Mac User's Guide
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Retrospect® 16.0 Mac User's Guide COPYRIGHT © 2019 RETROSPECT, INC. Protecting data since 1989. Copyright © 2019 Retrospect, Inc. All rights reserved. Retrospect 16.0 Users Guide, first edition. Use of this product (the “Software”) is subject to acceptance of the license agreement presented in the installer. You may not install, copy or otherwise use the Software except as expressly provided in that license agreement. Retrospect is a registered trademark of Retrospect, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ii MAC USER'S GUIDE Contents What's New...................................................................................................................................7 ▪ Retrospect Management Console...........................................................................................7 ▪ Storage Groups .......................................................................................................................8 ▪ Deployment Tools....................................................................................................................8 ▪ Real-Time Monitoring - Free....................................................................................................8 ▪ Access Anywhere - Free..........................................................................................................9 ▪ Every Retrospect Edition - Free...............................................................................................9 ▪ Dashboard Aggregation - Add-on ...........................................................................................9 ▪ Organization Drilldown - Add-on .............................................................................................9 ▪ Distributed Management - Add-on........................................................................................10 ▪ Office 365 ..............................................................................................................................10 ▪ VMware vCenter/ESXi 6.7 .....................................................................................................10 ▪ Hyper-V 2019.........................................................................................................................10 ▪ Windows Server 2019............................................................................................................11 ▪ Exchange 2019 ......................................................................................................................11 ▪ Latest Platform Support ........................................................................................................11 ▪ Cloud Storage Certifications .................................................................................................11 ▪ macOS Support Updates ......................................................................................................12 ▪ Bug Fixes...............................................................................................................................12 ▪ Bug Fixes...............................................................................................................................12 Introducing Retrospect ...............................................................................................................13 ▪ Overview of Retrospect .........................................................................................................13 ▪ Which Edition Is Right for You?.............................................................................................14 ▪ Retrospect Add-On Products................................................................................................14 ▪ Requirements.........................................................................................................................14 ▪ Installing Retrospect..............................................................................................................16 ▪ Installing the Retrospect Engine............................................................................................16 ▪ Installing the Retrospect Console..........................................................................................16 ▪ Installing Retrospect Client software on a machine running Mac OS X................................17 ▪ Installing Retrospect Client software on a machine running Microsoft Windows .................17 ▪ Installing Retrospect Client software on a machine running Linux .......................................17 ▪ Upgrading from Previous Versions of Retrospect .................................................................18 ▪ Upgrading from Retrospect 6.1.............................................................................................18 ▪ Stopping and Starting the Retrospect Engine.......................................................................19 ▪ Starting and Stopping the Retrospect Console.....................................................................19 ▪ Overview of the Retrospect Console.....................................................................................21 ▪ Toolbar...................................................................................................................................22 ▪ List and Detail Views..............................................................................................................23 ▪ List View Toolbar ...................................................................................................................23 ▪ Scope Bar..............................................................................................................................23 ▪ Bottom Bar ............................................................................................................................23 ▪ High-level Dashboard ............................................................................................................29 1 Fundamentals..............................................................................................................................31 ▪ How Retrospect Works..........................................................................................................31 ▪ Media Sets.............................................................................................................................33 ▪ Media Actions........................................................................................................................34 ▪ Catalog Files ..........................................................................................................................35 ▪ Retrospect Clients .................................................................................................................35 ▪ Proactive Backups.................................................................................................................35 Hardware.....................................................................................................................................36 ▪ Sources and Storage Devices ...............................................................................................36 ▪ Sources..................................................................................................................................36 ▪ Using the Sources toolbar .....................................................................................................37 ▪ Using the Scope bar..............................................................................................................38 ▪ Using the Detail area .............................................................................................................39 ▪ Customizing the Sources List................................................................................................42 ▪ Storage Devices.....................................................................................................................42 ▪ Hardware Overview ...............................................................................................................45 ▪ Working with Retrospect and Your Hardware.......................................................................46 ▪ Finder-Mountable Drives .......................................................................................................46 ▪ Tape Drives............................................................................................................................48 ▪ Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................55 ▪ Media Longevity and Storage................................................................................................58 ▪ How Retrospect Works with Multiple Backup Devices .........................................................58 ▪ Communication errors with VXA-320 tape drives ...................................................................0 Working with Clients, Servers, and Network Shares ..................................................................60 ▪ Network Backup Overview ....................................................................................................60 ▪ Client Licenses ......................................................................................................................61 ▪ Working with Retrospect Clients ...........................................................................................61