situation:
I am able to backup my entire library on my windows computer to move everything over to my imac. During the backup I didn't get any error messages. I restore the backup from DVD but for some reason one of the disks just will not restore and I have to keep skipping it. I can open it up and I see the files there, compilation folder with songe folders inside, some audio books, an album or two purchased from iTunes and a few albums from CDs that I actually own the physical media. I presume something is corrupted but don't know what.
My question is this: has anyone else experienced a similar situation and if so, were you able to get the disk to restore? If not, is there a way that I can select just the items from this bad disk to backup so that I don't have to do the entire back up again? As previously mentioned, I can browse the "bad" DVD and can see the items and folders? At the very least, I'd like to backup and restore the itunes purchased music and audio books and compilations; the other items I can just import from the cds that I own.
Thanks...I'm really getting frustrated after having tried this five or six times.

can somebody help i/m basically having the same problem but my error message says an unknown error occurred

OK to CTRL-ALT-DEL a stuck catalog backup?

All,
On my Win7 64bit laptop LR 3.2 got stuck during a catalog backup. Exited LR and was reminded it was time for a regular catalog backup. Started backup with a click. a little later the laptop went to sleep (hasn't been a problem before) and when I woke it up there was a green progress bar nearly "done" in a Progress box subtitled "Optimizing Previews catalog". There was no progree for 10 minutes, maybe 20, so I clicked "Cancel" but there was no change in either thebar or anything else except the button I clicked for Cancel changed to say "Cancelling...". During all this the green bar graphic pulses as I guess it is supposed to. I closed everything else. This is a 4Gig machine.
Nothing has changed for a couple of hours.
I see only one process in the process manager that is labeled Lightroom: the whole program.
Think I can nuke it without damage? If it's damaged what is the best way to return the catalog to health?
Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions.
jonathan7007

Yes, happens sometimes to me, too.
Particularly when I have opened and closed LR several times without backing up.
When it gets stuck up, hit the <Enter> key and a dialog will come up saying that the backup could not be completed and if you want to retry or close without backup. Usually the backup works on the second try.
WW

Catalog Backup Piece Manually

We are currently running Oracle 10.2.0.4 and IBM TSM to do our backups, but we moved to a new machine and some of our older backups are sitting on tape in TSM and i need to manually catalog these pieces, I logged a SR with Oracle and they sent me the following response
+"There is an undocumented command that allows catalog backuppiece from tape,+
+catalog device type 'SBT_TAPE' backuppiece '<name>';+
+You need first configure an sbt_tape device and then you can execute the catalog device type sbt_tape+
+command.+
+As and example the following will catalog a backuppiece on netbackup:+
+CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE'+
+PARMS 'ENV=(NB_ORA_CLASS=sv2n2admoraclelogbkup, SBT_LIBRARY=/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.sl64';+
+catalog device type 'SBT_TAPE' backuppiece 'orig-lij1qaa3_1_1';+
+Note: This command works from 10g. The reason why it is not documented for tape is if the backupset contains more than one piece, then it will take long time to catalog backup piece. As long as there is one backuppiece per backupset, then the undocumented way should work without any issues."+
This solution is for netbackup when i try the following in TSM
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'sbt_tape' parms
'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt)';
RMAN> CATALOG DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' BACKUPPIECE 'tiaprd_monthly_rman_7pl75al9_3_1';
I get the following error
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: sid=1754 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.3.3.0
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_2
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2: sid=1699 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2: Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.3.3.0
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_3
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_3: sid=1625 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_3: Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.3.3.0
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_4
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_4: sid=1987 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_4: Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.3.3.0
ORA-19870: error reading backup piece tiaprd_monthly_rman_7pl75al9_3_1
ORA-19507: failed to retrieve sequential file, handle="tiaprd_monthly_rman_7pl75al9_3_1", parms=""
ORA-27029: skgfrtrv: sbtrestore returned error
ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text:
ANS1302E (RC2) No objects on server match query
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of catalog command at 05/05/2010 11:37:18
RMAN-06209: List of failed objects
RMAN-06211: ==========================
RMAN-06212: Object Type Filename/Handle
RMAN-06213: --------------- ---------------------------------------------------
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece tiaprd_monthly_rman_7pl75al9_3_1
RMAN> exit
As you can see it fails but if i specify a wildcard "tiaprd_monthly_rman*" it works anybody please help
Regards
Grant

Hi Grant,
As you can see it fails but if i specify a wildcard "tiaprd_monthly_rman*" it works anybody please help.It isn´t an undocumented feature without a reason.
Why not just use the wild card option anyway saves you a lot of time keying in unique tag names?
Regards,
Tycho

How to backup my DVDs

Hi,
I just bought a DVD/CD read/write drive and my first DVD movies (LOTR trilogy) and I would like to set up my computer to burn backup copies of my DVD's. I am talking here about payed-for DVD's and personal backups so I guess legal questions are not raised.
I would like recomendations on console or gui tools/apps to use for backup-copying DVD's using the one combined DVD read/write drive that I have.
My thanks in advance.

