Backup Deletion with DB13?
Hey there,
I have planned some AllOnlineRedolog Backups to a disk. But there is only enough space for ONE Backup. So, after the Backup on the disk has been saved to a tape, it should be deleted. Not directly after the Tape-Backup but relatively before the new AllOnlineRedolog Backup.
Example:
01.01.2008 - 3:00am - AllOnline + RedoLog Backup (to Disk)
01.01.2008 - 8:00pm - Backup to Tape
08.01.2008 - 1:00am - Deletion of old Backup
08.01.2008 - 3:00am - AllOnline.... and so on.
Is this possible just with DB13? How could I realize this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there,
If you are using the DB13 you probably are familiar with the profile file init<SID>.sap in that file you can configure the disk path if you didn't then the backups goes to the default path that is %SAP_DATA%\sapbackup. In the same file you can configure the retention period of that files and all the logs created during backup activities.
There is an activity pattern in the DB13 called Clean up logs, that pattern could be configured to delete old backup files.
We implement exactly the way you want, and in the init<SID>.sap located in %ORACLE_HOME%\database\ we set the parameters as follow:
retention period in days for archive log files saved on disk
default: 30
cleanup_disk_archive = 14
This means that offline readologs will be deleted if they are 14 days old
retention period in days for database files backed up on disk
default: 30
cleanup_disk_backup = 1
This means that all datafiles only will be available 1 day and at the next day when you run "Clean up logs" activity the previous backup will be deleted.
You can configure that for example the Clean up runs every day one our before the backup and with that you first delete the old backup and then you make a new one.
You can use the scheduler task if you want but if you use the DB13 you dont need to enter to you server every day to review the logs. We configure the scheduler task for our Portal because has no ABAP instance .
the instructions in the .bat file coul be "brconnect -u / -c force -p init<SID>.sap -f cleanup " and that is actually the pattern in DB13.
You can review the documentation of brconnect for more details.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm40/helpdata/EN/50/7dd41742210144aee3fdee21c553eb/content.htm
Regards.
Gustavo Balboa
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ST320006 41AS USB Device
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Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
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C.)
NOTE:
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wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.
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188708420 KB available on disk.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/09/16/diagnosing-failures-in-windows-server-backup-part-1-vss-spp-errors.aspx
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BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
Any input will be highly appreciated.
Regards
SantanuHi
Are u taking the offline backup on disk or tape. Your log seems to be mentioning it to be on tape. Anyways, have you set the /oracle/SID/102_64/dbs/initSID.sap file parameters accordingly. Also the log says that there has been a user intervention to stop the backup. Did you press Cntrl C in the process. Offline backups to tape is a bit tricky aand even we are fighting on this. I would suggest taking it on disk and then transferring it to tape.
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Backup DB with dynamic sql - want to substitute in dbname and disk file path
Re: Backup DB with dynamic sql - want to substitute in dbname and disk file path
Hope I can explain this. Below is a small snippet of code. I want to set @SQLTemplate_TSQL once at the top of the script and then execute the SET @SQLCommand and sp_executesql in a loop that reads a list of databases. It all works, except for the
BACKUP DATABASE. Right now it evaluates when the SET @SQLTemplate_TSQL is evaluated. I want it to evaluate when it is executed. I want the DB_NAME() of the USE @dbname.
-- change @dbname and @dbbackuppath
DECLARE @SQLCommand NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @SQLTemplate_TSQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @dbname varchar(128) = 'Bank04'
-- one time setting of @SQLTemplate_TSQL
set @SQLTemplate_TSQL =
DECLARE @dbbackuppath varchar(128) = ''''d:\backups''''
IF RIGHT(@dbbackuppath, 1) <> ''''\''''
SET @dbbackuppath = @dbbackuppath + ''''\''''
SET @dbbackuppath = @dbbackuppath + DB_Name() + ''''.bak''''
PRINT @dbbackuppath
BACKUP DATABASE ' + DB_NAME() + ' to DISK=''' + QUOTENAME(@dbbackuppath, CHAR(39)) + '''
-- Execute this several times over different databases
SET @SQLCommand = '
USE ' + QUOTENAME(@dbname) + ';
EXEC(''' + @SQLTemplate_TSQL + ''') '
PRINT @SQLCommand
EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLCommandHere is a stripped down version of my code. Someone writes a script. I then take the script and seperate it by GO statement block. Each GO block gets its own row into the
#SQLTemplate_TSQL. I then replace single quote with 4 quotes and run it. Then I run against my list of databases. I am unable to get the BACKUP DATA base to work with this model.
