Time machine backup on NAS using WebDav?

Hi, I regularly use Time Machine to backup my mac on a NAS using my home network (Synology instructions are for configuration using the afp protocol). I have been travelling a lot lately and Time Machine backups on my NAS are not a choice. I’m using an external drive as a temporary strategy until back home. Anybody knows if it is possible to configure Time machine to backup on a NAS using WebDav protocol? If so, how to do it?
I appreciate any information / help with this.

Extremely unlikely.
It is possible to use Back to my Mac to back up to a Time Capsule over the Internet, but many folks can't get it to work; even when it does, it's very slow.
I've never seen any posts about it being done to any other Internet destination.

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Can the time capsule device be used for both these purposes simultaneously?
It can, but is really not recommended. Sooner or later there will be a fight for space on the drive between Time Machine and the other files.
If you have plenty of free space on the drive, you can do this......but.....have you thought about how you will back up the "other" files that are stored on the Time Capsule?

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i have a macbook pro with retina display with 500gb of ssd storage runing yosemite and a airport extreme latest model.
what i want to do is to use an external drive (1TB) and use it to hold all my files of my macbook, and i want to make time machine backups for each drive over airport extreme.
so i have made in my mind a backup plan and im not sure if it will work.
im planning to buy a 4TB external HDD and make 3 partitions, one for my macbook of 500gb, another for my external drive of 1TB and a third to use it as a NAS.
im not an expert in storage but i have read a lot from internet.
Thanks.

so i have made in my mind a backup plan and im not sure if it will work.
It won't work with TM..
TM will either backup the internal disk plus external or internal only.. it cannot backup external only. So there is no point using 3 partitions.. just two will work fine.
You can buy Carbon Copy Cloner and it will work fine doing backups of internal and external as separate items.. but it is better over network to backup as sparsebundles.. much faster than direct copying.. but it does work.
As a NAS.. an Airport Extreme plus USB drive.. is slow.. might be ok over wireless.. because the wireless is even slower.. but it is not ok over ethernet. A Time Capsule or a cheap single disk nas will work a lot better.
So your plan can be made to work.. just need some adjustments.
BTW be very careful what USB drive you buy. Not all work on the USB of the Airport routers.
USB drive compatibility with Airport Routers. Help make database.

Corrupted Time Machine Backup on NAS

I'm just going to explain the steps leading to my problem so it's clear:
1. I created an encrypted sparsebundle disk image for backing up to a NAS at my workplace.
2. The time machine was working fine for a couple of months until my Macbook started shutting down randomly.
2a. This would always happen with CPU heating up to 94 degrees C and fan cranking up to 6400+ rpm. So I thought it was an issue with the heatsink.
3. I decided to do one final TM backup before giving it for service. I tried a number of times to backup to NAS but everytime the machine would just shut down in between leading to "unsuccessful backup".
3a. The CPU would still heat up during the backup but I was really desperate to do that one backup before giving it for service. So I tried doing the backup in a cold room (thinking it was just an overheating issue)!! The room temperature was close to 10 degrees C in the cold room and CPU temperature never rose abouve 60 degrees C. But the machine still shut down. (At this point I was sure this is some other issue and not just the heatsink! But the service engineer said they just 'reapplied the thermal paste for better heat dissipation'). This solved the random shutdowns but I don't understand how. Anyway that's probably for another discussion).
4. I did another TM backup on an external USB hard drive and gave the machine for service.
5. I got back the Macbook and I tried to revive the old backups from NAS and probably merge with the latest one on external drive.
6. I tried to mount the sparsebundle image and kept getting the "no mountable file system" error.
6a. I'm not sure if the multiple unsuccessful backups corrupted the disk image somehow (although I don't understand why it would).
7. Then I tried to repair the disk image with Disk Utility but got the error "Disk Utility cannot repair this disk. Backup the disk () and restore files". I tried this multiple times and got the same error with almost the same scan time.
8. I tried to repair with Disk Warrior and it said Directory cannot be rebuilt due to disk hardware failue (-36, 2747).
8a. It's a disk image on a network drive so I don't get why Disk Warrior says it's a hardware failure!
9. I tried a sudo fsck and got this:
9a. XXXXs-MacBook-Air:~ YYYY$ sudo hdiutil attach ...... -nomount
/dev/disk1                    Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk1s1                  Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk1s2                  Apple_HFS
XXXXs-MacBook-Air:~ YYYY$ sudo fsck_hfs -f /dev/disk1s2
** /dev/rdisk1s2
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-226.1.1).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
   The volume name is Backup1
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
** Checking multi-linked files.
   Incorrect number of file hard links
** Checking catalog hierarchy.
** Checking extended attributes file.
** The volume Backup1 could not be verified completely.
9b. Disk Utility also gives the same file hard links error when I try to repair.
10. I'm still not able to mount the disk from sparsebundle image. But when I attach the image, the partition shows up in Disk Utility sidebar and is greyed out.
I think this is just some software issue with corrupted links or the like and not a hardware failure of the NAS.
I had a few thoughts to solve this:
a. Is this an encryption issue? Is there a way to decrypt the sparebundle image with a third party software? I know the encryption password.
(Lesson learnt. Never encrypt the backup unless you really need to).
b. Could it be an issue with the plist.info file or something? Maybe a modification to the file would fix this?
I'm not sure how to do this and I don't want to try any more things and risk losing the data. The size of the disk image is the same as before so I think all the data is still there. It's a few months worth of TM backup so I would really like to restore it.
I would greatly appreciate any help! Thanks!

