Moving Retrospect from one Macintosh backup computer to another Macintosh backup computer
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To move Retrospect to a new backup computer:
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Install Retrospect on the new computer.
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Copy the catalog files from the old backup computer to the new computer. Note that the default location that catalog files are saved is
/Library/Application Support/Retrospect
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Copy the preferences from the old backup computer to the new computer. Preferences are saved in
/Library/Application Support/Retrospect
. Copy theConfig80.dat
andconfigs.xml
files into the same location on the new backup computer, replacing any existingConfig80.dat
file. You must stop the Retrospect Engine from System Preferences before making a copy of theConfig80.dat
file. You will also want to stop the Retrospect Engine before replacing theConfig80.dat
file on the new computer. -
Next,you must force Retrospect (on the new backup computer) to recognize the catalog files you just moved. Go to Media Sets and click Locate and then select the catalog file.
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If you previously backed up both the old and the new backup computer and you want to continue to do so, you must perform a few extra steps because their status has changed:
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If the new backup computer was previously backed up as a client, that is no longer necessary since its volumes are now local.
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Last Update: 14 de marzo de 2013