Run scripts against multiple databases.sql
Do a FIND on "CHANGE THIS" to see the databases returned from the SELECT statement
DECLARE @DatabaseName varchar(128)
DECLARE @SQLCommand NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @SQLTemplate_Seq INT
DECLARE @SQLTemplate_OperationDesc NVARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @SQLTemplate_TSQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @SQLTemplate_Diagnostics INT
DECLARE @Note VARCHAR(500)
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#SQLTemplate_TSQL') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #SQLTemplate_TSQL
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[#SQLTemplate_TSQL](
[SQLTemplate_RecID] [int] Identity,
[SQLTemplate_ID] [int] NOT NULL,
[SQLTemplate_Seq] [int] NOT NULL,
[SQLTemplate_OperationDesc] [varchar](128) NOT NULL,
[SQLTemplate_TSQL] [varchar](max) NOT NULL,
[SQLTemplate_Diagnostics] [int] NOT NULL,
[SQLTemplate_Enabled] [int] NOT NULL)
DELETE FROM #SQLTemplate_TSQL WHERE SQLTemplate_Seq = 65
DECLARE @SeqID INT
SELECT @SeqID = MAX(SQLTemplate_ID) FROM #SQLTemplate_TSQL
SET @SeqID = ISNULL(@SeqID,0)
SET @SeqID = @SeqID + 1
INSERT INTO #SQLTemplate_TSQL VALUES(@SeqID ,65,@SeqID,'
SELECT * FROM ifs_config
',1,1)
SET @SeqID = @SeqID + 1
INSERT INTO #SQLTemplate_TSQL VALUES(@SeqID ,65,@SeqID,'
DECLARE @HistoryODS INT
SET @HistoryODS = 1
SELECT * FROM ifs_tablelist WHERE HistoryODS = @HistoryODS and Tablename like ''''%HIST%''''
',1,1)
-- Setup Cursor to Loop through each of the Prior Period databases
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT [Database Name] --<<<<<<<< CHANGE THIS SELECT statement to select DBs >>>>>>
FROM v_ifs_PPODSDBInfo_Curr
WHERE [Database Frequency] <> 'CURRENT'
ORDER BY [Database Frequency], [Database Number]
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @DatabaseName
-- Loop through each of the databases
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Setup Cursor to Loop through each of the SQL Statements
DECLARE #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT [SQLTemplate_TSQL], [SQLTemplate_OperationDesc], [SQLTemplate_Seq], [SQLTemplate_Diagnostics]
FROM #SQLTemplate_TSQL
WHERE [SQLTemplate_Enabled] = 1 AND SQLTemplate_Seq = 65
ORDER BY SQLTemplate_ID
OPEN #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor INTO @SQLTemplate_TSQL, @SQLTemplate_OperationDesc, @SQLTemplate_Seq, @SQLTemplate_Diagnostics
-- Loop through each of the SQL statements
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @SQLCommand = '
USE ' + QUOTENAME(@Databasename) + ';
EXEC(''' + @SQLTemplate_TSQL + ''') '
EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLCommand
FETCH NEXT FROM #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor INTO @SQLTemplate_TSQL, @SQLTemplate_OperationDesc, @SQLTemplate_Seq, @SQLTemplate_Diagnostics
END
CLOSE #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor
DEALLOCATE #SQLTemplate_TSQL_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @DatabaseName
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor -
Unable to backup/delete/change encryption key after SSRS 2008 R2 installation
Hi,
I am having issue with SSRS 2008 R2 Std installation with Sharepoint integration. hope may get some help from here.
During the SSRS configuration in the SSRS Config Mgr
the following error message come up when access web service URL/backup/delete/change encryption key:
Report service error
•An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more
details. (rsInternalError) Get Online Help
◦The profile for the user is a temporary profile. (Exception from HRESULT:
0x80090024)
I can avoid the issue when use Local system account to run the SSRS but domain account is required for Sharepoint integration.