sarah31 wrote:i had cheapo brand dvds-r 's and they sucked i had to use the prodvdrecord (or whatever) from the cdrtools web site. I now use slightly more expensive name brand dvds with no issue and I can use plain old growisofs without issue.
So far no luck :-( - seems to reject everything I tried for different reasons. Maybe the drive is to blame.
as for "backing up" encrypted dvds i don't know if you can do a straight disc to disc copy method. I suggest hitting google.com/linux for help.
Looks like it can be done (there is a dvdbackup tool for linux) but the drive will not burn dual layer disks. Guess I will have to buy one that does and perhaps solve the other problems as well ;-)
Thanks

Catalog backup can not be performed

The backup of my catalog aborts with an error!
LR says that it could not back up the catalog.
Folder permissions and sufficient disk space is available.
Until a few days, everything was still working.
Even if I create a new catalog I get in the catalog backup, the error message
Who can help?

I have changed the destination to a different folder. Unfortunately, the same problem
Dirk

Catalog backup getting Error resolving host - unknown host name in dataset

I have new install of OSB version 10.3.0.1.0 [Admin, Mediaserver, Client] installed on the same OEL server. My Catalog Backup jobs end up with error " unknown host name in dataset" and the job detail shows only "Error resolving host - unknown host name in dataset" while I can ping the admin host with obtool pingh command. The standard auto created Catalog backup dataset looks like this:
Dataset: OSB-CATALOG-DS
# Dataset for backing up the OSB Catalog on this administrative host
include catalog
I am able to create a separate dataset with the hostname defined and able to backup filesystems on the same host, np . Only the catalog backup from system generated dataset and schedule doesn't run. I appreciate any help or tip to make this catalog backup work. Thanks.

This problem is fixed by just restarting observiced on admin server.

Trouble restoring catalog backup

Hello
Last week my hard drive died on me so I had to replace it and reinstall my operating system (Windows 7) and my programs. I had
trouble finding my old Elements 6 install files so I decided to upgrade to Elements 9. Before the HDD died I did do a catalog
backup of my Elements 6 pictures to an external hard drive. After upgrading to Elements 9 I went to restore my Elements 6 catalog
only to find out I apparently had an original and an incremental catalog. So after restoring the incremental part, Elements 9
asked for the location of the original .tly file. Unfortunately I couldn't locate it so the restore operation was aborted. I have
approximately 4500 pictures that I backed up on the external hard drive and as I had also stored them separate from the Elements
catalog backup I can get them back into Elements 9. However, that means recreating all my tags, categories, subcategories etc all
over again for about 4500 pictures which is something I'd rather avoid.
So does anybody out there have a way I can just restore the incremental catalog backup or use the files created to at least get my tags, categories etc back?
Interestingly enough, there seems to be a lot of duplicate pictures with different file numbers in the Elements backup. The pictures I have stored
independently is the the 4500 number, while the pictures on the external hard drive in the Elements 6 catalog folder amounts to
about 7300. Why would that be? In theory shouldn't they be very close to the same number?
While on the topic of Elements catalog backup, is there really any reason to do an incremental backup? I tried a couple of
experimental Elements catalog backups: the first was an original and the second I added a dozen pictures or so to the catalog and
tried an incremental backup. I chose the same folder for the incremental as I used for the original. I was asked if I would like
to overwrite and I responded yes. I then found the .tly file in the next stage of the process and was then informed that I
couldn't use the same folder for the incremental as the original. Why on earth not? Although I initially I thought Elements 6 was
quite good, I have to admit this whole process has put me off the Elements program quite abit. So if any of you know of a similar
product that does essentially the same thing as Elements I would be very interested to hear about it.
Many thanks in advance

Hi,
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
The pictures I have stored independently is the the 4500 number, while the pictures on the external hard drive in the Elements 6 catalog folder amounts to
about 7300. Why would that be
Some of the extra files should most probably be the breeze.xml files. These are created due to preprocessing of face data. I didn't quite get "duplicate pictures with different file numbers in the Elements backup" ?? . Do you mean they have numbers like -1 , -2 etc attached. If yes, then they exist mostly when you had ediited files present in Organizer. Since these are part of version sets in Organizer so theie count is not shown in Organizer but you see it in your backup.
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So does anybody out there have a way I can just restore the incremental catalog backup or use the files created to at least get my tags, categories etc back?
To restore the catlog, you will need to go to File>Restore catalog from ... , browse for the .tly file and hit restore.
Incremental backup comes into picture when you had taken the backup of catalog before. So next time, you make changes to catalog and wish to take a backup , you have the option for an incremental backup which backs up only the changes done in Organizer since the original backup was taken. Incremental backup builds on the original backup and hence its not allowed to overwrite the original.
Hope this helps. Thanks

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