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- Retrospect Clients for Windows and Macintosh
-
- Retrospect Clients let you back up Windows and Macintosh client
- computers from Retrospect on a Windows or Macintosh computer.
- Retrospect Clients require a copy of the Retrospect application.
-
- This note contains important information about Retrospect client
- software version 4.2 for Mac and 5.1 for Windows. Please read it
- carefully. You may print this document.
-
- Refer to the Retrospect Clients Installation Notes and Retrospect
- User's Guide for more information on using Retrospect Clients. These
- files require you have Acrobat Reader from Adobe Systems, it is a
- free download available at www.adobe.com.
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- Requirements
-
- Retrospect Clients require Retrospect 4.2 or later. If you are using
- Retrospect 4.1 for Macintosh, a free updater is available on the
- Dantz web site at www.dantz.com. If you have an older version,
- contact Dantz customer service or visit the Dantz web site for
- upgrade information.
-
- Windows 95 clients require Winsock 2.0, available at no charge from
- Microsoft. See the Retrospect Clients Installation Notes document
- for details.
-
- Macintosh TCP/IP clients require System 7.1 or later and Open
- Transport 1.1 or later. Macintosh AppleTalk clients can only be
- backed up by Retrospect running on a Macintosh. The currently
- shipping Macintosh client installer requires System 7.0 or later.
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- License Codes
-
- Retrospect requires a license code to use Retrospect Clients. Write
- down or print out your license codes for future reference and keep
- the codes in a safe place with your Retrospect registration number
- or license code.
-
- If you purchased your Retrospect Clients via download, your license
- code should be e-mailed to you by your vendor; if you did not
- receive it, contact your vendor. (NOTE: Upgrades do not include
- license codes.) To use a license code, enter it in the License
- Manager (under the Window menu in the Retrospect application).
-
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- Installation Tips
-
- Network administrators may create a convenient network installation
- folder by copying the Retrospect Client folder to a file server.
- This is also useful for installing on computers without floppy or
- CD-ROM drives.
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- The Retrospect and Retrospect Clients CDs have partitions for both
- Windows and the Macintosh. To install the Retrospect Client for
- Macintosh, insert the CD into a Macintosh and launch the installer
- from the Macintosh volume, or copy the contents to a Macintosh
- accessible server for easier installation.
-
- If you downloaded the Retrospect Clients from a PC and you want to
- use Retrospect Clients for Macintosh, you will need to decode the
- Retrospect Clients for Macintosh installer. Copy the Retrospect Mac
- Clients encoded file to a Macintosh and use Stuffit Expander to
- decode the file. Stuffit Expander is available for free from Aladdin
- Systems at www.aladdinsys.com.
-
- If you downloaded the Retrospect Clients from a Macintosh and you
- want to use Retrospect Clients for Windows, you will need to copy
- the Windows installer (Client Setup.exe) file to a Windows
- accessible server and run the installer from that server.
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- Upgrading Windows clients to Windows 2000
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- Retrospect Client 5.1 fully supports upgrading from earlier versions
- of Windows to Windows 2000. After upgrading to Windows 2000, the
- Retrospect Client software will automatically start up and work as
- it did under the previous version of Windows.
-
- If you are using Retrospect Client 5.0, you need to update the
- clients to Retrospect Client 5.1 before upgrading to Windows 2000.
- Update the clients in question over the network or run the
- Retrospect Client 5.1 setup utility on each client you plan on
- upgrading to Windows 2000.
-
- See the Client Installation Notes for instructions on using the
- Retrospect Client for Windows updater with Retrospect.
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- Updating Clients
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- Updating Windows Clients
-
- Using Retrospect with the Retrospect Client for Windows updater (Win
- Client Update 5_1.rcu) updates previous Retrospect Windows clients
- to Retrospect Client 5.1 for Windows.
-
- When updating Windows clients to the latest version, the client
- computer must be restarted for the update to take effect. The
- restart is required for the updated client to be accessible by
- Retrospect. For your convenience, we have provided two versions of
- the Windows client updater. One automatically restarts the client
- computers immediately following the update, the other requires a
- manual restart.
-
- To automatically reboot the clients after being updated, select the
- client updater in the "Windows - Automatic Reboot" folder.
-
- If you prefer to manually reboot each client after being updated,
- select the client updater in the "Windows - Manual Reboot" folder.
-
- See the Client Installation Notes for instructions on using the
- Retrospect Client for Windows updater with Retrospect.
-
- If you don't wish to update clients over the network, you may update
- them by running the client installer on individual computers.
-
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- Updating Macintosh Clients
-
- Using Retrospect with the Retrospect Client for Macintosh updater
- (Mac Client Update 4_2.rcu) updates Retrospect 4.0 and 4.1 clients
- to Retrospect Client 4.2 for Macintosh. See the Client Installation
- Notes for instructions.