Does this have something to do with how the windows user profiles are configured?Hi Gone_Fishing,
Reporting Services uses encryption keys to secure credentials and connection information that is stored in a report server database. In Reporting Services, encryption is supported through a combination of public, private, and symmetric keys that are
used to protect sensitive data. As to access Web Service URL, we can try to cope the URL, then run it in IE as administrators.
About the error”The profile for the user is a temporary profile”, Windows will create a temporary profile when it is unable to read the user profile files. For more details, we can refer to the following blog:
http://journeyintobi.com/2013/11/the-profile-for-the-user-is-a-temporary-profile-or-how-simple-solutions-are-sometimes-really-the-answer-to-a-given-problem/
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
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Katherine Xiong
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Online Backup Failed with error-BR0268E Asynchronous execution of program..
Hi,
We are using DB13 for Online backup.But from few days it failing with below error.
BR0268E Asynchronous execution of program interrupted, exit status: c0000094
BR0267E Asynchronous execution of program failed
BR0278E Command output of 'F:\usr\sap\QE2\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\mkszip -c F:\ORACLE\QE2\SAPDATA4\SR3_22\SR3.DATA22 >
Can someone please help on this issue? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Kiran MHi,
Check below threads.
BRbackup problem on new system
Offline backup failed with BR0253E errno 13: Permission denied
BR0268E Asynchronous execution of program interrupted, exit status: c000009
Thanks,
Sushil
Edited by: Sushil Suryawanshi on May 28, 2009 8:16 PM -
Hi all
I installed a solution manager 4.0 with oracle 10.2 on OS W2K. When i start the brbackup with br*tools it works without problems. When I start the brbackup with db13 I receive the following error and the backup failes with rt code 5:
BR0055I Start of database backup: bdxezstr.anf 2008-02-06 12.55.59
BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: I:\oracle\SSM\sapbackup\bdxezstr.anf
BR0252W Function remove() failed for 'F:\oracle\SSM\102\database\sap.ora' at location BrInitOraCreate-1
BR0253W errno 13: Permission denied
BR0252W Function remove() failed for 'F:\oracle\SSM\102\database\sap.ora' at location BrInitOraCopy-7
BR0253W errno 13: Permission denied
BR0166I Parameter 'control_files' not found in file F:\oracle\SSM\102\database\initSSM.ora - default assumed
BR0274W File 'F:\oracle\SSM\102\database\CTL1SSM.ORA' not found
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2008-02-06 12.56.01
BR0319I Control file copy created: I:\oracle\SSM\sapbackup\CNTRLSSM.DBF 12664832
Can anyone help me
Regards,
Matthiashi,
note the following:
1) you are using windows (there is special behaviour here)
2) when you run BRBACKUP at os level, you are executing it as user <sid>adm
3) when you run BRBACKUP from DB13 you are executing it as user SAPService<SID>
Do you see the difference?
Running BRBACKUP at OS level with user <sid>adm means "nothing" in windows.
Please, check that the user SAPService<SID> has authorizatons on the mentioned files/directories.
The error
> BR0253W errno 13: Permission denied
indicates that it does NOT have authorizations -
By mistake I ran Windows Backup/Restore with SAP services on URGENT
Dear all
What I did by mistake I ran Windows Backup/Restore with SAP services on (I stopped win sql services and SAP instance).
After restore under same circumstances I could not start istance (actually it started but after connect with saplogon dispetcher stopped).
When trying to restore 2nd time(with deleted AFGDATA1,AFGDATA2, AFGDATA3 , AFGLOG and usr under c:\ I realized I can not delete C:/usr directory (with subdrectories) as SAP services were locking some files. (i stopped services and deleted those files I have them in rcycle bin),
Can I somehow restore the systemHello Tina,
- what is the status of SAP service? can you start it? If not, what is written in application event log?
- If service can be started, are you able to start SAP system? If not, what is written in sapstartsrv.log, dev_disp and dev_w0, could you put output of them?
- which files exactly have you deleted?
