Retrospect Retrospect 12.0 User’s Guide

Retrospect®12.0

Windows User's Guide

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Retrospect 12.0 Users Guide, first edition.

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Contents

What's New...................................................................................................................................6

▪ Scalable Data Protection ......................................................................................................... 6

▪ Backblaze B2 Integration.........................................................................................................7

▪ Monitoring System Integration ................................................................................................7

▪ Script Hooks ............................................................................................................................ 7

▪ Avid and LTFS Production Tool Support................................................................................. 8

▪ Other Enhancements ............................................................................................................... 8

▪ Bug fixes..................................................................................................................................8

Getting Started.............................................................................................................................. 9

▪ Overview of Retrospect ...........................................................................................................9

▪ Requirements.........................................................................................................................11

▪ Creating a Retrospect User Account..................................................................................... 12

▪ Installing Retrospect..............................................................................................................13

▪ Using Retrospect...................................................................................................................15

▪ Using Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2012 and Server 2008 ....................................................23

▪ Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect.................................................................23

▪ Retrospect Updates...............................................................................................................23

Fundamentals..............................................................................................................................25

▪ How Retrospect Works..........................................................................................................25

▪ Progressive Backup............................................................................................................... 26

▪ Backup Sets and Their Components.....................................................................................26

▪ Backup Actions......................................................................................................................28

▪ Catalog Files .......................................................................................................................... 30

▪ Snapshots.............................................................................................................................. 30

▪ Retrospect and Clients .......................................................................................................... 31

▪ High-level Dashboard ............................................................................................................ 31

Hardware..................................................................................................................................... 33

▪ Hardware Overview ...............................................................................................................33

▪ Communication Technologies ............................................................................................... 33

▪ Seeing Your Backup Devices ................................................................................................35

▪ CD/DVD Drives ......................................................................................................................37

▪ Removable Disk Drives..........................................................................................................41

▪ Hard Disk Drives .................................................................................................................... 43

▪ Tape Drives............................................................................................................................44

▪ Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................ 56

▪ Removable Storage Manager................................................................................................62

▪ Media Longevity and Storage................................................................................................ 63

▪ Multiple Backup Drives..........................................................................................................64

▪ Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices ............................................................................64

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Immediate Operations................................................................................................................. 69

▪ Backup...................................................................................................................................69

▪ Archive...................................................................................................................................96

▪ Restore ................................................................................................................................103

▪ Duplicate.............................................................................................................................. 127

▪ Transfer Backup Sets ..........................................................................................................145

▪ Transfer Snapshots..............................................................................................................150

▪ Controlling Immediate Operations.......................................................................................156

Automated Operations..............................................................................................................158

▪ Overview of Scripts..............................................................................................................158

▪ Creating Scripts...................................................................................................................159

▪ Scripted Backup .................................................................................................................. 160

▪ Scripted Duplicate ...............................................................................................................191

▪ Scripted Archive ..................................................................................................................208

▪ Scripted Restore..................................................................................................................208

▪ Scripted Backup Set Transfer .............................................................................................214

▪ Scripted Snapshot Transfer.................................................................................................219

▪ Scripted Grooming ..............................................................................................................226

▪ Scripted Verification ............................................................................................................230

▪ Scheduling Scripts...............................................................................................................233

▪ Saving Scripts...................................................................................................................... 242

▪ Testing Scripts.....................................................................................................................243

▪ Executing Scripts................................................................................................................. 245

▪ Controlling Scripts ............................................................................................................... 247

▪ Proactive Backup Scripts ....................................................................................................248

Controlling Operations .............................................................................................................. 265

▪ Controlling Operations Overview.........................................................................................265

▪ Stop Button .........................................................................................................................265

▪ Activity Monitor....................................................................................................................266

▪ Media Request Window.......................................................................................................276

▪ Multiple Concurrent Executions ..........................................................................................280

Networked Clients..................................................................................................................... 288

▪ Networked Clients Overview ...............................................................................................288

▪ Installing Clients...................................................................................................................289

▪ Working with Clients............................................................................................................293

▪ Updating Clients .................................................................................................................. 302

▪ Uninstalling a Client and Its Software.................................................................................. 305

▪ Advanced Networking .........................................................................................................305

▪ New Retrospect Client software..........................................................................................314

▪ User-initiated backups and restores ...................................................................................314

▪ Locking client features and preferences .............................................................................318

▪ Backing up Clients............................................................................................................... 319

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▪ Working with Windows Clients ............................................................................................ 320

▪ Working with Mac OS Clients..............................................................................................320

▪ Working with UNIX Clients...................................................................................................322

▪ File System Conversions .....................................................................................................323

▪ Microsoft Networking Volumes ...........................................................................................324

▪ Network Backup Guidelines ................................................................................................324

Disaster Recovery ..................................................................................................................... 329

▪ Creating a Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc ..............................................................329

▪ Using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc................................................................332

▪ Making your system bootable on different hardware ..........................................................341

Management .............................................................................................................................351

▪ Backup Strategies ...............................................................................................................351

▪ Log and Reports .................................................................................................................. 357

▪ Execution Options ...............................................................................................................365

▪ Managing Backup Sets .......................................................................................................388

▪ Maintaining Scripts .............................................................................................................. 407

▪ Retrospect Preferences.......................................................................................................413

▪ Moving Retrospect ..............................................................................................................429

▪ Catalog and Configuration Backups ...................................................................................430

▪ Working with File Servers ....................................................................................................430

▪ Working with Open Files......................................................................................................432

▪ Terminal Services and Remote Desktop .............................................................................434

Tools..........................................................................................................................................437

▪ Working with Volumes ......................................................................................................... 437

▪ Browsing..............................................................................................................................448

▪ Using Selectors....................................................................................................................456

▪ Maintenance and Repair...................................................................................................... 476

▪ External Scripting ................................................................................................................484

Problems and Solutions............................................................................................................488

▪ Tips and late-breaking information......................................................................................488

▪ Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................489

▪ Common Questions.............................................................................................................502

▪ Retrospect Error Messages.................................................................................................513

▪ Retrospect Error Numbers...................................................................................................516

▪ Retrospect Client Errors ......................................................................................................511

▪ Retrospect Support .............................................................................................................524

Appendices

Block Level Incremental Backup...............................................................................................525

▪ Overview .............................................................................................................................. 525

▪ Storage Savings...................................................................................................................525

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▪ Usage...................................................................................................................................526

▪ Logging................................................................................................................................527

▪ Options ................................................................................................................................527

▪ Backward Compatibility.......................................................................................................528

▪ Technical Details..................................................................................................................529

SQL Server Agent .....................................................................................................................530

▪ What's New .........................................................................................................................530

▪ Security................................................................................................................................531

▪ Installation............................................................................................................................534

▪ General Use ......................................................................................................................... 536

▪ Backing Up ..........................................................................................................................538

▪ Database Backup History....................................................................................................539

▪ Restoring .............................................................................................................................539

▪ Disaster Recovery................................................................................................................ 543

Exchange Server Agent.............................................................................................................545

▪ What's New .........................................................................................................................545

▪ Security................................................................................................................................547

▪ Installation............................................................................................................................550

▪ General Use ......................................................................................................................... 552

▪ Backing Up ..........................................................................................................................556

▪ Database Backup History....................................................................................................557

▪ Restoring .............................................................................................................................558

▪ Disaster Recovery................................................................................................................ 566

VMware Host Server Add-on ....................................................................................................567

▪ Introduction..........................................................................................................................567

▪ To Back up VMware Virtual Machines.................................................................................567

▪ Restoring from VMware Backups........................................................................................571

Instant Scan ..............................................................................................................................572

Retrospect for iOS ....................................................................................................................578

Protecting virtual machines with VMware Consolidated Backup .............................................579

▪ Requirements.......................................................................................................................579

▪ Configuring VCB for backups..............................................................................................579

▪ Configuring Retrospect and Backing Up............................................................................. 580

Legacy Client ............................................................................................................................583

▪ Client Preferences ...............................................................................................................583

▪ Access Master Control ........................................................................................................585

▪ General Preferences ............................................................................................................585

▪ Notification Preferences ......................................................................................................587

▪ Priority Preference ...............................................................................................................587

▪ Access Restrictions Preferences.........................................................................................587

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▪ Influencing Proactive Backups ............................................................................................588

▪ Scheduling from a Client .....................................................................................................588

▪ Deferring Execution ............................................................................................................. 589

▪ Client User Preferences.......................................................................................................589

▪ Access Master Control ........................................................................................................591

▪ General Preferences ............................................................................................................591

▪ Notification Preferences ......................................................................................................594

▪ Controlling Proactive Backups ............................................................................................595

Glossary ....................................................................................................................................598

Release Notes ............................................................................................................................... 8

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Chapter 1

What's New

This document contains important information about Retrospect 12 for Windows. Please read it
carefully.

The Retrospect website is regularly updated with the most recent support information for
Retrospect and related products, including the following:

▪ Retrospect Support
▪ Retrospect Updates
▪ Release Notes
▪ Scalable Data Protection
▪ Backblaze B2 Integration
▪ Monitoring System Integration
▪ Script Hooks
▪ Avid and LTFS Production Tool Support
▪ Other Enhancements
▪ Bug fixes

Scalable Data Protection

Data continues to grow for businesses around the world. Our customers are small businesses, and
yet they have seen tremendous growth in the amount of data they manage. They're now
responsible for tens of terabytes and tens of millions of files, and need a data protection strategy
that ensures their business is always backed up.

Retrospect's protection suite now includes scalable data protection. As an industry first for file-level
backup, Retrospect is now certified to back up 1 billion files per backup set, 100 TB of data per
backup set, and 50 million files per device.

With this new software architecture, businesses with 1TB or 100TB of data can use Retrospect to
protect their entire infrastructure. Companies like media production houses with tens of millions of
files on a single file server are now able to protect every file without jumping through additional
hoops. The new version scales up to the largest business environments, with complete integration
with our set-and-forget backup strategies, granular file-selection selectors, and data retention

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policies-all at no additional cost, regardless of the amount of data.

Backblaze B2 Integration

Backblaze B2 is a business-class cloud storage provider with extremely low costs, at $0.005/GB a
month. Retrospect 12 for Windows and Retrospect 14 for Mac support Backblaze B2 as a cloud
storage provider, offering complete integration with Retrospect's hybrid data protection.

Monitoring System Integration

Retrospect now integrates with the latest monitoring systems, including Nagios, Slack, and IFTTT.
System administrators can deploy custom scripts that populate their monitoring systems with a
wide range of Retrospect events and statistics, including per-source backup information, media
requests, and script successes and failures.

Script Hooks

IT administrators must deal with a wide array of hardware and software, and this complex
ecosystem presents challenges for maintaining data protection across so many running services.
Retrospect now includes script hooks. IT staff can integrate customized scripts that are executed at
specific points during their backup strategy lifecycle. Retrospect is now able to quiesce databases
and other services before a backup starts and then relaunch those services after the backup
completes successfully. Script hooks let system administrators integrate Retrospect more deeply

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into their environment.

Learn more about Script Hooks

Avid and LTFS Production Tool Support

Production companies use Avid and LTFS extensively, and this latest version of Retrospect
includes integration with these production house tools.

LTFS enables businesses to use tape without being locked into a proprietary format. Instead, it
uses a common format, accessible to a computer like a file share. Retrospect 12 for Windows and
Retrospect 14 for Mac support storing data on LTFS.

Avid hardware and software is used for managing large-scale media projects throughout the
entertainment industry. With this version of Retrospect 12 for Windows and Retrospect 14 for Mac,
IT professionals can protect their Avid projects with native integration with Retrospect.

Other Enhancements

This latest release also offers other features and performance enhancements:

▪ Performance Improvements – Retrospect 12 for Windows and Retrospect 14 for Mac include

significant improvements for backup and restore for computers that have more than 500,000
folders.

▪ Network Connectivity – Retrospect 12 for Windows and Retrospect 14 for Mac include clients

that are more resilient to network hiccups and outages.

Bug fixes

This latest release of Retrospect includes fixes for numerous issues. For a list of bugs fixed in this
release, please refer to the Release Notes.

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Getting Started

▪ Overview of Retrospect
▪ Requirements
▪ Creating a Retrospect User Account
▪ Installing Retrospect
▪ Using Retrospect
▪ Using Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2012 and Server 2008
▪ Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect
▪ Retrospect Updates

This chapter describes the hardware and system requirements necessary to use Retrospect, then
explains how to install or upgrade the Retrospect software. It also provides a basic overview of how
to use Retrospect. Requirements and installation of Retrospect Clients are described in Networked

Clients.

Overview of Retrospect

Designed for use in small to mid-sized businesses, Retrospect Multi Server, Single Server, and
Single Server (Disk-to-Disk) provide thorough, fast backups, and 100%-accurate restores of
networked servers, desktops, notebook computers, and business critical applications. Retrospect
Desktop delivers the proven capabilities of Retrospect’s enterprise-class products to the home and
small business user. The Retrospect product line protects against loss due to viruses, newly
installed software, user error, damaged hardware, hardware upgrades, hackers, and lost or stolen
computers. The industry leader in data protection for more than a decade, Retrospect has received
numerous awards and protects millions of computers worldwide.

Which Edition is Right for You?

There are four editions of Retrospect available. Depending on the needs of your organization, one
of these editions is right for you. The following table lists some Retrospect features and shows
which editions they are available with.

▪ Multi Server – Protects any number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux servers, desktops,

and notebooks from a single host computer running Retrospect. Supports disk, cloud, and tape
storage devices.

▪ Single Server – Protects one server and any number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux

desktops and notebooks from a single host computer running Retrospect. Additional server
client licenses can be purchased to protect more networked Windows, Mac, or Linux servers.
Supports disk, cloud, and tape storage devices.

▪ Single Server (Disk-to-Disk) – Protects a single Windows Server and five workstations using

local, network, and cloud disk- based storage. Formerly Retrospect Disk-to-Disk.

▪ Desktop – Protects a single non-server Windows PC and up to five additional Windows, Mac,

and Linux desktops and notebooks. Formerly Retrospect Professional.

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Retrospect Add-on Products

A number of advanced Retrospect features are only available if you have the appropriate license
code. Click Configure>Licenses to view your current licenses or purchase new ones.

▪ VMware Host Server – Protects VMs with file-based agent-less backups and restores in ESX 4

and ESXi 5.0/5.1 environments.

▪ Open File Backup Unlimited – Protects open files on NTFS-formatted volumes on Windows

servers, desktops, and laptops. This add-on makes it possible to protect line-of-business
applications—such as accounting, CRM, and proprietary database systems—while they’re
running, even those with data files spread across multiple volumes. Retrospect’s Open File
Backup Unlimited add-on extends to all Windows systems protected by your Retrospect host
server, including end-user desktops and laptops.

▪ Open File Backup Disk-to-Disk Edition – Protects open files on NTFS-formatted volumes on

the one Windows server. This add-on makes it possible to protect line-of-business
applications—such as accounting, CRM, and proprietary database systems—while they’re
running, even those with data files spread across multiple volumes. Retrospect’s Open File
Backup Disk-to-Disk Edition add-on covers your Retrospect host server only. Specifically for
Retrospect Single Server (Disk-to-Disk) and Desktop (Professional).