Extremely unlikely.
It is possible to use Back to my Mac to back up to a Time Capsule over the Internet, but many folks can't get it to work; even when it does, it's very slow.
I've never seen any posts about it being done to any other Internet destination.

Overnight Time Machine Backup to NAS

Mid 2013 MBA on Yosemite
Ill start with I don't know if this is even possible or if it would work but..
How I currently have my Time Machine configured is on a .sparsebundle on a mounted network drive connected to my router. Have an automator program that automatically connects my MBA to the network drive and mounts the .sparsebundle that my TM is connected to, when I login to the computer (just opening the lid and waking the computer). It works flawlessly when awake.
I use the drive for other items, not only the TM Backup, so I always want it mount and run when I login. I would love to have the TM Backup run at night using the Power Nap.
So I guess my question would be, is it possible when Power Nap wakes the MBA for network access at night (normally does TM Backups when on power adapter) to have the network connect and drive mount to run the TM Backup?
If that all makes sense.. Thanks in advance for any advice.

A third-party NAS is unsuitable for use with Time Machine, especially if it's your only backup. I know this isn't what you want to hear. I know that Time Machine accepts the NAS as a backup destination. I know that the manufacturer says the device will work with Time Machine, and I also know that it usually seems to work. Except when you try to restore, and find that you can't.
Apple has published a specification for network devices that work with Time Machine. None of the third-party NAS vendors, as far as I know, meets that specification. They all use the incomplete, obsolete Netatalk implementation of Apple Filing Protocol.
If you want network backup, use as the destination either an Apple Time Capsule or an external storage device connected to another Mac or to an 802.11ac AirPort base station. Only the 802.11ac base stations support Time Machine, not any older model.
Otherwise, don't use Time Machine at all. There are other ways to back up, though none of them is anywhere near as efficient or as well integrated with OS X. I don't have a specific recommendation.

Time Machine Backup to NAS

I am desperately trying to figure out how to back up my MacBook Pro to a NAS. I am having trouble figuring this out. Here is what I have done so far:
1. I have enabled Time Machine to work with NAS by using the following command: “defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1”
2. I rebooted the machine to make sure that the above was implemented
3. I determined my Computer Name and MAC Address of local computer by using the following command: “ifconfig en0 | grep ether | sed s/://g | sed s/ether//”
4. I tried to make a new “sparsebundle” on the local disk by using the following command: “sudo hdiutil create -size 500g -type SPARSEBUNDLE -nospotlight -volname "Time_Machine" -fs "Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+" -verbose ./[NAME][MACID]” --> Where [NAME] is the computer name and [MAC_ID] is my MAC address.
But … this process asked for a password. I tried every password I have and none worked. In short, there was no password.
5. I then looked up this error and learned that this is a problem with my “sudoers” file. Following the directions, I then changed the permissions to allow me to edit this file (I have a stand-alone MacBook Pro that is not part of a work network or controlled by an administrator, so I am also the administrator and don’t know why I had to do this in the first place).
This seemed to work and it processed the “sudo” comment, but then it gave me another error that said: “sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0666, should be 0440”
6. Continuing to follow the online help, I then rand the “Disk Utility” to fix the problem. But, this just seems to reset the “sudoers” file and I am back to the same problem identified in point #4 above.
So, now I am stuck and don’t know where to go or what to do. Any help would be appreciated very much.

