dantz :: Retrospect 4.0 Rel Note 1997

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VERSION 4.0 RELEASE NOTES 2 7
•
NEW FEATURES OF 4.0
New Product Names Supports CD-R and CD-RW Drives
• Remotes are now known as clients. • Supports packet-writing CD-R and
What was called Retrospect Remote CD-RW drives. No longer requires
(Retrospect bundled with clients) is the CD-R Driver Kit. Refer to the
now the Retrospect Network Supported Devices Read Me for a
Backup Kit. list of supported drives.
Supports Mac OS IP Clients Supports More Tape Drives
• Uses Open Transport to • Supports new HP and Sony DDS-3
communicate with Retrospect client 4mm DAT drives. Refer to the
computers, with either AppleTalkor Supported Devices Read Me for a
TCP/IP. (PowerPC required for list of supported drives.
TCPl IP clients.)
Supports Long File Names
• Uses TCPl IP for high speed network
backups (about twice as fast as • Supports Windows client files with
AppleTalk). names longer than 31 characters.
Retrieves SnapShots from Media Supports More Files
• Allows you to restore a disk to its • No longer is limited to 32,000 files
state as of any given backup, not just and folders. Now supports very
the latest. large volumes.
Exports Reports and Browsers Matches Catalogs Faster
• Exports the Backup Report, • Noticeable speed increase on
StorageSet contents Browsers, and PowerPC computers.
volumes Browsers to text files.
• Significant speed increase on 680xO
computers.
E-mails Reports to Administrators
• Faster matching results in faster
• Uses AppleScript with Eudora or
incremental backups.
Claris Emailer to mail backup status
and error reports to an individual or
Reminds to Clean Tape Drive
group.
• Monitors how long the tape drive is
Supports Removable Disks Better in use and, at the specified interval,
reminds you to insert a cleaning
• Drives with mounted, removable
cartridge. The number one source of
cartridges (such as Zip, Jaz, SyQuest,
media failure errors and data loss is
and optical) are shown in the
dirty tape drive heads.
storage devices window.
• Retrospect
UPDATING FROM OLDER
VERSIONS OF RETROSPECT
If you currently have Retrospect 2.0 or Client Activator Codes
later on your computer, you can
Retrospect client upgrades do not
update to 4.0 and keep your
include new activator code lists. Use
configuration and scripts intact.
your previous activator codes with
Retrospect clients.
Updating from Older Versions
Install Retrospect as described in the Remotes and Clients
Retrospect User's Guide, Chapter 1 • as
Retrospect 4.0 can use Mac and
Getting Started. The first time you
Windows client computers which have
open Retrospect 4.0, it gives you the
older client (Remote) software.
option of copying your configuration
Version 4.0 clients are required for
and scripts from the older version and as.
TCP/IP under Mac To update an
converting them for use with
older client after installing Retrospect,
Retrospect 4.0.
follow the instructions in the
as Retrospect User's Guide, Chapter 8 •
If you want to use TCP/IP Mac
Network Backup. All versions of
clients, you may need to update or
Windows client software are
change your backup Macintosh. The
supported by Retrospect 4.0.
Retrospect User's Guide details
requirements of the backup computer
Updating Mac OS Clients to TCP/IP
and its operating system.
as
To use TCP/IP, a Mac client
Retrospect's StorageSet catalog format requires a Power Macintosh with
has changed. When Retrospect needs Open Transport and a valid TCP/IP
to add information to a StorageSet configuration. Any time after you
with an older catalog, it must convert update the Retrospect client software
the catalog to the new format. Once on a qualified Mac, you can change the
converted, a catalog cannot be used by client software protocol from
an older version of Retrospect. AppleTalk to TCP/IP. You can update
an older client and change its protocol
Run documents created with version
in one step with the Change Protocol
2.1 and earlier do not launch
command in the Clients menu.
Retrospect 4.0 when opened from the
Complete details on TCP/IP clients are
Finder. Recreate your run documents
in the Retrospect User's Guide,
to update them.
Chapter 8 • Network Backup.
4.0 Release Notes •
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