▪ Dissimilar Hardware Restore Unlimited – Makes it possible to recover an entire boot

volume—including the OS, applications, registry, and data—to a different physical computer,
such as a newer model or even one from a different manufacturer entirely. Retrospect’s
Dissimilar Hardware Restore Unlimited add-on extends to all Windows systems protected by
your Retrospect host server, including end-user desktops and laptops.

▪ Dissimilar Hardware Restore Disk-to-Disk Edition – Makes it possible to recover your

Windows server—including the OS, applications, registry, and data—to different physical
hardware, such as a newer model or even one from a different manufacturer entirely.
Retrospect’s Dissimilar Hardware Restore Disk-to-Disk Edition add-on covers your Retrospect
host server only. Specifically for Retrospect Single Server (Disk-to-Disk) and Desktop
(Professional).

▪ Microsoft SQL Server Agent – Provides hot backups of Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2014,

2012, 2008, and 2005. Automatically restores a SQL Server or individual databases to a specific
point in time. Licensed for use on a SQL server running either the Retrospect application or as a
Retrospect Client; includes a Retrospect Server Client license.

▪ Microsoft Exchange Server Agent – Provides hot backups of Microsoft Exchange Server

2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, and 2003 storage groups, databases, and mailboxes. Automatically
restores an Exchange Server or individual components to a specific point in time. Licensed for
use on an Exchange Server running either the Retrospect application or as a Retrospect Client;
includes a Retrospect Server Client license.

▪ Advanced Tape Support – Improves backup times by utilizing multiple tape drives in parallel,

including multiple stand-alone drives, drives in libraries, or drives in autoloaders. The Advanced
Tape Support add-on is licensed per Retrospect host server, not per tape drive. For example,
only one Advanced Tape Support add-on license is required for a library with four tape drive
mechanisms.

▪ Retrospect Client Packs – Extends the number of networked desktops and notebook

computers that can be backed up using Retrospect Disk-to-Disk or Desktop editions. Available
in 1, 5, and 10 client license packs.

▪ Retrospect Server Client – Extends the number of networked servers that can be backed up

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using Retrospect Single Server editions. Each Retrospect Server Client adds a license for
protecting one additional server as a network client.

▪ Annual Support & Maintenance (ASM) – Provides technical support via email and phone

(available in select regions) and all upgrades/updates of purchased product at no additional cost
for 1 year from the date of ASM purchase.

Requirements

In order to run and use Retrospect, certain minimum requirements of hardware, software, and
memory must be met. Requirements of client computers are detailed in Networked Clients.

System Requirements

Retrospect 12 for Windows

Supported Operating Systems:

▪ Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10
▪ Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
▪ Microsoft Windows Server Core 2008 R2, 2012, 2016
▪ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
▪ Microsoft Windows SBS 2003, 2008, 2011
▪ Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, 2008

*Retrospect Desktop doesn’t run on a Windows Server.

Supported Hardware:

▪ Intel processor (64-bit) with one or more multicore processors

Recommended Configuration:

▪ Latest Service Pack for Windows
▪ For Windows 10, Retrospect requires the 64-bit version
▪ 1 GB for each concurrent activity; 4 GB minimum for 64-bit Windows
▪ 10-15 GB of temp hard disk space for each concurrent activity (backup, restore, etc.)
▪ Adequate storage for backups
▪ RAM that meets Microsoft's guidelines for each OS

Retrospect 12 Client for Windows

▪ Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
▪ Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
▪ Microsoft Windows Server Core 2008 R2, 2012, 2016
▪ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
▪ Microsoft Windows SBS 2003, 2008, 2011
▪ Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, 2008

*Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available
Server Client Licenses.

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Retrospect 14 Client for Mac

▪ Apple macOS Sierra / Sierra Server 10.12
▪ Apple OS X El Capitan / El Capitan Server 10.11.6
▪ Apple OS X Yosemite / Yosemite Server 10.10.5
▪ Apple OS X Mavericks / Mavericks Server 10.9.5
▪ Apple OS X Mountain Lion / Mountain Lion Server 10.8.5
▪ Apple OS X Lion / Lion Server 10.7.5
▪ Apple OS X Snow Leopard / Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8

*Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available
Server Client Licenses.

Retrospect 6.3 Client for Mac

▪ Apple OS X Leopard / Leopard Server 10.5.8
▪ Apple OS X Tiger / Tiger Server 10.4.11
▪ Apple OS X Panther / Panther Server 10.3.9

*Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available
Server Client Licenses.

Retrospect 12 Client for Linux

▪ x86- or x64-based system running Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Debian,

Ubuntu Server and SUSE Linux (Details)

▪ glibc version 2 or later

Storage Devices

Retrospect supports a wide variety of storage devices as the destination for backups, including
hard drives (both direct- and network-attached), tape drives and libraries, flash storage, and
removable disk drives (RDX, REV, etc.). See the Retrospect Device Support Database for a
complete list of supported tape drives and libraries.

Creating a Retrospect User Account

In order to back up any disk, remote share, and SQL or Exchange database, Retrospect must be
run under a user account that has access to those disks and databases.

Retrospect, Inc. recommends that you create an account that has administrator access to all
resources before installing Retrospect.

For SQL and Exchange, make sure the account has the necessary privileges to access all the
database servers you want to back up. Make this account a member of:

▪ Domain Users
▪ Domain Admins
▪ Administrators
▪ Backup Operators

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See SQL Server Agent and Exchange Server Agent for more information.

For network volumes, make sure the account has the necessary privileges to access any volume
you want to use as a source, destination, or location for saving Catalog Files.

For more information about the Retrospect User Account and how to modify login information, see

Security Preferences.

Installing Retrospect

The process for installing Retrospect is the same, regardless of whether you are installing the
application for the first time, or upgrading from an earlier version of Retrospect. If you are
upgrading, Retrospect automatically copies your previous configuration—including your scripts,
schedules, selectors, and clients—for use with the new version. After installing Retrospect, it is a
good idea to check for any updates to the application before starting to use it.

To install or upgrade Retrospect:

1. Save all unsaved documents in other running applications.

2. Under Windows, log in to the computer so that you have Administrator privileges.

3. Insert the Retrospect CD in the computer’s CD/DVD drive. In the menu that appears, click Install
Retrospect.

If you downloaded the Retrospect installer, run Setup.exe.

4. Follow the instructions in the Setup Wizard to install the software or update an existing installation,
then choose the option to restart the computer, if necessary.

5. Some Retrospect upgrades include new application license codes. If your upgrade includes a new
code, you will need it. After running the installer, enter the new license code the first time you
launch Retrospect.

Installation of Retrospect Clients is described in Networked Clients.

Retrospect Updates

Retrospect Updates are free downloads that provide additional device support or address issues
with earlier versions of Retrospect. By default, Retrospect is set up to regularly check for
Retrospect Updates and notify you if any are available. You can also manually check for updates at
any time.

▪ You must have a valid internet connection to check for updates. If you use a proxy server to

connect to the Internet make sure that Retrospect’s Updates preferences include the correct
proxy server information. See Updates Preferences for more information.

▪ Automatically Checking for Retrospect Updates
▪ Manually Checking for Retrospect Updates
▪ Installing Retrospect Updates

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Automatically Checking for Retrospect Updates

By default, Retrospect checks for free updates to your current version of Retrospect on a regular
basis. To make sure Retrospect’s preference is enabled, choose Configure>Preferences from
Retrospect’s navigation bar. In the Notification category of preferences, click Updates and make
sure the check box for “Automatically check for available updates” is selected. See Updates

Preferences for more information.

If Retrospect finds an update, you can download it or install it immediately. See Installing

Retrospect Updates for more information.

Manually Checking for Retrospect Updates

You can search for free updates to your current version of Retrospect by choosing Retrospect
Updates from the Help menu. The dialog box that displays lists the currently installed versions of
Retrospect, as well as any device support updates and hot fixes. It also lists the date of the last
successful check for updates.

Click Check Now to check the Retrospect web site for available updates.

If there are any updates, Retrospect displays a list of the items available to download and install.

Installing Retrospect Updates

When Retrospect finds an update to your currently installed version of the application, it displays a
list of available updates. Select an item from the list, then choose a command:

▪ Click “More info about this update” to view details about the selected update.
▪ Click Download to download an installer for the selected update to a location you choose. You

can install the update at any time. After installing the update, you must delete the downloaded
update installer manually.

▪ Click Install to download and install the update. Retrospect downloads the update, then

prompts you to quit so it can run the update installer. After installing the update Retrospect
automatically deletes the update installer. If you decide not to quit Retrospect after downloading
the update, the update installer is deleted and the update is not installed.

▪ Select the “Ignore this update” check box to ignore an update you don’t want to install. The

update will still appear in the list, but it will be grayed out.

▪ Click Close to close the dialog without downloading or installing any updates.

You can only download or install one update at a time. If you want to install multiple updates, select
Help>Retrospect Updates and click Check Now after the first update is installed.

Adding Functionality to Retrospect

You can easily expand the functionality of Retrospect with add-on products or upgrade to a more
powerful version of the Retrospect family.

To upgrade, choose License Manager from Retrospect’s Window menu. Click Purchase and then
click Web to visit the Retrospect Online Store using your web browser.

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After you have received your purchased license code by e-mail, click Add in Retrospect’s License
Manager window and enter the code, completing your upgrade.

Using Retrospect

Retrospect has a familiar, user-friendly interface. It includes a navigation bar, as well as a toolbar,
and keyboard shortcuts, for quick access to frequently used commands.

Starting Retrospect

To start Retrospect, choose Retrospect 12.0 from the Retrospect program group in the Start menu.

Getting Started Wizard

The first time you start Retrospect, the Getting Started Wizard displays.

Enter your application license code in the space provided, then click Next.

If you do not have a license code, you can click the Purchase button for more information
about obtaining one.

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If you have separate license codes for any Retrospect add-on products, you can enter them here.
You can always enter add-on codes later using the License Manager. Click Next to continue.

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Enter your name and company name and click Next.

At the registration screen prompt, select one of the following radio buttons, then click Next.

▪ Register Now, if you have not registered your copy of Retrospect and you would like to do so.
▪ Register Later, if you want to skip this step.
▪ Already Registered, if you have already registered your copy of Retrospect.

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In order to back up any disk, remote share, and SQL or Exchange database, Retrospect must be
running under a user account that has access to those disks and databases.

If you plan to back up remote shares, including SQL or Exchange, Retrospect, Inc. recommends
that you create an account that has administrator access to all resources, and enter that
information in the fields below “Always run Retrospect as the specified user”.

See Creating a Retrospect User Account for more information.

If you want to use Terminal Services to administer Retrospect when it is running on a remote
server, see Terminal Services and Remote Desktop.

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Retrospect is now set up. To start a backup immediately, click Next. To explore the application on
your own, clear the “Perform a backup” check box and click Finish.

See Backing Up in Wizard Mode for more information on setting up your first backup.

Leaving Retrospect

Once the Retrospect application is started, you can leave it temporarily by clicking on a program
window in the background, or by choosing another program from the Start menu or taskbar. This
puts Retrospect in the background, and though it is not the active program, it will continue to
perform its current operation, if any, and perform any scheduled operations which come up later.

To exit Retrospect entirely, choose Exit from its File menu. Before exiting, Retrospect informs you
of the next scheduled operation, if any.

The Navigation Bar

When you start Retrospect, the program displays its main window, with a navigation bar on the left
and a toolbar across the top.

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You can access all areas of Retrospect through its navigation bar.

▪ Click

to hide the navigation bar.

▪ Click

to display the navigation bar.

The navigation bar is organized hierarchically with different categories of functions. Clicking a +
icon reveals a category’s items.

Clicking a – icon hides the lower-level items. Clicking a top-level category item shows an overview
window. (By default, the Backup overview window is shown when you open Retrospect.)

Each overview window has buttons along the left. To the right of each button is a description of its
function or action. Each button’s function requires additional steps and involves more windows or
dialogs and buttons.

Right-clicking anywhere in the navigation bar provides access to display options:

▪ Hide overview/Show overview

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▪ Dock on right/Dock on left
▪ Right align text/Left align text

Use these option to customize how Retrospect displays the navigation bar.

The Toolbar

When you become familiar with the functions accessible from the navigation bar, you may wish to
use the shortcuts arranged in the toolbar beneath Retrospect’s menus.

Hold the mouse pointer over a toolbar icon to see its function.

The System Tray Icon

When you exit Retrospect, a Retrospect icon appears in the system tray of your Windows
taskbar by default.

Right-clicking the icon displays the following commands:

▪ Launch Retrospect
▪ Options...
▪ Exit

Choose Launch Retrospect to launch the application. Retrospect displays as it was when you
exited the application. You can also double-click the icon to launch retrospect.

Choose Options to set a shortcut key to launch the immediate Backup Wizard and to specify
whether or not to display the icon.

To set up a shortcut to the Backup Wizard:

1. Right-click the Retrospect icon in the system tray and choose Options.

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2. Click in the Shortcut key text entry field and enter a set of keystrokes to use as the shortcut.

You must use the Ctrl, Alt, or Shift key in combination with one or more other keys (letters, function
keys, etc.) on the keyboard.

3. Click OK.

You can type the shortcut keys when Retrospect is not running to launch the application and open
the immediate Backup Wizard. See Backing Up in Wizard Mode for more information.

Retrospect displays the most recent immediate backup settings you specified. The shortcut keys
provide an easy way to access these settings and start a backup quickly. Click Start Now to run a
backup with the current settings.

Backup settings are displayed in Wizard Mode, even if you last edited them in Advanced
Mode.

To hide the Retrospect system tray icon:

1. Right-click the Retrospect icon in the system tray and choose Options.

2. Clear the check box next to “Show Retrospect icon launcher in the taskbar”.

3. Click OK.

The Retrospect icon no longer displays.

If you want to display the icon again later, you can turn it on using a Retrospect preference.
See Startup Preferences for more information.

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launch and exit Retrospect, the icon will display again (depending on your preferences).

When you exit from the system tray icon, the shortcut you specified to launch the Backup
Wizard no longer works.

When you stop all Retrospect executions (from either the toolbar or the countdown dialog), the
Retrospect icon in the system tray of your Windows taskbar will flash until you click the Stop all
execution activity button in the Retrospect toolbar. As long as the icon is flashing, Retrospect will
not execute any immediate or scripted operations. See Stop Button for more information on
stopping all Retrospect executions.

Keyboard Navigation

For users that do not have a mouse, Retrospect uses standard Windows shortcuts to provide
access to the functions of the application from the keyboard.

For example, Ctrl+F4 closes the active window and Alt+F opens the File menu.

In addition, Retrospect’s navigation bar can be accessed via the keyboard using Ctrl+1.

Using Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2012 and Server 2008

Automated operations

When Retrospect automatically launches on Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2012, or Server 2008, the
application window is hidden. If an operation is running and Retrospect is manually launched, the
Retrospect Monitor will be displayed if available. If the Retrospect Monitor is not installed, an alert
is displayed warning that an operation is in progress. You are then able to close the alert and let the
operation continue or stop the operation and show the Retrospect window.

Retrospect icon

Retrospect does not display the icon in the task bar when running in these versions of Windows.

Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect

Older backup sets

You can use older Backup Sets with Retrospect 8. However, once you use a Backup Set with
Retrospect, you can no longer access it from versions of Retrospect earlier than 7.7.

