Console cannot connect - update

[BN Turbeville]

same thing happened to me yesterday... wound up reinstalling 
Retrospect from scratch... naturally, I lost my settings and scripts 
as well

bNt

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>Okay, so it seems it's not disconnecting or reconnnecting, but 
>rather the engine couldn't start.
>
>So, after further research, I think I figured that the config files 
>are corrupted. I have removed /Library/Application 
>Support/Retrospect/Config80.dat and Config80.bak
>
>Console can now connect to the engine after an engine restart, but 
>I've lost all configuration (rules, clients, etc). Currently I am 
>doing a recatalog of the backup set. Once this done, hopefully I can 
>retrieve the config files from my backup. Fingers crossed!
>
>This is the first time such thing happened to me, and caught me by 
>surprise. Anybody had this happened to them before? Any idea how the 
>config file may get corrupted? Seems odd that this happens since the 
>sole duty of the backup server is just it: backup. Can't imagine 
>other applications corrupting the file.
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>Johansen
>
>On 16/12/2009, at 10:29 AM, Johansen Sidabutar wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Just this morning I suddenly can't connect the console to check the
>>status of my backups. The console keeps on disconnecting and
>>reconnecting again. The console software is the latest release,
>>connecting to the latest version of Retrospect 8. This keeps repeating
>>continuously.
>>
>>The engine, Retrospect 8.1 (626) is running on MacOS X Server 10.5.8.
>>The server is an Xserve with 2x2.8Ghz quad core with 10GB memory. The
>>backup library is  a Quantum Scalar50, LTO-3 with SCSI interface.
>>
>>Anyone encountering this? It's quite major issue, because Retrospect
>>is practically unusable at the moment... Logs are below if anybody
>>wants to check...
>>
>>This is from OSX's console messages of the machine that runs
>>Retrospect's console (not the one running Retrospect Engine).
>>16/12/09 9:59:32 AM Retrospect[3749] Connected to <ip_address>:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateScriptsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection closed by remote endpoint
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateScriptsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749]
>>Server::updateSourceChangeCounters exception: MacRequestor::Request:
>>connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateBackupSetsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateSetsChangeCounter
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateSelectorsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updatePastActivitiesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749]
>>Server::updateExecutingActivitiesCache exception:
>>MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749]
>>Server::updateExecutingActivitiesCache exception:
>>MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749]
>>Server::updateWaitingActivitiesCache exception: MacRequestor::Request:
>>connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateActivitiesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateDevicesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::devicesChangeCounter
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateTagsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateSmartTagsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>16/12/09 9:59:42 AM Retrospect[3749] Server::updateSmartTagsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>
>>If I connect to the engine using the console on the server, the same
>>thing occurs. This is the messages from the server that is running
>>Retrospect engine:
>>
>>12/16/09 9:53:38 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[320] dag service:
>>client connected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:38 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[320] dag service:
>>client connected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:38 AM Retrospect[316] Connected to 127.0.0.1:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>12/16/09 9:53:38 AM Retrospect[316] Connected to 127.0.0.1:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>12/16/09 9:53:38 AM Retrospect[316] Connected to 127.0.0.1:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM com.apple.launchd[1]
>>(com.retrospect.RetroEngine[320]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateScriptsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection closed by remote endpoint
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateScriptsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateSourceChangeCounters
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateBackupSetsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateSetsChangeCounter
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateSelectorsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updatePastActivitiesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316]
>>Server::updateExecutingActivitiesCache exception:
>>MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316]
>>Server::updateExecutingActivitiesCache exception:
>>MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316]
>>Server::updateWaitingActivitiesCache exception: MacRequestor::Request:
>>connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateActivitiesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateDevicesCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::devicesChangeCounter
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateTagsCache exception:
>>MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM Retrospect[316] Server::updateSmartTagsCache
>>exception: MacRequestor::Request: connection already closed
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] #3> DLLoadLib: no
>>id resource in "/Library/Application Support/Retrospect/
>>RetrospectEngine.bundle/Contents/MacOS/libretrores.dylib",
>>skipDyloCheck 0x1
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] #2>
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] Command line is /
>>Library/Application Support/Retrospect/RetrospectEngine.bundle/
>>Contents/MacOS/RetroEngine
>>12/16/09 9:53:47 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] Command line is /
>>Library/Application Support/Retrospect/RetrospectEngine.bundle/
>>Contents/MacOS/RetroEngine
>>12/16/09 9:53:50 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] dag service:
>>client connected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:50 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] dag service:
>>client connected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:50 AM Retrospect[316] Connected to 127.0.0.1:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>12/16/09 9:53:50 AM Retrospect[316] Connected to 127.0.0.1:22024,
>>current version = 8
>>12/16/09 9:53:53 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] dag service:
>>client disconnected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:53 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326] dag service:
>>client disconnected.
>>12/16/09 9:53:59 AM com.apple.launchd[1]
>>(com.retrospect.RetroEngine[326]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
>>12/16/09 9:53:59 AM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[331] #3> DLLoadLib: no
>>id resource in "/Library/Application Support/Retrospect/
>>RetrospectEngine.bundle/Contents/MacOS/libretrores.dylib",
>>skipDyloCheck 0x1
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Johansen
>>
>>
>>
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