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#41763 22-Sep-2009 21:35
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Hey team,

Trying to setup TM to my smb share in windows 7. It can see the share fine but I'm getting this error trying to backup... I've been tailing the system.log also...

Error 45 creating backup disk image

-macbook-pro com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.netauth.sysagent[765]): Exited with exit code: 255
-macbook-pro com.apple.backupd[764]: Error 45 creating backup disk image
-pro com.apple.backupd[764]: Failed to create disk image
-pro com.apple.backupd[764]: Backup failed with error: 20
-pro com.apple.backupd[764]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.

Anyone run into this? Or is this not a supported mac operation?




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  #257681 22-Sep-2009 23:23
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I gave this a go about a month ago, I ended up getting it working with getting my Linux Server to look like a Xserve - but ended up reverting it back since for some reason after doing that everything messed up with the other Linux / Windows machines on the network.




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  #257887 23-Sep-2009 17:28
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No one else has this issue?




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  #257930 23-Sep-2009 20:58
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Everyone has, Time Machine ain't supposed to back up to a network (apart from let's say a Time Capsule)




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  #259223 29-Sep-2009 00:34
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Create your backup image on the local machine with disk util or command line, then copy it to the samba share.

Note that TM puts a massive load on SMB and your backup may not work beyond the initial few rounds. Bummer when that happens as mounting the image (to fix) over the network is time consuming and a royal pain.

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  #380300 15-Sep-2010 20:06
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trying this...

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=141960

Will update if I can get it to work.




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  #380317 15-Sep-2010 20:38
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As far as I know, TM can't handle Samba because of specific file permissions that don't exist in a Samba share. You can do NFS or AFP instead.




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  #380319 15-Sep-2010 20:39
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Not to mention it would be slower than smoke signals to transfer stuff.




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  #380322 15-Sep-2010 20:44
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Yeah I'm trying nfs or samba. Not worried about speed




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  #380764 16-Sep-2010 17:08
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there was a program called iTimemachine or something for this, but i never had any joy with it.




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  #380765 16-Sep-2010 17:09
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keepitwarm: there was a program called iTimemachine or something for this, but i never had any joy with it.



Edit, sorry thats not really useful then is it. 




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