Retrospect Updates

Retrospect adds support for devices by releasing Retrospect Updates, which are “plug-in” files you
place in the folder with Retrospect. When circumstances permit, Retrospect includes the latest
update with Retrospect and it is automatically installed when you install Retrospect. (To reinstall the
update, reinstall Retrospect.)

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Help menu. It lists the version of Retrospect, as well as the Retrospect Update version.

If you don't have a Retrospect Update, or your update version is too old for your device, you can
get the latest Retrospect Update from the Retrospect web site.

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Chapter 3

Fundamentals

▪ How Retrospect Works
▪ Progressive Backup
▪ Backup Sets and Their Components
▪ Backup Actions
▪ Catalog Files
▪ Snapshots
▪ Retrospect and Clients
▪ High-level Dashboard

This chapter describes Retrospect’s fundamental concepts. This manual and the program itself
repeatedly refer to these basic ideas. Understanding these fundamentals is important and useful
but not essential. Retrospect, Inc. designed Retrospect to be powerful and feature-packed, yet very
easy to use for basic operations.

How Retrospect Works

Retrospect uses an archival method of backup that ensures backed up files are not deleted or
written over until you request it. That way, they stay on the disk, tape, or CD/DVD indefinitely. This
is helpful, for example, if you have been working on an important document every day for the past
month and you discover you have been making terrible mistakes for the past week. If you have
been backing up every day Retrospect lets you retrieve a good version of the file from a week ago
(or any point in time it was backed up). This is an important benefit of Retrospect not found in “disk
mirroring” software used for backups.

Retrospect provides a number of ways to protect and restore your data. There are two basic types
of operations you can perform with Retrospect: immediate operations and automated operations.

For example, if you launch Retrospect and click Backup>Backup from the navigation bar, you have
taken the first steps in creating an immediate operation. If you make a script to do the same backup
on a specific schedule, that is considered an automated operation.

Immediate Operations are discussed in detail in Immediate Operations. The process of creating
scripts is described in Automated Operations.

Most of the operations in Retrospect, whether immediate or scripted, require a source and a
destination. For a backup, the source is generally a volume or subvolume on a computer’s hard
drive; the destination is a Backup Set stored on backup media (disks, tapes, CDs, etc.).

Immediate/Automated Operation Source Destination

Backup Volume(s)/Database(s)/Mailbox(es) Backup Set(s)

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Duplicate Volume Volume

Archive Volume(s) Backup Set

Transfer Backup Sets Backup Set(s) Backup Set

Transfer Snapshots Snapshot(s) Backup Set

Restore Snapshot Volume

Restore Database Snapshot Database

Restore Mailbox Backup Set Mailbox

There are two types of automated operations that only require a source (no destination):
scripted grooming and scripted verification.

Volumes, Backup Sets, Snapshots, and the various types of immediate and automated operations
are all discussed in greater detail elsewhere.

Progressive Backup

Retrospect uses patented technology to perform “progressive” backups. Progressive Backup
intelligently copies only files that are new or have changed since the previous backup to a Backup
Set. You don’t have to specify whether you want a “full” or “incremental” backup. Retrospect, by
default, copies any and all the files it hasn’t already backed up.

Backup Sets and Their Components

The basic building block of Retrospect is the Backup Set, which is a set of one or more disks,
tapes, or CD/DVD discs, or a file. Individual pieces of media (for example, tapes, CD/DVD discs,
disks, or cartridges) are members of a Backup Set.

You can back up as many source volumes as you like to a single Backup Set. For example, you
could have a single Backup Set as the backup destination for your computer’s internal hard disk,
your external hard disk, a file server, and a co-worker’s hard disk on a computer with installed
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When a disk, tape, or CD/DVD fills with data, Retrospect asks for a new one. It uses any available
(that is, in the drive) new or erased media. If the media has the name Retrospect is looking for,
Retrospect will erase and re-use it. To reduce the danger of unintentionally destroying data,
Retrospect will never automatically use a medium with the wrong name if it has data on it.

Retrospect uses a Catalog File, an index of the files and folders contained in a Backup Set, to keep
track of files and media, so you never have to think about which files are on which disks, tapes, or
CD/DVDs. See Catalog Files for more information.

Tape Backup Sets

A tape Backup Set uses tapes from a tape device such as a DAT drive, LTO drive, AIT drive, VXA
drive, or DLT drive. Files are backed up to the tapes and the Catalog File is usually saved on the
hard disk of the computer doing the backup. Hardware and the Retrospect web site provide more
detailed information on tape drives.

Retrospect’s Advanced Tape Support option can only be used with tape Backup Sets and is
designed to allow users to run concurrent executions to multiple tape drives. See Advanced Tape

Support for more information.

CD/DVD Backup Sets

A CD/DVD Backup Set uses recordable discs with CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW, DVD+R, or DVD+R DL drives. Files are backed up to the discs and the Catalog File is
usually saved on the hard disk of the computer doing the backup. Hardware provides more detailed
information on CD/DVD drives.

Retrospect, Inc. uses the term “disc” to refer to a recordable disc to be used in a CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, or DVD+R DL drive. These drives all work nearly
the same with Retrospect, though they may use different media. The difference is that data on “R”
discs cannot be erased, while “RW” discs can be erased in rewriteable drives and reused by
Retrospect. Rewriteable discs are, of course, also recordable.

You cannot use a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to restore from a CD/DVD Backup Set. Though
the ability to write is not needed during restoring, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive cannot
recognize the Retrospect Backup Set format of a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, or DVD-RW.

Disk Backup Sets

A disk Backup Set uses hard disks, servers, NAS devices, or ejectable disk media (such as DVD­RAM and and MO). Files are backed up to the disks and the Catalog File is usually saved on the
hard disk of the computer doing the backup. Hardware provides more detailed information on
removable disk drives and hard disk drives.

Retrospect provides a number of features designed specifically for the advantages of disk backup.
See Disk Grooming and Disk Backup Sets and Multiple Executions for more information.

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File Backup Sets

A file Backup Set combines the Catalog File and backed-up files into a single file stored on a
volume. (This volume can be any disk drive other than a floppy disk, such as a hard disk, file server
or shared disk, or removable disk, that you can access from the Windows Explorer and map to a
drive letter.)

A file Backup Set can be no larger than the volume on which it is stored, nor can it exceed the
maximum file size of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS). You can decrease the amount of space
used by a file Backup Set by using Retrospect’s data compression option.

Unlike other types of Backup Sets, file Backup Sets cannot span media. Once the maximum
file size is reached, the Backup Set cannot be appended.

Backup Actions

The main purpose of performing a backup is to copy files into a Backup Set. You can instruct
Retrospect to perform four different types of backup actions. A Normal backup adds every file not
already in the Backup Set. A New Member backup skips to a new member in the current Backup
Set and does a Normal backup to this member. A Recycle backup erases a Backup Set and then
adds every file not already in the Backup Set—in effect, all files. A New Backup Set backup creates
a new Backup Set and copies every file not already in the Backup Set—again, in effect, all files.

Retrospect’s default backup action, Normal, does Progressive Backups for efficient backups
without any extra effort on your part.

Backup Strategies, offers several backup strategies that use Normal, Recycle, New Member, and

New Backup Set backup actions. Study these strategies to learn how to maximize backup safety
and effectiveness by alternating between Backup Sets and rotating media off site.

Normal Backups

A Normal backup, as its name suggests, is the action to use in most situations. It is a Progressive
Backup, which saves media space by avoiding redundant files in a Backup Set. A Normal backup
copies only files which are new or newly modified.

During a Normal backup, Retrospect compares the list of files selected to be backed up against the
list of files in the Backup Set’s Catalog File, then copies only those files which are not already
present on the media. When a Normal backup is done to a new Backup Set, there are no files in the
Backup Set, so everything selected from the source is backed up.

Normal Backup Example

The backup administrator creates a new Backup Set and does a Normal backup to it with a new or
erased medium in the backup device. Because no files exist in the new, empty Backup Set,
Retrospect copies all the selected files to it. The next day the administrator does another Normal
backup to the Backup Set. Retrospect compares the selected source files to the Catalog File, then
marks several new files and a few files which have changed since the previous day’s backup. Only
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new medium if the other fills to capacity).

New Member Backups

When Retrospect performs a New Member backup, it skips to a new member of the current
Backup Set. Retrospect first looks for a member with the correct name and uses that member if it
can find it. If Retrospect cannot find the named member, it automatically adds any available new or
erased media (of the correct type) as a new member. Finally, if Retrospect cannot find either the
named member or new or erased media, it displays the media request window and the operation
stops until the media request is fulfilled.

Since New Member backups use an existing Backup Set, they only copy new and changed files
since the last backup.

New Member Backup Example

The backup administrator wants to set up a specific workflow that involves backing up to a different
tape each day of the week, regardless of whether or not the tape fills up. Furthermore, the
administrator wants to save time and media space by backing up only new and changed files each
day (rather than doing a new, full backup each day).

So, he creates a script that runs New Member backups to his Backup Set every Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday. On Friday, he runs a Recycle backup, which resets the Backup Set,
allowing the process to start over again on Monday.

This is an example of how the New Member backup feature could be used. Retrospect, Inc.
does not generally recommend recycling a Backup Set each week, unless you are sure that
you won’t need to restore any older data, or older data is also protected in a different Backup
Set.

Recycle Backups

When Retrospect performs a Recycle backup, it clears the Catalog File contents (if any) of the
Backup Set so it appears that no files are backed up. Then it looks for the first media member of
the Backup Set and erases it if it is available. If the first member is not available, Retrospect uses
any available new or erased tape, disk, or CD/DVD. Everything selected from the source is backed
up to the Backup Set.

Recycle Backup Example

The backup administrator decides the Catalog File is getting too large after a month of Normal
backups to the Backup Set. She starts a Recycle backup with the first media member in the
backup device and Retrospect resets the Catalog File, erases the files on the media, and copies all
the selected files.

New Backup Set Backups

When Retrospect performs a New Backup Set backup, it makes a new Backup Set (with a name

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similar to the old one) using a new or erased tape, disk, or CD/DVD. This allows the original Backup
Set and its Catalog File to remain intact for long-term storage in a safe place. The new Backup Set
Catalog File and the new media member are each named with a number in sequence, such as
“Office Net [001]” and “1-Office Net [001]”. Retrospect replaces references to the old Backup Set in
scripts and schedules with the new Backup Set name.

Since New Backup Set backups create a new Backup Set with a new Catalog File, Retrospect
copies all selected files during the backup.

New Backup Set Backup Example

The backup administrator wants to rotate a Backup Set off-site, so she starts a New Backup Set
backup with a new or erased medium in the backup device. Retrospect creates a new Backup Set
with a new Catalog File, and copies all the selected files to the media. The previous Backup Set
remains intact and the administrator takes its media to a secure location off site.

New Backup Set backups are ideally used for rotating disks, tapes, or CD/DVDs for off-site storage.

Catalog Files

Retrospect uses a separate Catalog File (usually stored on your hard disk) to keep track of the all
the files in a Backup Set. The Catalog File lets you quickly search for files (including older versions
of backed up files) without having to actually search the backup media itself.

The Catalog File is an index or table of contents of the files on the backup media of a Backup Set.
The Catalog File lets you view the contents of a Backup Set without any of its media on hand. A
Catalog File is required for all operations which copy files to and from a Backup Set. If a Catalog
File is lost or damaged, Retrospect can rebuild a Catalog File from the media. Catalog Files
typically use four megabytes of disk space for every ten thousand files.

Catalog Files cannot be viewed or opened without Retrospect.

Snapshots

Because Retrospect does Progressive Backups, it may have several versions of a file scattered
among several backup sessions within a Backup Set. For example, you may update your “Weekly
Status Report” document every week, and because each update modifies the file, Retrospect
backs up each one to your Backup Set. A flat list of all versions of all the files in the Backup Set
would be very confusing. For this reason, among others, every time you back up, Retrospect places
a Snapshot of the source volume in the Backup Set.

A Snapshot is a list—you can think of it as a picture—of all files and folders on a volume when it is
backed up. For each volume, one Snapshot is stored in the Catalog File and a copy of the same
Snapshot stored on the backup medium (tape, disk, cartridge, or CD). Following each successful
backup or archive operation, the old Catalog File Snapshot is replaced but old media Snapshots
remain untouched and Retrospect adds new Snapshots to the medium.

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entire contents of a disk. Or, you can use a Snapshot as a guide to see the volume as it was at a
given point in time when it was backed up, picking and choosing individual files to restore.
Snapshots allow you to perfectly restore each volume to its exact state at the time of any
completed backup.

Snapshots help Retrospect keep track of the volumes to which a file belongs. When Retrospect first
backs up a volume to a new Backup Set, it copies the selected files and saves a Snapshot. When it
subsequently backs up other volumes, it does not copy files that exactly match files already in the
Backup Set. However, they are still noted in each volume’s Snapshot. This efficient storage saves
backup media by not redundantly copying exactly matching files.

You can retrieve Snapshots from media if you want to restore a volume, folder, or file as it was at
any given backup.

Because a Snapshot represents a volume at a specific point in time, you cannot use a Snapshot to
find multiple versions of a file throughout different backup sessions on different dates. However,
Retrospect does provide an easy way of doing this, which is explained in Restoring by Search.

Retrospect and Clients

The Retrospect application can back up any volume that can be accessed from the Windows
Explorer or can be assigned a drive letter, whether it is a volume shared over a network or a drive
connected directly to your computer.

Retrospect Clients can extend the backup and restore capabilities of Retrospect to other
computers on your network. A computer equipped with Retrospect Client software is known as a
Retrospect client computer, or simply a client. Retrospect can back up clients on the network
without the need for installing file servers, starting file sharing, or mounting volumes.

You could back up other computers on your network using Microsoft Networking, but this requires
careful configuration of sharing, users, and permissions. Using Retrospect Client software to back
up the same computers is much simpler: you install the client software once, then if that computer
is turned on (even if no one is logged in) you can back it up over the network.

High-level Dashboard

Retrospect’s new dashboard is a valuable productivity tool that gives you a high-level overview of a
backup server, including a visual summary of all backups run during the past week. You can quickly
see which sources are not protected, identify which sources back up the most data, and evaluate
storage usage - saving time and ensuring complete data protection. The information is also useful
for adjusting backup schedule, as well as storage and network bandwidth capacity planning.

Accessing the Dashboard

Launch Retrospect Activity Monitor from the Windows Start menu or Start screen.

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Identifying the source of large backup

In the Backups section of the dashboard, each colored segment of a bar graph represents a
backup. Hovering the cursor over a colored segment shows you the corresponding backup’s
source, file count, and size. Segments for the latest backups of the day are towards the left.

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Chapter 4

Hardware

▪ Hardware Overview
▪ Communication Technologies
▪ Seeing Your Backup Devices
▪ CD/DVD Drives
▪ Removable Disk Drives
▪ Hard Disk Drives
▪ Tape Drives
▪ Tape Libraries
▪ Removable Storage Manager
▪ Media Longevity and Storage
▪ Multiple Backup Drives
▪ Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices

This chapter explains the device communication technologies used by Retrospect and describes
how to use Retrospect with your backup device. If you are already familiar with SCSI, Fibre
Channel, iSCSI, FireWire, and USB, you can skip the explanations and read the sections that apply
to your particular hardware setup and backup device.

