This is why I limited access to the Samba share to my wired IP address only (option “hosts allow”). you may not want Time Machine to run when you are over Wi-Fi.The first backup will obviously take some time. The file (which actually is a directory) will grow as backups are performed. My supposedly 100 GB file was actually taking 86 MB. Save the bundle disk image on your desktop as “MacBook_002310d4c911.sparsebundle” (this is the name we wrote down two steps earlier MINUS THE “.tmp” SECTION)Ĭopy that file to your Time Machine share on the samba server. Partitions : Single partition - Apple Partition Map
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Volume Format : Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Do not worry, you don’t need 100 GB available on your drive. Volume Size : whatever you want, I created a 100 GB volume (as I usually have around 50 GB or so on my machine). This is supposed to happen, if it doesn’t I still recommend you to follow the next steps, or your backup could misbehave after a while. _“Time Machine Error - The backup disk image could not be created.” **_ (On OS X) After a coupe minutes you should get an error from Time Machine ** : Write the name of the folder down, we will need that info in the next steps. You should find a new directory named like this : (On Samba server) As soon as the backup starts, you should check the content of /backup/timemachine : Go into System Preferences > Time Machine : (On OS X) Make sure you can access the newly created share (and write to it). **Stay logged as we will need to check something in a minute, type : ** backup/timemachine chmod 750 /backup/timemachine Type this at the CLI : mkdir /backup/timemachine chown user1. (On the Samba server) Set up your share for Time Machine, here’s an example you can add to your smb.conf : path = /backup/timemachine comment = Time Machine backup browseable = yes writable = yes create mask = 0640 directory mask = 0750 valid users = user1 hosts allow = 172.16.27.111 (On OS X) In a terminal type this : defaults write TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 We will see how we can make it save your data to a Samba/Windows share (not that I like Samba, but OS X supports it well). The major problem is it will only backup your data to a physically attached drive (through USB or Firewire) by default. Time Machine, the built-in backup utility of OS X is nice (in a “run and forget about it” way) but has a few limitations.
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Mac OS X - Time Machine backup on a Samba drive August 20, 2009Įdit Jan 2010 : you can also run Time Machine backups on an AFP drive, which is faster (at least for me), see () for more info on installing Netatalk on your server. Mac OS X - Time Machine backup on a Samba drive Sebastien Wains
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