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Top level of indirection About Me Index Catch CATCH Forum Appearances Login Subscribe level of indirection RSS Twitter « Stackoverflow DevDays London | Main | Code formatting in C++ Part Two » SaturdayOct102009 Using a networked drive for Time Machine backups (on time machine backup to network drive aMac) Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 8:13PM You'll find similar information to this around the web, time machine backup to nas but I find it fiddly enough to piece together reliably, and I need it often enough, that I thought I'd blog about it. That
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way it at least gives me a single place to look. Maybe it will help others too. Much of the specifcs, especially the hdiutil command line and the ifconfig trick, I sourced from this thread in the ReadyNAS forums.
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Note that the advice is by no means specific to ReadyNAS drives (I have a Thecus NAS myself). Many thanks to btaroli in that thread for the insight. Time Machine Time Machine is Apple's easy-to-use backup system, baked into OS X (as of Leopard). Unfortunately it doesn't allow you to back-up to a networked drive out of the box. Enabling this ability is pretty easy. Early on there were some reliability issues - which were largely due to the fact time machine samba that Time Machine created a disk image (more specifically, a sparse bundle) on the network drive, and this was prone to corruption if the network connection was disrupted during a backup. I don't know if all the issues here have been entirely resolved now, but it does seem more reliable. Apple's own Time Capsule, which has been specifically designed to work with Time Machine, uses this same method, so it is no longer an entirely unsupported technique. Enabling Time Machine for network drives So how do you enable backing up to network drives? Open a terminal window and paste the following in (then hit return, of course): defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 Mounted network drives will then show up in the list of destinations available for storing backups. Getting a working disk image Unfortunately this is not always enough. Often, after doing this, Time Machine will appear to start preparing a backup then fail with a cryptic error code. The error I have seen is: Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk image "/Volumes/backups-1/Wall-E.sparsebundle" could not be created (error 45). "Error 45"? What's that. If I try to create a sparse image myself in the same location I'm told, "the operation could not be completed". This is not much more helpful. If you google there are many references around to these errors - mostly in forums. Many of them are not terrible helpful, or requir
can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked Peter TD Level 1 (0 points) Q: Error 45 Trying to back up using Time Machine onto a network drive, and have
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been for a month then all of a sudden I get an error message el capitan time machine smb that reads a sparsebundle could not be created (error 45) . How can I fix this problem? MacBook, Mac OS X time machine network drive el capitan (10.6.7) Posted on May 13, 2011 2:18 PM I have this question too Close Q: Error 45 All replies Helpful answers by Osrui16, Osrui16 Jul 9, 2011 1:29 PM in response to Peter TD http://www.levelofindirection.com/journal/2009/10/10/using-a-networked-drive-for-time-machine-backups-on-a-mac.html?currentPage=9 Level 1 (0 points) Jul 9, 2011 1:29 PM in response to Peter TD I am also having the same error with my buffalo Tech Linkstation using my mac Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by Peter TD, Peter TD Jul 10, 2011 5:50 AM in response to Osrui16 Level 1 (0 points) Jul 10, 2011 5:50 AM in response to Osrui16 I ended up formatting my https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3055745?tstart=0 computer, reinstalling the software that came with the network drive regarding TM, it was still coming up with that error. Then TM was moved to a new error, getting stuck on "cleaning up". But, for whatever reason TM started working again. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use. Support Apple Support Communities Shop the Apple Online Store (1-800-MY-APPLE), visit an Apple Retail Store, or find a reseller. Apple Info Site Map Hot News RSS Feeds Contact Us Copyright © Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Updated Privacy Policy Cookie Usage
Please enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. BigLenW Level 1 (0 points) Q: sparsebundle could not be created (error 45) I just bought my first ever https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2804616?tstart=0 Mac a little over 30 days ago and also purchased a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home network storage system. I immediately installed the GoFlex software that included a full integration into Time Machine. This worked perfectly until about 4 days ago when all of a sudden it stopped backing up. I'm getting an error that reads: Time Machine could not complete the backup "...sparsebundle could not be created (error 45)". time machine I can still access the drive outside of the TM program (although not the ATM folder), so the drive itself perfectly installed and connected. I tried rebooting computer and hard drive; that didn't work. I tried re-selecting the drive from within TM; that didn't work either. I'm not really sure what to do...and am pretty pi$$ed at all those "I'm a Mac vs. I'm a PC" commercials right now because time machine backup this is the same kinda stuff that got me to leave the Windows based systems in the first place. UGH...so WHY is my $4,000 Mac supposed to be any better that an equivelent $2,500 PC?????? Any suggestions on a fix would be greatly appreciated. 2.8 GHz Mac i5, Mac OS X (10.6.7) Posted on Apr 3, 2011 5:03 AM I have this question too Close Q: sparsebundle could not be created (error 45) All replies Helpful answers by Linc Davis, Linc Davis Apr 3, 2011 5:58 AM in response to BigLenW Level 10 (208,037 points) Applications Apr 3, 2011 5:58 AM in response to BigLenW +UGH...so WHY is my $4,000 Mac supposed to be any better that an equivelent $2,500 PC?????? Any suggestions on a fix would be greatly appreciated.+You're using Time Machine in a configuration unsupported by Apple, and then blaming Apple for the results. When backing up over a network, the server must be either a Time Capsule or a Mac running 10.5.6 or later:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427Many people have posted here after ignoring those guidelines and experiencing data loss. There is no fix that I know of. Since Seagate is claiming to support Time Machine, I suggest you contact Seagate tech support for assistance. Helpful (0) Reply o