Hardware Overview

Retrospect uses hardware intensively. Its purpose is to transfer large amounts of data between a
source volume, such as a hard disk, and a backup device, such as a tape drive, as efficiently as
possible. If these hardware systems do not work correctly, Retrospect cannot properly back up
your data. For this reason you should understand how your hardware functions and how it relates
to Retrospect.

Retrospect, Inc. maintains an extensive laboratory devoted to testing Retrospect with different
backup devices. Nothing taxes storage devices more than backups, so if there is a problem,
Retrospect, Inc.’s intensive testing will most likely find it. Device manufacturers supply Retrospect,
Inc. with pre-release versions of their devices so Retrospect, Inc. can identify problems before the
devices are made available to the public. Refer to the Retrospect web site for the latest
compatibility information and more specific details on supported devices.

If you have problems with Retrospect and your backup devices after you have confirmed you have
a valid hardware and software installation, refer to Problems and Solutions.

Communication Technologies

Retrospect communicates with hardware devices using a number of different methods. This section
describes the most common methods and how they interact with Retrospect.

SCSI

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standards that lets a computer connect and communicate with peripheral devices such as hard
drives, tape drives and libraries, and scanners. You can add SCSI capability to your computer with
a SCSI host adapter.

SCSI connects a computer with peripherals by linking one or more devices with SCSI cables
plugged into SCSI ports. The devices are connected serially—one after the other—in a simple
layout known as a daisy chain. Each device must have its own unique identifying SCSI address, or
ID. (You set a device’s ID number on the device itself.)

Both ends of a SCSI chain must be “terminated” to maintain the integrity of communication signals
on the chain. This is done with a terminator, a device that attaches to an open SCSI port and acts
as a plug or stopper. Most SCSI cards have built-in termination, so you only need to worry about
terminating the other end of your SCSI chain. If you have an internally terminated or self-terminating
SCSI device, it should be the last device of the SCSI chain (that is, at the end and the furthest
device from the computer). To find out the termination requirements for your specific hardware
setup, refer to your SCSI card’s documentation and the documentation that came with each
peripheral device.

The IDs on your chain do not have to be sequential or in a particular order; the SCSI chain is not
affected by the order as long as no devices share the same number.

To ensure proper operation of your SCSI devices, always turn on each SCSI device in your
chain before you turn on your computer, and do not turn them off until after you shut down
your computer.

iSCSI

iSCSI is a storage networking standard that allows SCSI commands to be sent over Internet
Protocol (IP) networks. Retrospect supports iSCSI tape drives and libraries, as well as iSCSI disk
arrays.

Retrospect, Inc. recommends using the latest version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel is a serial data transfer architecture designed for storage devices that require very
high data transfer rates. Fibre Channel combines the best features from SCSI and IP network
transfer protocols.

Retrospect supports fibre channel tape drives and tape libraries using three different topologies:

▪ Point-to-point: Connects the backup computer directly to the Fibre Channel tape library using a

dedicated cable.

▪ Arbitrated loop (FC_AL): Connects up to 126 devices or nodes in a single, continuous loop or

ring.

▪ Switched fabric: The most complex topology, switched fabric can be used to connect up to 16

million nodes.

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▪ For FC_AL and switched fabric, Retrospect does not lock the device from other applications or

share the device properly. It is the responsibility of the network administrator to ensure that only
one copy of Retrospect has full access to the fibre channel storage device.

Retrospect is not designed to share a fibre channel library. To share a fibre channel library between
multiple copies of Retrospect, choose a library that can be partitioned into multiple smaller virtual
libraries and assign a partition to each Retrospect backup server.

FireWire

FireWire is a specification of mechanical, electrical, and functional standards which lets a computer
connect and communicate with storage devices, such as hard disks and removable disk drives,
and other peripheral devices, such as scanners and video camcorders. FireWire is also known as
i.LINK or 1394, from its official IEEE 1394 specification.

FireWire connects a computer with peripheral devices by linking as many as 63 devices with special
FireWire cables plugged into FireWire ports. FireWire is hot-pluggable, so, in most cases, you do
not have to shut down devices to add or remove them, nor do you have to restart your computer.
FireWire is capable of extremely fast transfer rates.

Retrospect needs special software drivers to support some FireWire devices. For installation and
configuration information and to determine which software is required for your FireWire device, refer
to the documentation that came with your device.

USB/USB 2.0/USB 3.0

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a specification of mechanical, electrical, and functional standards
which lets a computer connect and communicate with input devices, such as keyboards and
joysticks, and peripheral devices, such as storage devices and scanners.

USB/USB 2.0/USB 3.0 connects a computer with peripheral devices by linking up to 128 devices
with special USB cables plugged into USB ports.

Retrospect needs special software drivers to support some USB devices. For installation and
configuration information and to determine which software is required for your USB device, refer to
the documentation that came with your device.

Seeing Your Backup Devices

To see a list of the backup devices available to Retrospect, click Configure>Devices from the
navigation bar, then click the Environment tab in the Storage Devices window. Retrospect displays
all ID numbers and their connected devices, if any.

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For each address, Retrospect lists the device ID, vendor ID, product ID, firmware version, and
Retrospect driver.

If the device has been qualified by Retrospect, Inc. for use with Retrospect or the device is
“recognized”, the driver is identified in boldface. Recognized devices that are not listed as
“qualified” on the Retrospect web site will work fine with the listed driver under most
circumstances.

To determine if your device is qualified, refer to the Support & Hardware section of

www.retrospect.com . You can also check the web site to see if Retrospect, Inc. has released a

Retrospect Driver Update (RDU) for your device.

Retrospect does not have its own drivers for removable disk drives because it can already
communicate with them through the operating system.

Certain drives require specific versions of firmware. To determine your drive’s firmware version,
click Configure > Devices, and click the Environment tab. If your firmware is an earlier version than
is required, contact your drive vendor.

When You Can’t See Your Backup Device

All backup devices that are properly connected to the backup computer should also appear in the
Windows Device Manager. If you cannot see the device, refer to its documentation for information
on setting it up properly.

Also make sure your computer’s BIOS is set to correctly enable all devices connected to the IDE
bus. Refer to the documentation that came with your computer for more details.

For SCSI devices, make sure each device is turned on, the cables are securely connected, each
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SCSI chain unless each device and the computer itself are all turned off.

If your SCSI chain is not properly connected and terminated, or if there is an ID conflict, many
different problems can result. The most harmless problem would be a device that does not appear
in the device status list. A more serious—yet subtle—problem could be a communication failure
between the backup computer and the backup device, leading to data loss. The most serious
problem would be damage to your computer or SCSI devices on the chain.

Toolbar Commands for Seeing Devices

The Environment tab’s toolbar has the following commands for seeing devices:

Ignore ID: If you select a device and click Ignore ID, Retrospect will not scan that ID when
Retrospect is next opened after you quit. This may be useful if you are not backing up to your CD/
DVD drive and want to use it to play music while you are backing up. It is also a good way to ignore
devices on a Fibre Channel or iSCSI network that you don't want the backup computer to see.

Don’t Ignore ID: To make Retrospect recognize a previously ignored ID, select the ID and click
Don’t Ignore ID. Retrospect will scan that ID when Retrospect is next opened after you quit.

Refresh: Clicking this button forces Retrospect to scan for devices and display any changes since
the window was initially opened.

Configure CD/DVD Drive: If you select a CD/DVD drive and click this button, you can create (or
delete) a custom configuration for your CD/DVD drive. See Configuring CD/DVD Drives for more
information.

CD/DVD Drives

With Retrospect, you can back up to and restore from CD/DVD drives. Retrospect, Inc.’s hardware
lab qualifies many, but not all, CD/DVD drives. For a list of qualified drives, see

www.retrospect.com .

The list of qualified drives includes a number of double layer DVD drives for use with DVD+R
DL and DVD-R DL media.

If your drive is not qualified, Retrospect may still be able to support it. See Configuring CD/DVD

Drives for more information.

When Retrospect is executing a script unattended and requires a new disc, it will automatically use
any disc in the drive that is erased or has the correct name.

New, blank CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+R DL media is considered erased
and will be used. New DVD+RW media will be prepared by Retrospect and then used. Previously
recorded CD-R, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R media cannot be erased and thus cannot be used by
Retrospect.

Because a disc with any recorded data will not be used by Retrospect in unattended operations, it
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discs containing unwanted data. See Toolbar Commands for Discs.

▪ You cannot restore data for CD/DVD discs unless you have a writable disc drive.

Recordable and Rewritable Media

CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, and DVD+R DL discs are write-once media which cannot be erased. Use
care when choosing your CD/DVD Backup Set names and when deciding which files to back up.

CD-RW, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW discs are rewritable and can be recorded over and over like
removable disks. There is a limit to the number of rewrites, but you are not likely to encounter it with
Retrospect.

Retrospect, Inc. uses the term “disc” to refer to a recordable disc used in a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW drive. These drives all work nearly the same
with Retrospect, though they may use different media. The difference is that data on “R” discs
cannot be erased, while “RW” discs can be erased in rewritable drives and reused by Retrospect.
Rewritable discs are, of course, also recordable.

Retrospect can use any media supported by a given drive. Different brands, speeds, and types of
media vary greatly. For best results, use high-quality media. Some drive manufacturers recommend
or require particular brands of media with their drives, while some do not support using high-speed
media. Check with your drive manufacturer for media recommendations.

For maximum performance and reliability, use DVD+R, DVD+R DL, or DVD+RW media if your drive
supports it.

Formatting discs with other programs prior to backup is neither necessary nor recommended. Use
only unformatted or erased discs.

Backup discs created by Retrospect are accessible only by Retrospect or other Retrospect
Backup products, and only with supported CD/DVD devices. The discs do not mount on the
desktop for use with the Windows Explorer or other software.

Viewing Disc Status

You can use Retrospect to view information about CD/DVD discs that you want to use, or have
used, for backups.

Before viewing disc information, make sure the device you want to use is listed in the Storage
Devices window. If the device you want does not appear in the window, see Seeing Your Backup

Devices.

Retrospect requires the exclusive use of the CD/DVD drive and it will first eject any loaded,
previously recorded (finalized) CD-ROM or audio disc from the drive. The drive is then reserved
for Retrospect’s exclusive use until Retrospect quits.

To view disc status:

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1. Insert the disc in the drive.

2. When you insert a disc in a CD/DVD drive, the operating system or other software may ask how you
wish to prepare or format the disc. Always ignore formatting prompts and exit these windows, as
you should not prepare backup discs with anything but Retrospect.

3. Click Configure>Devices.

The Storage Devices window displays.

Once a disc is loaded, its status appears:

Ready indicates the disc contains Retrospect data.

Erased indicates an empty disc, ready for use by Retrospect.

Write Protected means the disc is locked or full.

Content Unrecognized means the disc is not empty, but does not contain valid Retrospect data.

(see Content Unrecognized).

Wrong Version may mean the drive’s firmware is not supported. Or, it may mean the inserted disc
was written to by Retrospect for Macintosh. Retrospect for Windows cannot read such discs.

Incompatible indicates that the drive does not support the media that is inserted, or that media
type was not used when creating a custom configuration for the drive.

Hardware Error indicates a device error has occurred.

Damaged Disc indicates that the disc was damaged during the previous backup. You may not be

able to append to this disc.

Running and Busy indicates the drive is busy.

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No Media indicates there is no disc in the drive.

Toolbar Commands for Discs

The Storage Devices window toolbar includes a number of commands for use with discs:

Properties displays information about the disc drive. If a disc is inserted, the Properties window
also displays information about it, including whether or not it is a member of a Retrospect Backup
Set and its format.

Eject unloads the selected disc from its drive.

Erase erases the contents of the selected rewritable disc. This command is not available with

recordable-only discs.

When you erase a DVD+RW disc, retrospect asks if you want to do a short or long erase. Short
erase performs a fast rewrite of the disc’s header. Long erase performs a multi-hour erase and
conditioning cycle.

Configuring CD/DVD Drives

Retrospect includes built-in recognition for many CD/DVD drives. For drives that are not
recognized, you can create a custom configuration.

Custom configurations are not qualified through Retrospect, Inc.’s rigorous Hardware
Certification process, but successful configurations are supported.

During the custom configuration process, Retrospect asks you to insert a blank disc. This disc is
used to run a series of tests. Make sure to insert the type of disc (e.g., DVD+RW) that you want to
use for backups. After Retrospect finishes configuring the drive for one type of disc, you will have
the opportunity to run the tests again with additional media types.

It is only necessary to configure the drive with the type of media that will be used for backup.

After creating a custom configuration, you should perform a backup with verification turned on to
ensure that Retrospect works properly with the device.

When custom configuration is run using write-once media, that media cannot be used for other
operations.

Automatic configuration

If the backup computer is not connected to a supported tape or CD/DVD drive, but is connected to
an unrecognized CD/DVD drive, the CD/DVD configuration dialog automatically appears when you

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click Configure>Devices or perform another operation that requires a backup device.

To create a custom configuration for the drive click Configure and follow the on-screen prompts. To
skip configuration and prevent the dialog from appearing again, click Ignore. To skip configuration
now, but allow the dialog to appear again next time, click Cancel.

Manual configuration

In some rare cases, you may want to create a custom configuration that overrides Retrospect’s
built-in recognition. You should use this procedure only if you are experiencing difficulty backing up
to a CD/DVD drive, or if you are directed to do so by Retrospect Technical Support. While
customization may improve communication between Retrospect and the drive, it may not.

In the navigation bar, click Configure>Devices. Click the Environment tab, select the CD/DVD drive
you want to reconfigure, then click the Configure CD/DVD button in the toolbar. In the dialog that
appears, click Configure, then follow the on-screen prompts to create a custom configuration for
the drive.

Deleting a custom configuration

If you created a custom configuration for a CD/DVD drive and you continue to have problems, or
your problems get worse, delete the custom configuration.

In the navigation bar, click Configure>Devices. Click the Environment tab and select the CD/DVD
drive you want to reconfigure. Right-click it and choose “Configure CD/DVD Drive”. In the dialog
that appears, click Delete to remove the selected device’s custom configuration and use
Retrospect’s built-in support, if available. Click OK to confirm deletion.

▪ Retrospect cannot back up to a CD/DVD drive for which it is has no configuration (custom or

built-in).

Removable Disk Drives

Removable disk drives use media that can be accessed from the Windows Explorer. This includes
Zip, REV, SuperDisk, DVD-RAM, and MO. You must be able to copy files to and from the disk in the
Windows Explorer to use a removable disk drive with Retrospect.

Before using Retrospect to back up to a removable disk you should be familiar with the
procedures to insert, format, erase, and eject disks.

Choosing the Backup Set Type

A removable disk drive can be the destination for both file Backup Sets and disk Backup Sets.
There are some important differences between these two types of Backup Set:

▪ A disk Backup Set can grow continuously by spanning multiple removable cartridges or disks,

just as a CD/DVD Backup Set can span multiple discs. A file Backup Set cannot grow beyond
the available space of its single disk or cartridge.