New2MacBookPro wrote:
James: Thank you for the response. I did not realize things had changed.
Regarding the NAS, I do believe that my NAS (Buffalo Terastation) does support Apple Talk Protocol.
But does it support Apple File Protocol (AFP) file sharing, as specified in [Disks that can be used with Time Machine|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html]?
Second, Time Machine sees my NAS, but gives me the following error once is tries to execute Time Machine: "Time Machine could not complete the backup." and "The backup disk image "/volumes/Backup/[NAME].sparsebundle" could not be created (error 45)."
In short, it seems like it should work, but it is not.
Thoughts?
Some folks seem to have made it work to some Buffalo devices; I don't know one of their models from another, much less how they work. That's the downside of using a 3rd-party NAS with Time Machine; the two (very different) operating systems have to work together seamlessly. And when there's a problem, there aren't many folks familiar with both.
Double-check that the NAS's software and setup instructions are up to date, and that you've followed them to the letter.
Have you tried the Buffalo folks? AppleCare?

Time capsule as time machine backup and NAS?

I've read the TC section of the website and notice a blurb about computers able to connect to it as a HDD.
I realize the device has yet to be released but was wondering about this. I have a handfull of macs and a handfull of xp machines on my network (wired and wireless)
1 of my XP machine is just used as a file server. (1.5TB NTFS formated holding all video/audio/docs as well as having iTunes running to download HD podcast) All computers (Mac/XP) can access this. Five of my XP computers are MCE2005 which are configured to record SD and HD shows directly to this box.
I have yet to have a HFS formated drive to actually do time machine backups and I would like to start. I understand that going with TC I will loose some abilities I currently have by running a dedicated computer/file server but I like the fact that it is small and self contained.
I just want to make sure I understand the specifiations correctly. Can I make a various folders on TC and then map it to my Mac/XP machines via windows naming convention (ie \\TimeMachine\RecordedTV\)
I am in the process of upgrading my file server so this would be a perfect time to think about going this route. Should TC not meet my needs I will continue with my build of a Raid 5 server.

Until we get more information, at the present time the only certain thing we know about Time Capsule is that it will support TimeMachine backups.
What we don't know:
1. whether TimeMachine backups to network drives other than Time Capsule will ever be supported
2. whether the Time Capsule internal drive can be used for general file storage, or only Time Machine backups. Current information on Apple's web site could be interpreted either way. I suspect it can be used for general file storage - but that is just my opinion.
If it is not essential that you make a purchasing decision before Time Capsule ships within the next month (and more detailed information becomes available) I suggest you wait. My two cents worth of opinion - if it is general file storage that you want, and Time Machine automated backups are not a priority on the "wish list", then I think you would be far better off setting up your own network file server rather than using Time Capsule for this purpose.

Time Machine backups during sleep using Power Nap

My Time Machine only saves local snapshots while sleeping, but I was expecting full backups instead.
Power Nap while plugged into a power adapter, provides the ability to continue saving regular Time Machine backups even if your mac goes to sleep. The dialog as shown in Preferences/ Energy Saver/ Power Adapter, states;
"While sleeping, your Mac can back up using Time Machine and periodically check for email, calendar, and other iCloud updates."
The term backup implies that Time Machine will write to your designated Time Machine drive (assuming it is connected and available) as opposed to simply creating a snapshot. Time Machine backups show as purple checkmarks/timestamps in the Time Machine "browser", and snapshots show as white checkmarks. The difference is that snapshots are written locally (not to your external drive) and are only temporary in nature - they are not true back ups.
I am running a Macbook Air 13" (mid 2012) with Mountain Lion 10.8.4, so it is Power Nap compatible. I am also running an Apple Wireless network using the new 802.11ac 2TB Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is my designated Time Machine drive, it has plenty of free space and contains no other data. My network is correctly configured to Wake for Wi-Fi network access (which actually works to my suprise), and my Macbook Air is always connected to power. Despite all of these factors, reviewing my Time Machine records always indicates that only snapshots (white checkmarks) have been recorded every hour, and proper backups (purple checkmarks) are only done when the machine is awake. This does not sound like the "back up" that was promised with Power Nap. Are my expectations mistaken, or is there something else I should be doing?

