Retrospect Client

Retrospect Client runs with "root" permissions and can completely backup and restore an OS X computer with ease, providing the fastest possible recovery from disaster.

Note: Retrospect 13 is a paid upgrade. Retrospect 12.x for Mac purchases between Feb 1, 2016 through March 1, 2016 -- Upgrade for free by contacting Customer Support with your license code.

Versions

• Mac console - 13.5.0.173
• Mac engine - 13.5.0.173
• Mac client - 13.5.0.173
• Windows client - 11.5.0.190
• Linux client - 11.0.0.107

Engine

• New
• Cloud storage support for Dropbox
• Server configuration management - Import and export Retrospect's configuration, including cross-platform support
• Certified for macOS 10.12 Sierra (pending final OS release)
• Improved
• Create cloud storage locations (buckets) directly within Retrospect instead of using third-party tools
• Increased grooming's maximum number of backups to keep to 999
• Dramatically reduced storage footprint by up to 90% for backup metadata on media when using compression
• Fixed
• Fixed issue with configuration import for client and backup set with the same name
• Fixed issue with configuration import for Linux clients
• Fixed issue with configuration import for client network interfaces
• Fixed issue with configuration import for script options saying "Provided login information incomplete"
• Fixed provider.cpp assertion failure when importing configuration in certain cases
• Excluded compare errors for /Library, ~/Library and /private
• Fixed issue with block-level incremental backup (BLIB) when two backups have the same timestamp
• SMTP errors now logged correctly
• Fixed rare licensing issue where engine needed to be relaunched for backups to run
• Apply Software Compression option to Microsoft Outlook PST files
• Fixed issue where performance grooming could not be selected in certain instances
• Repairing a media set now correctly uses fast catalog rebuild
• Fixed errors for lost public/private key pair from "Error -1" to "Error -560"
• Fixed issue with fast catalog rebuild where cached data is not correctly updated in some cases
• Fixed issue with grooming when fast catalog rebuild's cached data is not up-to-date
• Fixed fast catalog rebuild to handle previously failed groom to prevent data integrity issues
• Log location of newly added cloud backup set member
• Improved block-level incremental backup (BLIB) performance issue when large number of files matched prior backups
• Retry access to cloud set member up to ten times in case of temporary network errors

Console

• Fixed
• Fixed syncing error when a media set member was offline
• Groom scripts are now able to select cloud sets for scripted grooming

Clients

• New
• Windows: Certified for Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update
• Windows: Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (pending final OS release)
• Windows: Certified for Microsoft Windows Server Core 2008 R2, 2012, 2016 (pending final OS release)
• Fixed
• Mac: Reduced frequency for the error message "Unable to bind to valid boot port"

Known Issues

• Network disconnection during cloud restore results in many -1107 errors.