▪ Removable disks used as part of a disk Backup Set must be erased before you can use them.

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Removable disks used as part of a file Backup Set do not have to be erased, and the disk can
store and access files other than the Backup Set data files.

Viewing Removable Disk Status

You can use Retrospect to view information about removable disks that you want to use, or have
used, for backups.

To view disk status:

1. Click Configure>Volumes.

The Volumes Database displays.

2. Insert a disk into the drive.

Once the disk is loaded, it appears in the Volumes Database with its drive letter next to it.

Preparing Removable Disks for Use

It is a good idea to prepare removable disks for use ahead of time by erasing or reformatting them,
then adding them as members of a Backup Set. When Retrospect is executing a script unattended
and requires additional storage for the disk Backup Set, it will automatically use a disk that was
previously added to the Backup Set.

After formatting or erasing disks as described in Formatting and Erasing Removable Disks, you can
add them to disk Backup Sets as described in Adding a Disk to a Backup Set.

Formatting and Erasing Removable Disks

Before you use an unformatted removable cartridge or similar disk with Retrospect, you must first
format the disk from the Windows Explorer or a formatting utility.

For removable cartridges such as Zip, REV, SuperDisk, DVD-RAM, or MO, format with the
software that came with your drive.

It is a good idea to format all of your cartridges using the same formatting method.

For Windows, to avoid long delays while Retrospect erases disks, format your cartridges as NTFS
volumes.

To erase removable disks, click Configure>Volumes from the Retrospect navigation bar. Select the
disk to erase and click the Erase button on the toolbar.

Toolbar Commands for Removable Disks

Properties displays information about the removable disk drive. If a disk is inserted, the properties
window also displays information about it, including whether or not it is a member of a Retrospect
Backup Set and its format.

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Eject unloads the selected medium from its drive.

Erase erases the contents of the selected disk.

Hard Disk Drives

Retrospect supports hard disk drives as a backup destination. This includes internal and external
hard disks directly connected to the backup computer, and hard disks served over the network. To
use a hard disk with Retrospect, it must be accessible through the Windows Explorer, since
Retrospect uses the file system, not custom drivers, to communicate with hard disk drives.

To see the hard disks available for use with Retrospect, click Configure>Volumes.

The main drawback of using a fixed hard disk as a backup device is that it does not have
removable media for off-site storage and media rotation. (Backup Strategies describes these
important aspects of safe and secure backups.) “Hot-swapable” and removable drives are more
flexible in these respects.

Choosing the Backup Set Type

A hard disk drive can be the destination for both file Backup Sets and disk Backup Sets. There are
major differences between these two types of Backup Set. Disk Backup Sets provide the maximum
flexibility and performance because they can:

▪ Span multiple disks, including network volumes
▪ Include the option to automatically groom disks to reclaim disk space
▪ Provide the best support for backing up to NAS devices and servers
▪ Use the same Backup Set as the destination in one operation while, at the same time, as the

source for one or more additional operations.

In addition, disk Backup Sets do not have the file size limitations inherent in a file Backup Set.

When saved on hard disks, both file Backup Sets and disk Backup Sets can store and access files
other than the Backup Set data files.

Preparing Hard Disks for Use

It is a good idea to prepare disks for use ahead of time by adding them as members of a Backup
Set. When Retrospect is executing a script unattended and requires additional storage for the disk
Backup Set, it will automatically use a disk that was previously added to the Backup Set.

To add a disk to a Backup Set, see Adding a Disk to a Backup Set.

Disk Grooming

By default, when a disk that is a member of a disk Backup Set becomes full (or uses all the disk
space you allotted), Retrospect asks for a new disk so it can continue to copy files and folders.

If you would rather continue to use the existing disk, you can use Retrospect’s grooming options to
reclaim disk space by deleting older files and folders to make room for new ones.

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Once disk grooming is enabled and you specify a grooming policy (or use Retrospect’s policy),
Retrospect automatically deletes older files and folders (based on the policy) when it needs more
space. For more information on setting disk grooming options in the Backup Set Creation Wizard,
see Grooming Options for Disk Backup Sets.

Grooming deletes files and folders. These files and folders cannot be recovered. Before
enabling grooming, make sure you have a backup policy that protects your critical files and
folders.

You can change or turn off a disk Backup Set’s grooming options at any time. If you want to
protect backups from specific points in time, you can “lock” them to prevent Retrospect from
grooming them. You can also select specific Snapshots not groomed by policy, to delete from the
Backup Set. See The Snapshots tab for more information.

Grooming is useful as part of a staged backup strategy. See Staged Backup Strategies for more
information.

Tape Drives

Retrospect supports most tape drives without requiring the installation of additional software. For a
list of supported tape drives, see www.retrospect.com .

Unlike random access devices such as hard drives, removable disk drives, and CD/DVD drives,
tape drives are sequential access devices. Since the data reading mechanism cannot immediately
go to the correct data position on the media, a tape drive accesses data more slowly than a disk
drive (or similar random access device). It is just like fast-forwarding a music cassette to find your
favorite song.

Sequential access media is relatively inexpensive, has large capacity, and has a good sustained
data transfer rate. Thus, tapes are particularly well suited for backups.

When you use Retrospect to back up a volume to a tape, the data is written sequentially from the
beginning of the tape to the end. When you add backups to the tape, the data is appended where
the previous data ends, until the tape runs out.

Neither the backup computer nor Retrospect will mount a tape or map it to a drive letter when you
put it in the drive, so do not expect the tape to appear on your Windows desktop. Though the
technology exists to let you map a tape as a volume and use it like a disk, you probably would not
want to do this for regular backups because of the performance issues discussed previously.
Retrospect’s system for backing up and restoring files to and from tapes is far more powerful,
efficient, and reliable.

Tape Capacity

The actual amount of data that will fit on a given tape will vary due to many factors. A tape’s
capacity can be greatly influenced by the relative speeds of the backup computer and the tape
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If you back up a slow source (for example, a slow computer, a slow hard drive, or a shared volume
on a network) to a fast tape drive, the tape capacity is reduced by the source’s inability to supply a
steady flow of data to the tape drive. (This is like dictating to an audio cassette recorder; you can
record more words if you speak quickly without pauses, but when you take a breath you are
wasting tape because the recorder is still going, recording silence.) When the tape drive runs out of
data while backing up, it must stop writing data, reposition the tape, and resume writing at the
correct section of the tape. Each reposition reduces the capacity of the tape, and excessive
repositioning can lead to accelerated device wear.

Do not be surprised if your tapes end up with less than their advertised capacities. Some tape
drives are represented as being capable of higher capacities than the drives normally achieve in
day to day use. The representations refer to the amount of data before it gets compressed by a
tape drive with hardware compression capability—and they often assume generous compression
rates.

Compression

Compression, which can be done by Retrospect or a capable tape drive, conserves space on
media by reducing the size of the data being stored. Compression does not actually increase the
media capacity—a given disk or tape can only hold a certain amount of data. Compression
squeezes the original data to a more compact size before the data is put on the tape, allowing you
to fit more of your files on a given tape.

Hardware data compression is extremely common on tape drives. Retrospect uses a drive’s
hardware compression whenever possible, automatically turning off Retrospect’s software
compression option if necessary.

It is faster to let the hardware compress the data than to have Retrospect compress it.

The amount of compression achieved varies depending on the type of data being backed up. Text
files generally compress well, while applications and system files do not. Compression typically
reduces data to half its original size.

Retrospect disables hardware compression when you use encryption because encrypted data
compresses poorly. If you need to use encryption and compression together, use Retrospect’s
software compression option. Retrospect then compresses the data before encrypting it, which is
not possible when hardware compression is used.

Tape Drive Mechanisms

Though you may buy your tape drive from one of many companies, the drive is actually built around
a mechanism from one of several manufacturers. Typically, companies purchase bare mechanisms
from manufacturers, put them in their own cases and packaging, and support the products with
their own staffs.

Popular types of tape mechanisms available are AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO/Ultrium, S-AIT, Travan, and
VXA. Robotic tape libraries are available for several types of these drive mechanisms.

High speed, large capacity tape drives such as AIT, DLT, LTO/Ultrium and S-AIT require a high
performance environment. Best speed and capacity results are achieved with a fast computer

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processor. The most important performance factor is the speed of the source volume. If the source
is too slow, the drive must frequently stop to reposition the tape while waiting for additional data. If
the drive repositions too often, copy performance will decrease dramatically.

A staged backup strategy that involves backing up to disk, then transferring the backup to tape can
help improve overall performance when backing up to tape. See Staged Backup Strategies.

AIT

Eight millimeter drives using Advanced Intelligent Tapes (AIT, AIT-2, AIT-3, and AIT-4) are among
the fastest tape drives available. Their mechanisms can store 12 to 200 GB of uncompressed data
at very high speed when used under optimal conditions.

DAT

DAT drives span the gap between entry-level tape drives such as Travan and higher-end products
such as DLT and AIT. Each compact DAT cartridge, containing a length of 4 mm wide tape, holds
about 2 GB (DDS-1), 4 GB (DDS-2), 12 GB (DDS-3), 20 GB (DDS-4), 36 GB (DAT 72), or more
depending on how much your files are compressed. Speeds range from 6 MB per minute with older
DDS-1 drives to 150 MB per minute with newer DAT 72 drives.

DLT

DLT and Super DLT drives are among the fastest tape drives available. Their mechanisms offer
exceptional performance and 2.6 GB to 300 GB uncompressed capacity when used under optimal
conditions.

LTO Ultrium

Ultrium tape drives are among the fastest and largest capacity tape drives available. The Ultrium
format was created by the LTO (Linear Tape Open) consortium. Ultrium-1 tapes offer an
uncompressed capacity of 100 GB. Ultrium-2 tapes offer an uncompressed capacity of 200 GB.
Ultrium-3 tapes offer an uncompressed capacity of 400 GB.

S-AIT

Super AIT (S-AIT) drives are among the highest capacity tape drives available. S-AIT tapes offer an
uncompressed capacity of 500 GB.

Travan

These tape drives have uncompressed capacities of 1.5, 2, 4, 10, or 20 GB, depending on the tape
cartridge used. Travan “NS” (Network Series) drives include hardware compression.

VXA

VXA drives provide tape technology that is reliable and relatively inexpensive for small- to medium­sized environments. VXA formats data in packets, operates at variable speed, and can read data
multiple times in a single pass of the tape. A VXA-1 tape can store 33 GB of uncompressed data. A
VXA-2 tape can store 80 GB of uncompressed data.

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Tape Alert Support

Many tape drives and libraries support Tape Alert messages. These devices generate Tape Alert
messages to report hardware errors, There are three categories of alerts:

▪ Information
▪ Warning
▪ Critical

Retrospect supports Tape Alert in three ways. It:

▪ Displays a dialog box describing the nature of the error.
▪ Logs the error in the Activity Monitor’s Events tab. See Events Tab.
▪ Logs the error in the Operations Log. See Viewing the Operations Log.

You can enable/disable this behavior for any tape drive or library that is accessible from the backup
computer and supports Tape Alert.

Retrospect does not automatically enable Tape Alert for most tape drives. You can enable it
manually as described below.

To enable/disable Tape Alert:

1. Click Configure>Devices from the navigation bar.

2. Click the Status tab.

3. Select a tape drive or library and click the Properties button in the Storage Devices window’s
toolbar.

4. Click the Tape Alert button to enable or disable Tape Alert.

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If your tape drive does not support Tape Alert, the button is not available.

The Properties window updates to display your selection.

WORM Tape Support

As a result of new compliance regulations and other factors, many tape drives and libraries now
support WORM (Write Once, Read Many) tapes.

As the name suggests, WORM tapes cannot be erased or reused once data is written to them.
Retrospect supports the following types of WORM tapes:

▪ AIT
▪ S-AIT
▪ LTO
▪ SuperDLT

Retrospect also supports the creation of WORM tapes from normal blank or unused SuperDLT
tapes using Quantum’s DLTIce feature.

WORM tapes are displayed in Retrospect with a special icon so they are easy to identify. While

normal tapes use the blue tape icon , WORM tapes have a yellow icon .

▪ When using WORM tapes, make sure Retrospect’s “Automatically skip to blank media”

preference is turned off (which is the default setting). See Request Preferences.

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▪ Working with WORM Tapes
▪ Creating SuperDLT WORM Tapes

Working with WORM Tapes

Since Retrospect treats WORM tapes differently than normal tapes, Retrospect, Inc. recommends
that you use WORM tapes exclusively with WORM tape Backup Sets.

When you create a new tape Backup Set using the Backup Set Creation Wizard, you can select a
check box to create a WORM tape Backup Set. See Creating Backup Sets.

You cannot create a WORM tape Backup Set using the Backup Wizard.

WORM tape Backup Sets are displayed in Retrospect with a special icon so they are easy to

identify. While normal tape Backup Sets use the blue tapes icon , WORM tape Backup Sets

have a yellow icon .

WORM tape Backup Sets are treated differently than normal tape Backup Sets. During an
automatic operation (i.e. a scripted operation) that uses a WORM tape Backup Set as the
destination, Retrospect will copy files to a WORM tape with the correct name. If it cannot find a
WORM tape with the correct name, it will automatically use a blank WORM tape only. Retrospect
will never automatically add a blank, normal tape to a WORM tape Backup Set.

Similarly, during an automatic operation that uses a normal tape Backup Set as the destination,
Retrospect will never automatically add a blank WORM tape (only a blank, normal tape) to the
normal tape Backup Set.

You can manually add normal tapes to WORM tape Backup Sets and WORM tapes to normal tape
Backup Sets from the Media Request window or using Retrospect’s Add Member to Tape Backup
Set feature.

WORM tapes can never be erased or reused, even when they are part of a normal tape Backup
Set. Normal tapes can be erased and reused even when they are added to a WORM Backup
Set.

Creating SuperDLT WORM Tapes

Quantum tape drives with DLTIce have the ability to create WORM tapes from unused
SuperDLTtape II tapes. Retrospect allows you to use this feature with SuperDLT 600 or later tape
drives.

To create a SuperDLT WORM tape:

1. Click Configure>Devices from Retrospect’s navigation bar.

2. Click the Status tab.

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3. Select a tape and click the Format button from the Storage Devices window’s toolbar.

4. Click OK.

5. Once tapes are formatted as WORM, they can never be erased or reused.

Cleaning Your Tape Drive

Regular cleaning of your tape drive is essential for reliable performance. Dirty drive heads are a
major cause of tape drive problems and reported media failures. Retrospect may report error –206

(drive reported a failure, dirty heads, bad media, etc.) in these cases.

Cleaning most tape drives is as simple as inserting a special tape cleaning cartridge and letting the
drive clean itself. Refer to your drive’s documentation for its manufacturer’s cleaning
recommendations.

Depending on the capabilities of your tape drive, a number of tape cleaning options are available.

For all tape drives, Retrospect has a Cleaning Interval option. To access this option, click
Configure>Devices, select your tape drive in the Status tab, and click the Properties button in the
toolbar.

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Click the Cleaning Interval button on the Properties window’s toolbar and enter the number of
hours of drive use between cleanings.

By default, Retrospect enters 20 hours. Enter your drive vendor’s recommended cleaning interval
and click OK. For standard tape drives, Retrospect adds a note to the log and displays a
notification dialog the first time you quit after 20 hours (or whatever number you enter) of use. If you
never quit Retrospect, you will never get a reminder.