EEaudio08 wrote:
There is a popup dialog that shows up when backing up wirelessly to the AirPort Extreme's connected HDD. I'm not quite sure why it does this during wireless backup, because on my 17" MBP, I also only see the icon spinning in the menu bar.
If I could shut off that dialog, that would also solve some problems.
Aha! Thanks. A popup would definitely be more intrusive then the menu icon.

Can a time machine backup also be used for archive storage?

Can the same time machine backup drive also be used for archive storage from another Macbook?

The way TimeMachine works you can guarantee that anything on your computer now will be backed up and archival copies kept. But there are two caveats. First, TimeMachine trims backups. For 24 hours they are hourly (approximately). Then the most current will be trimmed and a week worth of daily backups will be kept. Then the week will be trimmed to the most current version and the weekly backups will be kept until the drive is too full. At that point the oldest weekly update(s) will be erased to make room for the next hourly backup. When trimming occurs, files that were backed up but are no longer on your computer will be trimmed. This is the second caveat.
Since this trimming is automatic rather than under your control TimeMachine isn't a good archival backup system. Two programs that I can recommend that do have true archival ability are CarbonCopyCloner and ChronoSync. Both allow you to decide what gets archived and how many archival periods to allow.

Time Capsule, External HDD as NAS, Time Machine Backup the NAS

Can I attach an external HDD to Time Capsule to use as a NAS? Then can I use Time Machine on my Macbook to backup both my Macbook and the NAS drive to the HDD in the Time Capsule?

Can I attach an external HDD to Time Capsule to use as a NAS?
Yes. Although it will not exactly be a NAS with its own "brains".
Then can I use Time Machine on my Macbook to backup both my Macbook and the NAS drive to the HDD in the Time Capsule?
No. In order to back up the hard drive using Time Machine, the drive must be connected to your Mac, not the Time Capsule.

Time Machine Backup of NAS

I have an iMac with OSX 10.0 and a NAS Drobo 5N which has a Time Machine share. It will backup my local machine fine, but how do I get a backup of the NAS folders and exclude the Time Machine folder?

You can't. Time Machine doesn't back up a drive to itself, as that wouldn't really be a backup.

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I've been having iMac freezing problems, and it pointed to USB disk problems - my Time Machine disk was thrashing all the time. So, I cloned my Time Machine drive to a new drive using Disk Utility on my MBP. Then, I had Macintosh HD intermittent problems, and decided I needed to reinstall Snow Leopard. Did a clean install of SL after erasing and repartitioning my primary HD. Ran Disk Utility Verify/Repair disk a few times to make sure disk was okay. Used Migration Assistant to reload Applications, and my userid. Had to create a new admin user to run the Migration Assistant since I needed to use the same user name I had before all this started. After 3.5 hr reload I noticed a few things - my Desktop files weren't there, and I couldn't find my 29.5GB iTunes library is missing. I was running Parallels, and my primary virtual machine (.PVM) is missing as well.
So, I assume everything is stilll on my Time Machione backups, but I probably can't see what I need due to restoring my primary userid from a different admin acct. For some reason my computer name is now "Walt's iMac (2)", and my HD is "Macintosh HD0".
Is there a way to allow my userid (admin) access to ALL that's on Time Machine. I'm kind of frantic right now because of the important contents of the Parallels virtual machine.
Any help would be appreciated.