-
- If you have pre-4.0 Retrospect client software (also known as
- Retrospect Remote), run the Retrospect Clients Installer on the
- older client to update it to Retrospect Client 4.2 for Macintosh.
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- Using Retrospect Clients with Retrospect for Windows
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- NT Registry Backup
-
- Retrospect for Windows directly supports registry backup for all
- Windows operating systems. If you previously used Retrospect clients
- for Windows version 1.1 with Retrospect on a Macintosh, you may have
- Dantz's Registry Backup Manager software installed on your NT
- clients. This software is no longer necessary. To remove the
- Registry Backup Manager utility, perform the following. Log in to
- Windows NT with Administrator permissions. At the DOS command
- prompt, change to the client directory (C:\Dantz\Remote\ by
- default), enter "Regcopy /RemoveService", then delete the file
- Regcopy.Exe.
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- Using Retrospect Clients with Retrospect for Macintosh
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- NT Registry Backup
-
- The Registry Backup Manager automates and simplifies Windows NT
- registry backup and it required for backing up Windows NT clients
- with Retrospect for Macintosh.
-
- The Registry Backup Manager is installed by the client software's
- Setup program. To activate the registry backup manager, log in with
- Administrator permissions, go to the C:\Program Files\Dantz\Client
- folder. Double click on Regcopy.exe. Set the time and click On. This
- will activate it. The program's help has detailed instructions on
- its use.
-
- To uninstall it, log in with Administrator permissions. At the DOS
- command prompt, change to the client directory, enter "Regcopy
- /RemoveService", then delete the file Regcopy.Exe.
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- Memory Use
-
- If you have more than 100 clients logged in to Retrospect, we
- recommend increasing the Retrospect application's default memory
- allocation by 2K bytes for each client. For example, with 150
- clients you would increase the default memory size by 300K.
-
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- Always Load Open Transport TCP/IP
-
- To ensure the backup Macintosh is always ready to respond with
- TCP/IP, you must change a setting in the TCP/IP control panel.
-
- Open the TCP/IP control panel and choose User Mode from the Edit
- menu. Select Advanced mode and click OK. Click the Options button,
- uncheck the "Load only when needed" checkbox, and click OK. Close
- the TCP/IP control panel, save changes, then restart.
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- Issues with Retrospect Clients for Windows
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- Microsoft Windows 95 TCP/IP Fix
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- A bug in Windows 95 networking software can cause Retrospect to
- report a networking error. Microsoft has resolved this problem and a
- free fix is available from Microsoft.
-
- Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 do not require an
- update.
-
- We strongly urge you to update your Windows 95 systems.
-
- The hot fix for Windows 95 is installed by the client software Setup
- program. After installation, choose Run from the Start menu, then
- type "C:\Program Files\Dantz\Client\VTCPUPD" (or your different
- installation path) and click OK. Follow the instructions in
- Microsoft's installer, then restart to complete the fix. Repeat for
- each Windows 95 computer to be used with Retrospect.
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- Technical Details: The problem can occur when Retrospect pauses then
- later resumes a TCP/IP network transfer. For example, it can happen
- when Retrospect requests media during the nightly backup and you
- insert a new tape the next morning. The bug can cause Retrospect to
- report error -519 (network communication failed) when it resumes a
- paused transfer.
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- Suspend
-
- If you or a client user uses the "Suspend" function of Windows 95,
- which powers off a mobile computer without shutting it down, you
- must restart the client computer before Retrospect can access it.
-
- Microsoft has an update to address this problem, but Microsoft does
- not recommend updating unless you are severely impacted by this
- specific problem. For more information about this problem and the
- update, visit Microsoft's web page at
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q181/7/77.asp.
-
- This problem is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.
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- Issues with Retrospect Clients for Macintosh
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- TCP/IP Dial-up Configuration
-
- A Macintosh configured with a TCP/IP dial-up connection (such as to
- an Internet provider or online service) presents problems when used
- as a TCP/IP client of Retrospect. Because Open Transport TCP/IP is
- not multi-homing (that is, it cannot have dial-up Internet access
- and local Ethernet TCP/IP working at the same time), Retrospect will
- not be able to communicate with the networked client. You can
- maintain multiple TCP/IP configurations, manually switching from
- dial-up for Internet work to local network for Retrospect work. If
- you forget to switch from the dial-up configuration to the local
- network, Retrospect will fail to work with TCP/IP. If you are using
- Retrospect for Macintosh, consider using AppleTalk for best
- reliability on a Mac client with TCP/IP dial-up.
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- Copyright (c) 2000 Dantz Development Corporation
- www.dantz.com
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