If you have a tape library that supports barcode reading, and a cleaning tape (with a cleaning
barcode label) is loaded in the cleaning slot, Retrospect automatically cleans the drive at the
specified interval. If you have a tape library that does not support barcode reading, Retrospect will
still automatically clean the drive, as long as you have designated a cleaning slot and inserted a
cleaning tape. For more information on tape libraries, see Tape Libraries.

For barcoded cleaning tapes, you can also have Retrospect keep track of how many times the
cleaning tape has been used and stop using it after a specified number of times.

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To specify the Cleaning Count:

1. Make sure a barcoded cleaning tape is loaded in your tape library, then click Configure>Devices.

The Storage Devices window displays.

2. Select the cleaning tape, then click the Properties button in the toolbar.

3. Click the Cleaning Count button.

4. Enter a number and click OK.

At any time you can see how many available cleanings remain, by checking the Properties of the
cleaning tape.

Viewing Tape Status

You can use Retrospect to view information about tapes that you want to use, or have used, for
backups.

Before viewing tape information, make sure the device you want to use is listed in the Storage
Devices window. If the device you want does not appear in the window, see Seeing Your Backup

Devices.

To view tape status:

1. Click Configure>Devices.

The Storage Devices window displays.

2. Insert a tape into the drive.

Once a tape is loaded, its status appears on the Status tab:

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Ready indicates the medium contains Retrospect data or is a member of a Backup Set that is
ready for use.

Erased indicates an empty medium.

Content Unrecognized means the tape is not empty, but does not contain valid Retrospect data.

Often, this happens when a compressed tape is inserted in a drive without hardware compression
abilities. It also happens when you insert a tape written to by other backup software. (see Content

Unrecognized.).

Wrong Version may mean the inserted tape was written to by Retrospect for Macintosh.
Retrospect for Windows cannot read such tapes. It can also mean the drive’s firmware version is
not supported by Retrospect.

Write Protected means the tape is locked.

Hardware Error indicates a device error has occurred.

Unloaded usually means a tape is in the drive but is rewound and must be ejected and reinserted

to be used.

Running and Busy indicate the drive is busy.

No Media indicates there is no tape in the drive.

Preparing Tapes for Use

When Retrospect is executing a script unattended and requires a new tape, it will automatically use
any appropriate tape that is erased or has the correct name. It is a good idea to prepare media for
use ahead of time by erasing or formatting tapes.

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You can also add tapes to a Backup Set in advance of Retrospect requesting them. For a single
tape drive, you can add one tape at a time. For tape libraries, you can select multiple tapes and add
them all as members of a Backup Set at once.

To add tapes to a Backup Set:

1. In the Storage Devices window, select the tape(s) to add.

▪ You must select blank, erased, or “content unrecognized” tapes.You cannot add tapes that

already belong to an existing Backup Set.

2. Click the “Add to Backup Set” button in the Storage Devices window toolbar.

3. Select a Backup Set from the list and click Add.

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Retrospect may need to erase tapes before adding them to the Backup Set. If a warning
dialog displays, click OK to erase the tape(s).

The Storage Devices window displays a name and member icon for each tape that you
added.

You can also add tapes to a Backup Set from the Backup Set properties window. See Adding

Tapes to a Backup Set.

Toolbar Commands for Tape Drives

The following commands for working with tape drives are available on the toolbar.

Properties displays information about the tape drive. If a tape is inserted, the properties window
also displays information about it, including whether or not it is a member of a Retrospect Backup
Set, its format and the hardware compression setting. The Properties window includes two buttons:

▪ The Cleaning Interval button . See Cleaning Your Tape Drive for more information.

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▪ The Tape Alert button . See Tape Alert Support for more information.

Eject unloads the selected tape from its drive.

Retension winds the selected tape forward to the end and back to even out the tension and

alignment. (Some types of tapes are retensioned automatically during execution, and cannot be
retensioned manually with this command.) You should retension tapes if they have not been used in
a long time or if the temperature or humidity of their storage environment has changed significantly.

Clean is only available if you are using a tape library. When you select a drive and click Clean, the
library moves the cleaning tape from its storage slot to the drive and begins cleaning. When it’s
done, the tape is moved backed to its storage slot. See Cleaning Your Tape Drive for more
information.

Erase erases the contents of the selected tape, and—in the case of some tape drive
mechanisms—conditions media to be reused.

Format completely reformats the selected tape. This process can be more time-consuming than
Erase. It is only supported by certain tape drives. For tape drives with Quantum’s DLTIce features,
you can use the Format command to create WORM tapes from normal blank or unused SuperDLT
tapes. See Creating SuperDLT WORM Tapes.

Add to Backup Set lets you add the selected tape as a member of a tape Backup Set. See

Preparing Tapes for Use for more information.

Additional commands are available for tape libraries. See Toolbar Commands for Tape Libraries.

Tape Libraries

A tape library (sometimes called a loader, autochanger, or autoloader) is a hardware unit that
mechanically moves tapes in and out of its drive mechanism(s) from a magazine or fixed storage
slots holding several tape cartridges. Tapes can be arranged in any order and Retrospect will
determine which tape it needs to perform an unattended backup. Tape libraries are useful for large­scale network backups because they automatically change tapes when one fills up, limiting
downtime. Many tape libraries are available, each using one or more of the many available tape
drive mechanisms. For more information, refer to the libraries’ manual and the Support & Hardware
section of www.retrospect.com .

Tape library support is only available if you have the appropriate license code. Generally,
Retrospect Single Server and Retrospect Multi Server support tape libraries, while Retrospect
Desktop does not.

Retrospect supports barcode-reading libraries and manages tape cartridges based on their
barcode identification. It displays a tape’s barcode in addition to its member name (if any) in media
requests, Backup Set properties, Operations Log events, and the Storage Devices window.
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Retrospect supports multiple import-export slots to move cartridges within and to and from the
library. Import-Export slots appear in the Storage Devices window. You can drag and drop tapes to
and from the import-export slots.

If you have a tape library with multiple drives and the Advanced Tape Support add-on, Retrospect
can perform multiple operations using different drives simultaneously. See Multiple Concurrent

Executions for more information.

How Retrospect Works with Tape Libraries

Retrospect works differently with tape libraries depending on whether or not the library supports
barcode reading.

Retrospect supports barcode-reading libraries and manages tape cartridges based on their
barcode identification. It displays a tape’s barcode in addition to its member name (if any) in media
requests, Backup Set properties, Operations Log events, and the Storage Devices window. In
addition, Retrospect recognizes CLN-coded cleaning cartridges. Barcode support enables
Retrospect to quickly scan the storage slots in a library to determine their contents.

If your library does not support barcode reading, Retrospect must scan the library to get the name
of each tape. The library inserts each tape in the tape drive, and Retrospect keeps track of the tape
names and locations.

Each time Retrospect is launched, or the library’s door is opened, or the magazine is changed,
the library’s contents may change, so Retrospect must scan to keep current.

For libraries without barcode support, Retrospect uses a unique feature called “storage slot
memory” that speeds up subsequent scans of the library. Each time you exit Retrospect, it records
the state of each slot and drive in the library and saves this information as one of ten tables in its
configuration file. (The ten tables reflect the ten most recent library scans.)

You can think of saved library tables as a kind of educated guess in the hunt for the correct tape.
This method greatly increases the odds of finding a tape on the first attempt if the locations of the
tapes in the library’s magazine remain relatively constant. If Retrospect cannot find the correct tape
using this method, it rescans the library to update the current inventory.

Viewing Tape Library Status

To view a tape library’s status, insert a loaded magazine (if applicable) and click Configure>Devices
to display the Storage Devices window. Notice how the library, tape slots (including import-export
slots), and drives appear in the Status window.

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Retrospect displays information about the library, tape drives, and each of the storage slots,
including status, location, and barcode. Icons and additional status information indicate the
contents of each slot.

Status or

Icon

Tape

Comments

Name

(Empty) The slot has no tape.

The slot has no tape because it was moved into the drive. This is certain

(In drive)

because the library always knows from which slot it has moved a tape
into the drive.

(Unknown) The slot has never been scanned by Retrospect.

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(green
icon)

(Cleaning
tape)

Name

The slot has been designated as a cleaning tape slot by Retrospect.
Cleaning tapes use a green tape icon.

The named tape was in the slot when Retrospect last scanned for tapes,
but the status is unverified because the slot’s content may have
changed since then.

Name

The named tape was in the slot when Retrospect last scanned for tapes,
and is verified because the slot’s content could not have changed since

(blue

[Barcode]

then.

icon)

There was a media error writing to the tape. Retrospect will not use this

Name

(red

tape for automatic executions (scripts). You must manually erase the
tape to reuse it.

icon)

Name

(yellow

This tape is formatted as WORM (Write Once, Read Many). See WORM

Tape Support.

icon)

Working with Tape Libraries

From the Storage Devices window, you can move tapes by dragging and dropping their icons.
Position the pointer over a tape icon. When the pointer turns into a hand, you can click and drag a
tape from slot to slot, slot to drive, drive to slot, or drive to drive. For slot to slot moves, you can
selected multiple tapes to move at one time.

Shift-click to select multiple contiguous tapes. Control-click to select multiple non-contiguous tape.
You can also select the library itself to select all tapes in the library or select one or magazines to
select all tapes they contain.

Many of the Toolbar Commands for Tape Libraries can also be applied to multiple tapes at one
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Toolbar Commands for Tape Libraries

The Storage Devices window's Status tab toolbar has commands for tapes libraries.

If you select a tape drive that is part of a tape library, its toolbar commands are the same as those
for a standalone tape drive. See Toolbar Commands for Tape Drives.

Properties displays information about various attributes of the selected library, including the
number of slots the library has and whether barcode scanning is enabled or not. The properties
window also includes a toolbar with the Magazine View and Disable/Enable Barcode Scans
commands.

The Magazine View command is most useful for libraries with many slots. It lets you group slots
together for easier viewing and slot management in the Storage Devices window. Click the

Magazine View button to specify the maximum number of slots to include in a group and
Retrospect organizes the library based on your selection. For example, if your library has 60 slots,
and you specify a maximum of 15 slots per magazine, Retrospect creates four magazine containers
with 15 slots each. The number you specify does not represent any actual physical grouping of
slots or magazines; it is for display purposes only.

If your tape library supports barcode reading, Retrospect automatically uses barcode data to
generate the information displayed in the Storage Devices window. You can disable barcode scans

by clicking the Disable/Enable Barcode Scans button . You can also click the Clear Barcode

Information button to unlink barcode information from all known tapes. This feature should only
be used if Retrospect is incorrectly displaying barcode information or tape names, or if directed to
do so by Retrospect Technical Support.

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Add to Backup Set lets you add tapes in the selected slots as members of a tape Backup Set. See

Preparing Tapes for Use for more information.

Scan Selected cycles through the selected storage slots in the library, moving each tape from slot
to drive to learn the name of the tape. You do not need to use this command if your tape drive
supports barcodes.

Erase Selected erases each tape in the selected storage slots of the library.

If your selection includes WORM tapes, Retrospect skips them when erasing.

Move Selected to Drive moves the selected tapes from their slots to the tape drive(s).

Unload All/Eject Magazine unloads tapes from the library's drive(s) and returns them to their slots.

Then, for capable libraries, ejects the library's magazines.

Cleaning Slot designates the selected slot as a cleaning slot. Retrospect will not scan the cleaning
slot when it searches for media. If your library supports barcode reading, Retrospect automatically
recognizes a CLN-coded cleaning tape and reserves its slot for cleaning purposes. You can specify
the number of cleanings per tape and how often to clean a tape drive from the Properties window
for the drive or tape. See Cleaning Your Tape Drive.

Initialize Elements sends the Initialize Element Status command to the library, which forces the
library to update the status of all elements. Use this command if you encounter a situation in which
the information reported in the Storage Devices window does not match the actual state of the
library.

Import-Export Support

Some libraries come with separate ports that are used to load single tapes into and from the library
without opening the door. Retrospect uses the term “import-export slot” for this feature, which is
also known as “Mail Slot,” “I/E element,” and “Call Slot.” If the import-export slots are present and
enabled in a library, Retrospect displays them as separate slots at the top of the list of slots. You
can drag and drop tapes from the source drive or any slot onto the import-export slot and the
library will move the selected tape to the port. When you place a tape into the port, Retrospect
displays “Media Available” next to the import-export slot and you can move it by dragging it to any
slot or drive in the library.

Retrospect does not scan import-export slots during unattended operation. Do not place a tape in
the import-export slot if you want to use the tape in an unattended operation such as a scripted
backup.

Tape Library Media Requests

During immediate and automated operations, Retrospect scans the library, searching for the
appropriate media, and loads whichever tape is required. If a new or erased tape is required,
Retrospect will load and use the first one available.

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operation cannot continue until you insert media.

Retrospect does not scan import-export slots during media requests.

Tape Library Media Failures

When Retrospect encounters a media failure, this is a fatal error that stops all operations.

With tape libraries, you can turn on Retrospect’s “Use new media automatically after write failure”
media handling preference to avoid stopping all operations. If this preference is enabled and
Retrospect encounters a media failure, it looks for the next available tape and uses it instead. See

Handling Preferences.

Removable Storage Manager

Windows Removable Storage Manager allows you to manage tape libraries and other storage
devices in conjunction with the operating system’s built-in backup utility.

Because this interferes with Retrospect’s access of those same devices, Retrospect stops the
service by default when it scans for devices. With the service stopped, you can no longer use
Removable Storage management. Use Retrospect’s Media Handling Preferences to control how
Retrospect works with Removable Storage Manager.

Using Retrospect and Removable Storage Simultaneously

If you need the Removable Storage service intact for managing devices other than those used by
Retrospect, you can configure Retrospect and Removable Storage in order use both
simultaneously.

First, you must prevent Retrospect from automatically stopping Removable Storage Manager.
Then, from Windows, you must disable Removable Storage Manager for the devices dedicated to
Retrospect.

To set Retrospect Preferences:

1. In the navigation bar, click Configure>Preferences.

2. In the Preferences list box, choose Media>Handling.

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3. Deselect the Stop Removable Storage Manager check box.

4. Click OK.

To set Windows device properties:

1. Open your Windows Removable Storage management console.

2. For each device you want to use exclusively with Retrospect, right-click the device and choose
Properties.

3. Click the General tab, then deselect the Enable Library or Enable Drive check box.

For a library, you may have to disable both the library itself and its drive or drives.

4. Click OK and close the management console.

Media Longevity and Storage

Media life depends largely upon how the media is stored and maintained. Proper storage avoids
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media integrity or loss of data itself.

Magnetic media's worst enemy is moisture. Optical media's worst enemy is heat, which causes
distortion, and particulate matter, which causes scratches. Keep media out of direct sunlight and
away from heaters. Avoid extreme temperature changes. Airborne particulates such as dust and
cigarette smoke can also harm media.

Tapes are unique in that they use lubricant. The tape media is lubricated, and after many passes
over the drive's heads, tapes tend to fail because the lubricant has dissipated. You should be able
to get a few thousand passes from a tape, but remember that each tape operation involves several
passes.