As Eric stated, TM will automatically remove older back-ups. In order to keep TM working properly do not, repeat DO NOT mess with it. I'd also recommend lookng over Pondini's articles on Time Machine which you can find by clicking:
http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

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After Mountain Lion update - problems synching contacts and accessing previous Time Machine backup

I have just set up a MacBoook Pro with a new SSD drive to replace the internal hard drive. I made sure I had a current Time Machine then connected the SSD drive externally and installed Mountain Lion. I installed the SSD drive into the computer. Before restoring applications from the Time Machine backup, I enabled the root user, logged on as that and deleted all other accounts as I have previously had issues with creating a new account from a backup and making that the 'home' user.
All went well except that a few seconds after I opened Contacts they all disappeared. They were replaced with two entries - one for Apple and one with the name of the home account.
I tried to retrieve Contacts from the Time Machine backup. I could see all the past dates but they were all red and inaccessible.
I looked at Contacts in my account at iCloud.com - they were the same 2 contacts as my local machine. I went through the installation process again but made sure that there was no connection to the Internet on completion. My contacts were intact. I exported them to a file and turned on the Internet. A few seconds later, my Contacts were gone..!
I imported from the backup I had made but, after a few seconds they were replaced with the two contacts from iCloud. Nothing I tried would allow me to add the contacts and have them synch to iCloud. I finally found a workaround:
1 disconnect from the Internet
2 import Contacts from the export file
3 select all contacts (ctrl-A) and drag them to the 'on my mac' account in Contacts
4 connect the Internet and watch all the contacts disappear from the iCloud account
5 select all contacts from the 'on my mac' account adn drag them to the iCloud account.
6 watch them synch to iCloud
I still don't understand the problem - perhaps someone can enlighten me - but here's the workaround if someone is having the same problem.
And I still can't access the Time Machine backup that I used to setup the MacBook Pro. Looking at the files within the Time Machine the backup. it looks as though it is probably a permissions issue but I don't see why as the account I am using is the same name as the one used to create the backup. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Jeff

I think you went about this the wrong way. ok....
Could you please try this... (1) Open Address Book - keep it as the main window. (2) Enter Time Machine from the icon in the menu bar... do you have that icon? If not, Open System Preferences, Click Time Machine, put a check mark in Show Time Machine in Menu bar. Close System Preferences. Go back to your addressbook. Make it the primary application open. Now go to the icon in the menu bar that represents TimeMachine and click Enter Timemachine. You should see your stuff...
if you dont...
I would also try...
Open system preferenes. go to the icloud tab. sign out. then sign in.
jdxxs wrote:
I have just set up a MacBoook Pro with a new SSD drive to replace the internal hard drive. I made sure I had a current Time Machine then connected the SSD drive externally and installed Mountain Lion. I installed the SSD drive into the computer. Before restoring applications from the Time Machine backup, I enabled the root user, logged on as that and deleted all other accounts as I have previously had issues with creating a new account from a backup and making that the 'home' user.
All went well except that a few seconds after I opened Contacts they all disappeared. They were replaced with two entries - one for Apple and one with the name of the home account.
I tried to retrieve Contacts from the Time Machine backup. I could see all the past dates but they were all red and inaccessible.
I looked at Contacts in my account at iCloud.com - they were the same 2 contacts as my local machine. I went through the installation process again but made sure that there was no connection to the Internet on completion. My contacts were intact. I exported them to a file and turned on the Internet. A few seconds later, my Contacts were gone..!
I imported from the backup I had made but, after a few seconds they were replaced with the two contacts from iCloud. Nothing I tried would allow me to add the contacts and have them synch to iCloud. I finally found a workaround:
1 disconnect from the Internet
2 import Contacts from the export file
3 select all contacts (ctrl-A) and drag them to the 'on my mac' account in Contacts
4 connect the Internet and watch all the contacts disappear from the iCloud account
5 select all contacts from the 'on my mac' account adn drag them to the iCloud account.
6 watch them synch to iCloud
I still don't understand the problem - perhaps someone can enlighten me - but here's the workaround if someone is having the same problem.
And I still can't access the Time Machine backup that I used to setup the MacBook Pro. Looking at the files within the Time Machine the backup. it looks as though it is probably a permissions issue but I don't see why as the account I am using is the same name as the one used to create the backup. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Jeff

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