Word.
The backup server (Aldi) finished creating it's RAID mirror over night, so today I installed and began to configure Retrospect. I've just checked now, and the two backups I've scheduled are running! Hurrah! I will set these to copy once a week to a NAS box in a different location for redundancy. There's just one small problem....the server is advertised as having 8 to 12 hard disk slots. This is true. What they don't tell you is that the first 4 are run from an embedded controller, the next 4 are run from an optional PCI-e add on card, which you have to buy for £160! So, looks like I will be shopping again tomorrow. I found this out after downloading the user manual online. Said NAS box is going to take about 6 hours to wipe its RAID array....
The Retrospect client does not work with Debian Linux. We have 3 Debian servers. People on Internet forums have suggested hacking together a working client, but it's rubbish that Dantz don't make one for out of the box installation.
Did a lot of user support today as there was an open evening, so lots of staff were flapping around.
We also have two servers in our server room which I was told, do not work with a KVM switch. It turns out they DO work with a KVM if you plug the keyboard an mouse connectors in to the right sockets! Doh!
A photography class were having those random problems in the new IT room. I got class lists and deleted every student's /Library folder. We'll see if that helps. Any users from post 2005 who do not have them, and get the made fresh seem to work fine. Users from pre 2005, when we first ran Network Homes seem to have issues. It's worth a shot!
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