A fire-proof safe in a climate-controlled building is an ideal media storage location. At the very least,
keep the media in its original containers inside a cabinet or desk.

Multiple Backup Drives

During an operation, Retrospect searches available backup devices for the appropriate medium. If
the medium fills or Retrospect needs another medium for any reason, it searches available drives.
Thus, you can have one drive with the tape Retrospect expects and another drive with an empty
tape for when the first tape fills during the night. The drives must use similar mechanisms, such as
two Travan drives.

With Advanced Tape Support add-on, Retrospect can work with multiple drives simultaneously. If
you have two tape drives, or a tape library with multiple drives, Retrospect can back up data to
both drives concurrently (provided the backups have unique sources). See Multiple Concurrent

Executions for more information.

Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices

Retrospect works with Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices in a number of ways. You can run
the Retrospect application or Retrospect Client on the NAS device, or you can use the NAS device
as the destination to store data for disk Backup Sets.

Backing up to a NAS Device

Retrospect works with a NAS device the same way it works with any other network volume. If you
can access the device from Windows Explorer, Retrospect can use it as a destination.

To use a NAS device as a backup storage destination, create a a disk Backup Set and select the
NAS volume as its media.

Backing up a Windows-based NAS Device

If you are storing a lot of data on a NAS device, it’s important to back it up. You can back up a NAS
device as a network volume (see Microsoft Networking Volumes), although that is not the best
method.

Retrospect, Inc. recommends that you install the Retrospect application or Retrospect Client on the
NAS device, then back it up locally or remotely using Retrospect.

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In order to run the Retrospect application, the NAS device requires:

▪ Windows Server
▪ Retrospect Single Server or Retrospect Multi Server

In order to run Retrospect Client, the NAS device requires:

▪ Windows Server

In addition, the backup computer requires Retrospect Multi Server, or Retrospect Single Server
with a server client license, in order to back up the NAS client.

Setting up a Windows-based NAS device to run Retrospect

In order to install and run Retrospect on a NAS device, you need to be able to control the device
remotely using Windows Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

To install Retrospect:

1. Connect to the NAS device using Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

2. Create a Backup Administrator account on the NAS device and assign it Administrator rights.

3. Switch to the Backup Administrator account from the current account.

4. Copy the Retrospect installer to the NAS device.

5. Install Retrospect.

To set up Retrospect:

1. Connect to the NAS device using Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

2. Log in using the Backup Administrator account.

3. Launch Retrospect.

The first time you start Retrospect, the Getting Started Wizard runs.

4. In the user account screen, select “Always run Retrospect as the specified user” and enter user,
password and domain information.

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This user must have administrator privileges to all network resources, and SQL/Exchange servers
you want to access.

For more information about the Retrospect User Account and how to modify login information, see

Security Preferences.

5. Click OK.

In order for Retrospect to launch under the Backup Administrator account, even while that session
is disconnected, you need to modify Retrospect’s Security preferences.

To modify Retrospect’s Security preferences:

1. Launch Retrospect on the NAS device.

2. Click Configure>Preferences.

3. Select the Security preference under the Execution heading.

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4. Make sure the “Run Retrospect in the Terminal Services session” check box is selected.

Exit and relaunch Retrospect to make this change take effect.

Now, whenever you need to access Retrospect on the NAS device, simply log into the Backup
Administrator account.

For Terminal Services/Remote Desktop, the server must also be configured so that a disconnected
session will never time out.

To configure the user account:

5. In the Computer Management control panel, select users.

6. Open the Properties for the Backup Administrator account.

7. Click the Sessions tab and select Never in the “End a disconnected session” list box.

To configure the connection properties:

1. Open the Administrative Tools control panel folder.

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2. Launch the Terminal Services Configuration Control Panel.

3. Highlight Connections, right-click RDP-Tcp and select Properties.

4. Click the Sessions tab and confirm that the Override User Settings box is unchecked.

If you log out of the Terminal Services session, all running applications will quit, including
Retrospect. If Retrospect is running and you want to close the control window, disconnect from the
Terminal Services session, but leave the session running. The next time you connect, the same
session will be running and Retrospect will be unaffected.

Setting up a Windows-based NAS device to run Retrospect Client

In order to install and run Retrospect Client on a NAS device, you need to be able to control the
device remotely using Windows Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

To install Retrospect Client:

1. Connect to the NAS device using Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

2. Create a Backup Administrator account on the NAS device and assign it Administrator rights.

3. Switch to the Backup Administrator account from the current account.

4. Copy the Retrospect Client installer to the NAS device.

5. Install Retrospect Client.

Make sure to remember your password, then restart the NAS device.

You can now access the NAS device from Retrospect as described in Working with Clients.

Binding a NAS Device

If Retrospect is running on a NAS device that has multiple network interfaces, you can bind
Retrospect to use a specific interface for some or all of its backup clients in order to better manage
network traffic.

See Interfaces for more information.

If Retrospect Client is running on a NAS device that has multiple network interfaces, you can bind
Retrospect Client to use a specific interface.

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Chapter 5

Immediate Operations

▪ Backup
▪ Archive
▪ Restore
▪ Duplicate
▪ Transfer Backup Sets
▪ Transfer Snapshots
▪ Controlling Immediate Operations

Immediate operations are ones that you initiate manually and that execute immediately. Types of
immediate operations are: backup, archive, restore, duplicate, and two types of transfer. This
section describes each of these operations in detail.

If you are a casual user needing only occasional backups, you will be satisfied with immediate
operations. However, if you are a network administrator who frequently backs up multiple volumes,
you are better off automating these tasks with scripts. Whether you plan to do immediate or
scripted operations, this section is a good introduction to Retrospect.

Backup

This section describes how to perform an immediate backup with Retrospect. The backup
procedures described here include all the information you need to know to effectively back up all of
your files.

Before you attempt to back up files with Retrospect, ensure that your backup device is properly
connected to the computer and that your backup medium (tape, disk, or disc) does not contain
valuable data that should not be overwritten.

There are two ways to set up an immediate backup. You can use Retrospect’s Backup Wizard,
which walks you through the process of setting up a backup, or you can set up the backup on your
own in Advanced Mode. Advanced Mode has options that are unavailable in the wizard. For more
information see:

▪ Backing Up in Wizard Mode
▪ Switching from Wizard to Advanced Mode
▪ Backing Up in Advanced Mode
▪ Switching from Advanced to Wizard Mode

In both Wizard Mode and Advanced Mode, Retrospect backs up all selected files during the first
backup. In subsequent backups (unless you indicate otherwise), Retrospect backs up only those
files that do not already exist in the destination Backup Set (i.e., files that are new or have changed
since the last backup). Retrospect calls this Progressive Backup. This means that if you back up
frequently, fewer files need to be copied in each backup session and backups will require less time
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Backing Up in Wizard Mode

The Backup Wizard provides an easy way to set up and edit immediate backup operations. To start
the Backup Wizard, click Backup from the navigation bar, then click the Backup button.

If you have never backed up before (or have previously set up an immediate backup using the
wizard), the Backup Wizard welcome screen displays.

▪ If the Advanced Mode Backup Summary screen displays, click Switch to Wizard Mode.
▪ Welcome Screen
▪ Choosing What to Back Up
▪ Adding Retrospect Clients
▪ Choosing Specific Drives or Folders
▪ Choosing File Types to Back Up
▪ Choosing the Backup Destination Device
▪ Choosing When to Back Up
▪ Naming the Backup Set
▪ Setting the Compression Option
▪ Setting Backup Set Security Options
▪ Recycling Options for Tape Drive Backups
▪ Reviewing the Backup Settings
▪ Monitoring the Backup
▪ Editing the Backup Settings

Welcome Screen

If this is the first time you are setting up a backup, click Next to continue set up using the Backup
Wizard. To set up the backup in Advanced Mode, click Switch to Advanced Mode. See Backing Up

in Advanced Mode for more information.

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If you have previously set up a backup, the welcome screen displays your current settings. See

Editing the Backup Settings for more information.

Backup vs. Duplicate

Retrospect can perform both backups and duplicates. Select “Progressive Backup” to set up or
modify your backup settings. Select “Duplicate” to set up or modify your duplicate settings.

▪ Progressive Backup: Backing up your computer on a regular basis is the best way to protect

your files. When you back up, Retrospect creates a restore point and saves it on your disk drive.
A restore point contains all the files and folders you selected to back up, as they existed at the
time of the backup.

Each time you back up, Retrospect adds a new restore point to the drive; thereby preserving copies
of backed up files and folders from multiple points in time. If there is not enough free disk space to
add a new restore point, Retrospect automatically deletes older restore points to make room for the
new one.

You can restore individual files and folders from any restore point back to your computer. You can
also restore your entire computer to its state at the time a restore point was created.

Once you set up a backup, you can initiate it at any time by pressing the button on your disk drive.
You can also schedule backups to run automatically on specified days of the week.

▪ Duplicate: When you duplicate, Retrospect copies the selected files and folders from your

computer to the “Retrospect Duplicates” folder on your disk drive.

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Each time you duplicate, Retrospect replaces the entire contents of “Retrospect Duplicates”. The
only files and folders available are those from the most recent duplicate. If you modified a file since
the last duplicate, the older version will be lost. If you deleted a file from your computer, it will be
deleted from your disk drive when you duplicate.

Duplicates are saved in the standard Windows file format, so you can view and interact with them
just like any other file (using Windows Explorer, for example).

Once you set up a duplicate, you can initiate it at any time by pressing the button on your disk
drive. You cannot schedule duplicates to run automatically.

Choosing What to Back Up

Click the option button that describes what you want to back up. The options vary slightly
depending on what edition of Retrospect you are running.

▪ Documents and Settings, (only available for Retrospect Desktop) backs up the Documents

and Settings folder, which contains every users’ folders, including My Documents, Pictures,
Music, Favorites, and Desktop.

▪ My Computer, backs up the local computer.
▪ My Computer and computers on my network, backs up the local computer and all logged in

Retrospect Client computers.

▪ Only computers on my network, (not available for Retrospect Desktop) backs up all logged in

Retrospect Client computers.

▪ Let me choose, allows you to select the drives and folders you want to back up from the local

computer, logged in Retrospect Client computers, and network volumes.

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Adding Retrospect Clients

If you chose to back up “My Computer and computers on my network” or “Only computers on my
network”, Retrospect will back up data from all Retrospect Client computers logged in at the time
of the backup.

To log in Retrospect Clients now, click Add Clients. For more information on installing, configuring,
and logging in clients, see Networked Clients.

Choosing Specific Drives or Folders

If you selected “Let me choose” in the “What do you want to back up?” screen, you can now select
one or more specific drives or folders to back up.

Click a drive or folder to select it. This deselects any other selected drive or folder. Press and hold
the Control key and click a drive or folder to select it without deselecting any current selections.
Press and hold the Shift key and click a drive or folder to select all drives and folders listed from the
current selection to the Shift-clicked selection.

You can select drives and folders from any of the containers listed in this screen: My Computer, My
Network Places, Backup Clients, and Source Groups. You can also select one or more of the
containers themselves to back up everything inside.

▪ To add Retrospect Clients to the Backup Clients container, click Add Clients.
▪ To add network volumes to the My Network Places container, click Add Network Volumes.
▪ To display the folders on a drive, select the drive and click Show Folders.

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See Containers for more information.

Choosing File Types to Back Up

Select the check box for each type of file you want to back up. If you select all the check boxes, all
files (except cache files) will be backed up.

Some of these options function differently with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux computers. The
descriptions below focus on how these options interact with Windows computers. To learn
how these options work with other operating systems, see Built-in Selectors.

▪ Documents and Settings backs up files in the Documents and Settings folder, which contains

every user’s My Documents, Favorites, Application Data, and Desktop folders.

▪ For Windows 9x systems, “Documents and Settings” backs up the “Profiles” folder.
▪ Operating System and Applications backs up system files, including the Windows folder and

the System State. Also backs up application files, including everything in the Program Files
folder, as well as files with known application extensions (like .exe and .dll) anywhere on the
source.

▪ If you choose not to back up “Operating System and Applications”, Retrospect modifies some

of its default execution options. Retrospect turns off both the “Back Up System State” and
“Back up folder security information for workstations” options. See Windows System Options
and Windows Security Options for more information.

▪ Pictures backs up all files in the My Documents\My Pictures folder for all users. It also backs up

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Windows and Program Files folders.

▪ Music backs up all files in the My Documents\My Music folder for all users. It also backs up files

with common music file extensions (.wma and .mp3, for example) anywhere on the source,
except the Windows and Program Files folders.

▪ Movies backs up all files in the My Documents\My Videos folder for all users. It also backs up

files with common movie file extensions (.mov, for example) anywhere on the source, except the
Windows and Program Files folders.

▪ Office Documents backs up Microsoft Office Documents, Microsoft Outlook data, and Adobe

PDF files anywhere on the source, except the Windows and Program Files folders.

▪ All Other Files, backs up all files not selected by the other options.
▪ The Documents and Settings and Operating System and Applications options are not available if

you are backing up a folder.

Choosing the Backup Destination Device

You can store your backup on any device supported by Retrospect, including tape drives, CD/DVD
drives, and hard drives. Select one of the following options:

▪ Tape, CD, DVD
▪ Hard drives on the local computer or on the network

For Tape/CD/DVD, Retrospect displays the available devices. Select the device to which you want
to back up and click Next.

For hard drives, Retrospect displays local hard drives and any network volumes listed in the My
Network Places container.

To add a network volume, double-click My Network Places, then navigate to the volume you want
to add, select it, and click the Add button. If the volume requires it, enter a login and password and
click OK.

If you set up Retrospect to log in as a user with privileges to the network volume, you will not
be prompted to log in again. See Security Preferences for more information.

To specify a folder on a local drive or network volume, select it, then click the Browse button.
Navigate to the folder you want to back up to and click OK.

Choosing When to Back Up

For immediate backups, select Now.

If you want to set up a backup to run on a schedule, select Later.

The steps to set up a backup to run later are described in Creating a Backup Script in Wizard

Mode, starting with Choosing When to Back Up.

Naming the Backup Set

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data is stored. When the first piece of media in a Backup Set fills up with data, Retrospect asks for
a new one and adds it as a new member of the Backup Set.

Enter a Backup Set name, or use the default name provided by Retrospect. If you have already
created any Backup Sets, you can select the “Use Existing” check box and choose a Backup Set
from the list box.

The “Use Existing” check box only appears if you have existing Backup Sets.

Setting the Compression Option

Click the “Yes” option button to turn on software data compression for this backup.

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Data compression saves space in the Backup Set by compressing files before copying them into
the Backup Set. Files are automatically decompressed back to their original state when restored.

The amount of compression savings you can expect depends on the types of files you are
compressing. Text files compress substantially; application and system files do not.

Backups (and restores) from Backup Sets using data compression are slower than those that do
not.

When copying to a tape device that has built-in hardware data compression, Retrospect
automatically turns off software compression and always uses hardware compression for best
performance.

Setting Backup Set Security Options

This screen allows you to specify a password to restrict access to the Backup Set. You can also
choose to encrypt the Backup Set data to provide additional security.

Using encryption increases backup time.

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Choose an option from the Backup Set Security list box.

▪ None: provides no password protection for the Backup Set and does not encrypt the Backup

Set data.

▪ Password only: provides password protection for the Backup Set. Stored data is not

encrypted.

▪ SimpleCrypt: provides password protection and encrypts Backup Set data using Retrospect’s

proprietary encryption format.

▪ DES: provides password protection and encrypts Backup Set data using the Data Encryption

Standard.

▪ AES-128: provides password protection and encrypts Backup Set data using the Advanced

Encryption Standard (128 bit).

▪ AES-256: provides password protection and encrypts Backup Set data using the Advanced

Encryption Standard (256 bit). AES-256 provides the best combination of security and
performance.

▪ Once a Backup Set is password-protected or encrypted, you cannot change these settings. In

addition, if you forget your password, you will not be able access the Backup Set.

If you set a password and want Retrospect to remember it under certain circumstances, select an
option from the remember password list box.

▪ Remember password for any access: saves the password for use with all immediate and

automated operations.

▪ Remember password for scripted access (default): saves the password for use with

automated operations only. For example, if the Backup Set is the destination for an overnight

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backup script, Retrospect will not require the password to be entered manually.

▪ Do not remember password for any access: requires you to enter the password to access the

Backup Set in any way. For example, you cannot back up to it or view its properties without
entering the password. After you enter the password once, you do not have to enter it again
until you quit and restart Retrospect.

▪ You can change the remember password setting at a later time by modifying the Backup Set’s

properties. See Configuring Backup Sets for more information.

Grooming Options for Hard Drive Backups

If you are backing up to a new disk Backup Set that uses a hard drive as its destination, you can tell
Retrospect what to do when the hard drive becomes full.

You can change or turn off a disk Backup Set’s grooming options at any time. See "The
Options tab" on page 256 for more information.

▪ Ask for a new disk: When the backup drive fills up, Retrospect asks for another hard drive on

which to store additional backups. All of your backups on the original hard drive are preserved.

▪ Keep only the last n backups: Specify the number of backups you want to preserve for each

source when the backup drive fills up. Retrospect then automatically “grooms” (i.e., deletes) all
the other, older backups on the hard drive to make room for new data.

▪ Keep according to Retrospect’s defined policy: When the backup drive fills up, Retrospect

uses its own grooming policy to delete old backups. At a minimum, Retrospect’s policy retains
two backups for each source. Retrospect keeps the last backup of the day for each source from
the two most recent days on which each source was backed up. If the disk has enough space
available, Retrospect keeps a backup of each source for every day in the last week, a backup
for each week in the last month, and a backup for each previous month.

Grooming deletes files and folders. These files and folders cannot be recovered. Before
enabling grooming, make sure you have a backuppolicy that protects your critical files and
folders.

Recycling Options for Tape Drive Backups

If you are backing up to a tape drive, you can tell Retrospect to “recycle” the destination tape
Backup Set before backing up to it. Recycling enables you to reuse the tapes in a Backup Set,
however all data on those tapes is lost.

Before recycling a tape Backup Set make sure the data on its tapes exists elsewhere or that
you can really afford to lose the data.

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▪ No, I want to keep my existing backup data: Choose this option to preserve all existing

backup data in the tape Backup Set. Retrospect backs up only new and changed files since the
last backup to this Backup Set. If the current tape member fills up, Retrospect asks for a new
tape.

▪ Yes, OK to overwrite: Choose this option to recycle the tape Backup Set before backing up.

When Retrospect performs a recycle backup, it clears the Backup Set’s Catalog File contents (if
any), so it appears that no files are backed up. Then it looks for the first tape member in the
Backup Set and erases it if it is available. If the first member is not available, Retrospect uses
any available new or erased tape. All selected files are backed up.

▪ In Advanced Mode, you can recycle a tape Backup Set by enabling the Recycle backup

execution option.

Each time you start an immediate backup to a tape Backup Set, Retrospect asks if you want to
recycle the Backup Set first.

Reviewing the Backup Settings

The Backup Summary screen displays the backup settings you specified in the wizard.

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▪ Source lists the drives/folders to back up
▪ Selecting lists the file types to back up
▪ Destination lists the name of the Backup Set to which data will be copied
▪ Some options specified in the wizard are not listed in the summary screen (e.g., compression),

but they are implemented during backup.

To change any of the backup settings, click Back.

To start the backup, click Start Now

Monitoring the Backup

Once you click Start Now, Retrospect exits the Backup Wizard and displays the Activity Monitor.
See Monitoring the Backup for more information.

Editing the Backup Settings

Retrospect automatically remembers the most recent settings you specified for an immediate
backup. To view and edit those settings choose Backup>Backup from the navigation bar.

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If the Advanced Mode Backup Summary screen displays, click Switch to Wizard Mode.

To back up again with the same settings, click Start Now.

To edit the settings, select “Let me change these settings” and click Next. Editing the settings in
Wizard Mode is much the same as creating them the first time. See Backing Up in Wizard Mode for
more information.

To edit the settings in Advanced Mode, click “Switch to Advanced Mode”. See Switching from

Wizard to Advanced Mode for more information.

You can also get to this screen using shortcut keys that you specify from the Retrospect
system tray icon. See The System Tray Icon.

Switching from Wizard to Advanced Mode

To access to advanced options that are not available in Wizard Mode, click “Switch to Advanced
Mode” from the Welcome screen.

If you have not previously set up a backup, you can proceed as described in Backing Up in

Advanced Mode.

If you have previously set up a backup, Retrospect remembers your settings and displays them in
the Advanced Mode summary window.

▪ All of the Wizard Mode options are available in Advanced Mode. If you switch from Wizard to

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Advanced Mode, those options are mapped directly to equivalent options.

Backing Up in Advanced Mode

Backing up in Advanced Mode provides access to some powerful Retrospect options that are not
available in Wizard Mode. In Advanced Mode you can:

▪ Access more built-in selectors
▪ Create and apply custom selectors
▪ Preview and select specific files to back up
▪ Set many additional options not available in Wizard Mode

To set up an Immediate Backup in Advanced Mode, click Backup from the navigation bar, then
click the Backup button.

If the Backup Wizard welcome screen displays, click Switch to Advanced Mode. The Immediate
Backup summary window displays.

Click the buttons on the summary screen to specify the source, destination, and other backup
options.

▪ Choosing Source Volumes
▪ Choosing the Backup Set
▪ Setting Additional Options
▪ Executing the Backup
▪ Monitoring the Backup

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▪ Editing the Backup Settings
▪ Scripting the Backup

Choosing Source Volumes

In the Immediate Backup summary window, click the Sources button to display the Source
Selection window.

It lists all volumes currently available to be backed up, including your internal hard disk, any
mounted removable disks or hard disks, any logged-in client volumes, and any connected network
volumes from file servers.

If you have the SQL Server Agent and/or Exchange Agent add-on, SQL and/or Exchange
servers and mailboxes are also listed. See SQL Server Agent and Exchange Server Agent for
more information.

In the volume list, click a volume to select it. To back up more than one volume, Shift-click or
Control-click other volumes.

When you have made your source selection, click OK to continue setting up the immediate backup.
The source selection window closes and Retrospect returns to the Immediate Backup window.

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Choosing the Backup Set

In the Immediate Backup summary window, click the Destination button to display the Backup Set
selection window, which lists available Backup Sets.

Select the destination Backup Set and click OK to continue setting up the backup. If no Backup
Sets are listed in the Backup Set selection window, or if you do not wish to use any of those listed,
click Create New to create a new Backup Set. See Creating Backup Sets for more information.

Setting Additional Options

After you have specified the source volume to back up and the destination Backup Set to which it
will be copied, use the Immediate Backup summary window to verify your choices and set
additional options.

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To makes changes, click the appropriate button.

Sources lets you add or remove source volumes.

Destination lets you choose a different Backup Set as a destination.

Selecting lets you choose a selector, a kind of filter for selecting files and folders to be backed up.

(Selectors are explained in detail in Using Selectors.) The default selector is “All Files Except Cache
Files” which marks all files (except cache files) on the source for backup.

Preview scans the source volume (or volumes) and determines which files need to be backed up
by comparing the source files against the list of files in the Backup Set Catalog. When the scan is
complete, Retrospect opens a browser window to display a list of the files on the source volume
marked for backup. You can use it to mark and unmark individual files and folders to be backed up.

Browsers are explained in Browsing. When you close the browser, the summary window shows
figures for the selected files.

Options displays the basic options window in which you can specify the backup action (Normal or
Recycle), choose a verification method, and turn software data compression on or off.

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Click the More Choices button to access many more options.

Backup actions are explained in Backup Actions, and options are explained in detail under Backup

Execution Options.

Executing the Backup

If Retrospect has the information it needs, it says “Ready to Execute” at the top of the Immediate
Backup summary window. If the information is incomplete, it says “Not Ready to Execute” and you
must change one or more parts of the information, as described at the top of the window.

If your edition of Retrospect is capable of running multiple simultaneous executions, you can
specify which execution unit to use for this operation (or choose “Any Execution unit’). Make your
selection in the summary window’s combo box. See Assigning Execution Units for more
information.

When you are ready, click Backup. Retrospect scans the source volume, then displays the Activity
Monitor window.

Monitoring the Backup

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copied to the destination Backup Set. The Activity Monitor window also has Pause and Stop
buttons for suspending or cancelling the backup.

If the destination Backup Set does not have any members, or if the backup device does not have
the correct media loaded, Retrospect displays a media request window. The window varies slightly
depending on the type of Backup Set you are using.

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Insert a blank tape or CD/DVD, or one with unwanted data, because any files on it will be
permanently removed. Select the new media in the window, then click Proceed.

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When the execution is complete, click the History tab to see performance data for the backup. If
any errors occurred you get more information by clicking the Errors button. To view the Operations
Log for this execution, click the Log button.

This log is described in Viewing the Operations Log.

Editing the Backup Settings

Retrospect automatically remembers the most recent settings you specified for an immediate
backup. To view and edit those settings choose Backup>Backup from the navigation bar.

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If the Wizard Mode backup summary screen displays, click Switch to Advanced Mode.

To back up again with the same settings, click Backup

To edit the settings, click the buttons to change the sources, destination, file selection criteria, and
options. Editing the settings in Advanced Mode is the same as creating them the first time. See

Backing Up in Advanced Mode for more information.

To edit the settings in Wizard Mode, click “Switch to Wizard Mode”. See Switching from Advanced

to Wizard Mode for more information.

Scripting the Backup

If you want to automate your backups so they can be performed while your computer is unattended
(e.g., when you go home at night), you can use Retrospect’s scripting feature to set up and
schedule backups.

From the Immediate Backup summary window, click the Schedule button to save the immediate
backup information and settings as a script. You can then add a schedule to the script to
accomplish automatic, unattended backup operations.

See Scheduling Scripts.

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Switching from Advanced to Wizard Mode

In general, Retrospect, Inc. recommends editing immediate backups in the same mode you created
them. Of course, you can switch between the modes and if you do, it’s important to know how
Retrospect handles advanced options that are not available in Wizard Mode.

To return to Wizard Mode at any time, click “Switch to Wizard Mode” from the Advanced Mode
summary window.

If you have made any changes to your backup settings, Retrospect asks if you want to save those
changes before switching modes.

If you have not made any changes, Retrospect displays the Wizard Mode Welcome screen with a
summary of the current backup settings.

Since Advanced Mode includes options not available in Wizard Mode, Retrospect must either keep
those settings, or discard them. There are a few important options to consider:

▪ Selectors
▪ Execution Options
▪ Backup Sets
▪ Manual File Selection
▪ Execution Unit

Selectors

Advanced Mode includes a number of built-in selectors that are not available in Wizard Mode. In
addition, you can create and use custom selectors in Advanced Mode.

If you choose a selector that is not available in Wizard Mode, then click “Switch to Wizard Mode”,
Retrospect keeps the advanced selector and applies it when you run the backup.

In these situations, the Wizard Mode Welcome screen displays (Created in Advanced Mode) in the
Selecting field.

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In addition, if you edit your backup settings, a new option appears in the “What type of files do you
want to back up?” screen.

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▪ Choose “Keep my advanced mode selection” to keep your advanced selector.
▪ Choose “Select the following” and select a new option to discard the advanced selector and

use a new one.

Execution Options

Advanced Mode includes many execution options that are not available in Wizard Mode, such as
verification and backup action.

The compression execution option is available in both Wizard and Advanced Mode. If you
change the option in one mode, it will be reflected in the other.

If you choose an execution option that is not available in Wizard Mode, then click “Switch to Wizard
Mode”, Retrospect keeps the advanced execution option and applies it when you run the backup.

The Wizard Mode Welcome screen does not indicate whether the backup includes advanced
execution options or not. The only way to check is to switch to Advanced Mode and review the
Options settings.

Backup Sets

In Advanced Mode, you can choose a file Backup Set as the destination. File Backup Sets are not
available from Wizard Mode.

File Backup Sets are most useful for backing up a single file, otherwise, disk Backup Sets offer
many more benefits.

If you choose a file Backup Set as the destination, then click “Switch to Wizard Mode”, Retrospect
discards the destination.

In these situations, the Wizard Mode Welcome screen displays (No destination selected) in the
Destination field.

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If you click Next, the wizard discards the destination and forces you to select a new one. Click
“Switch to Advanced Mode” to continue using the file Backup Set as the destination.

Manual File Selection

In Advanced mode, you can click the Preview button and select specific files and folders to back
up. If you do this, the Advanced Mode summary window displays (Manual selection) in the
Selecting field.

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If you apply a manual selection, then click “Switch to Wizard Mode”, Retrospect discards the
selection. There is no way to perform manual selection in Wizard Mode.

Execution Unit

If your edition of Retrospect is capable of running multiple simultaneous executions, you can
specify which execution unit to use for a backup operation in Advanced Mode only.

If you choose a specific execution unit (not “Any Execution unit”), then click “Switch to Wizard
Mode”, Retrospect keeps the execution unit information and uses the specific execution unit when
you run the backup.

The Wizard Mode Welcome screen does not indicate whether the backup specifies an
execution unit or not. The only way to check is to switch to Advanced Mode and review the
settings.

Archive

Archiving lets you copy files from a volume to a Backup Set for off-line storage. To set up an
archive operation, first click Tools from the navigation bar, then click Archive Files. The archive
summary window displays.

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As with backups, there are three basic steps in archiving:

▪ Choosing the source volumes to archive
▪ Choosing the Backup Set in which to store the files (or creating a new Backup Set)
▪ Executing the archive
▪ Be sure to read Archiving Tips for important information about archiving.

Choosing the Source Volumes

In the archive summary window, click the Sources button to display the Source Selection window.

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It lists all volumes currently available to be archived, including your internal hard disk, any mounted
removable disks or hard disks, any logged-in client volumes, and any connected network volumes
from file servers.

You cannot archive SQL or Exchange databases, nor can you archive Exchange mailboxes or
Public Folders.

In the volume list, click a volume to select it. To archive more than one volume, Shift-click or
Control-click other volumes.

When you have made your source selection, click OK to continue setting up the immediate archive.
The Source Selection window closes and Retrospect returns to the archive summary window.

Choosing the Backup Set

In the archive summary window, click the Destination button to display the Backup Set selection
window, which lists available Backup Sets.

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