I afraid that the locked files were not backup and they will not be restored in this case. Further steps depend on what the files you have deleted. -
Backup failed with error: 11 -Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying
Like many of you, I was unlucky to get the famous TimeMachine error message: "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk". I started to get as much help as I could from Google and all your forum posts.
Until recently I could not get an easy answer and it seemed that various people had success by:
- renaming their machine to remove say extraneous characters (such as apostrophe)
- delete the last "in progress" backup
- reset the TM
- etc.
I did all of that plus reformatting my new WD HDD but nothing changed. After 2 days of frustration with this piece of software (Time Machine), the good news for me is that I can consistently reproduce the error as well succeed in performing a backup. The solution for me seems to make sure that I +*do not have a source directory structure deeper than 15 levels*+. As soon as I have a file that is 16 levels deep from the root of the HDD that I try to backup, I get this error:
+*Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Volumes/<HDD to Backup>/<Deep Directory Structure>... to*+
+*/Volumes/<Your TM Drive>/Backups.backupdb/<Your Machine>/<Timestamp>.inProgress/<AutoGenerated-GUID>/<HDD to Backup>/<Deep Directory Structure>...*+
+*Copy stage failed with error:11*+
+*Backup failed with error: 11*+
The Console app shows the system log with the path to the file that failed during backup. I tried to make the pathname shorter than 255 characters to make sure this is not an 8bit limitation of some string length in the code. Even if I have a path shorter than 255 characters, TM fails with the above error when the source files are at least 16 levels deep in the directory structure.
What is most frustrating about this is not the careless and uninformative error message or this apparently non-sense limitation of 15 levels - it might be something historical in Apple's code - but the lack of documentation. In the absence of proper logging and error handling in this piece of code, wouldn't be nice to have some explanation from Apple with regards to what this error #11 means or perhaps what caused this "Error (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying"? I guess most of us would be just fine to know that as per release notes, Apple has this limitation of 15 levels for the source directory structure.solongpc wrote:
Regardless if this is a general problem or not, does anyone know of any documentation/release notes for common/generic TM error codes? That would be helpful.
Yeah, many of us would love it! But no such thing exists, at least not that us mere mortals can find.
There might be another variable that I don't understand right now but at least it is consistent.
Could it be something funky in the name of one of the folders? Or could the folder object itself be corrupt? Or have some odd extended attribute?
All I can suggest is calling AppleCare, and/or reporting it as a bug:
*_Submitting a +Bug Report+ to Apple._*
|
This requires a membership in the +Apple Developer Connection,+ but you can get one for free.
Register here: http://developer.apple.com/programs/start/register/create.php
Once you receive the confirmation, go to: https://bugreport.apple.com and login.
Click +New Problem+ at the top.
Click Help at the top, and/or any of the items underlined in blue for more information.
Provide as much specific detail as possible, and attach a log, screenshot, etc., as appropriate in the lower section.
When done, click Submit at the bottom. -
Catalog backup problems with PSE 11
Hi,
I'm having terrible problems trying to backup my catalog to an external hard drive.
My PC is running Windows 7 with 8 GB of internal memory. My external hard drive is formatted to FAT 32 and has 130GB of spare capacity. My catalog is 45GB.
I have previously backed up the the catalog without any problems but can't remember if I did this before I upgraded to PSE 11.
I initially tried doing a full backup but got an error part way through writing the 'breeze' data. Having read that the breeze data was only used for face recognition, I deleted the remaining breeze data files and tried again.
I then encountered a problem when writing some of my early .jpg files. I couldn't see any obvious problem with these but tried removing them and runnning the back up again.
This time it got a bit further but hung up on some .mpg files.
I removed all video files and tried again.
This time it got up to over 60% complete but it then hung up on some early files which had a 'description' 2002 rather than a straight date name to the file. I thought that there might be a problem with file names including ' 's ', so removed these and tried again.
I then tried running Catalog 'optimize' and 'repair' (I didn't tick 'the re-index visual similarity data').
I eventually got up to over 65% complete but couldn't get the backup to go past my 2007 files no matter what files I removed.
I then tried doing an incremental backup using a Catalog file that I had created in 2011. This backup failed with 'an error encountered while writing.....WaldoData\waldo.cache'
I now don't know what to try! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
FYI, looking at the backup Catalog files that I have previously created, it appears that only the first contains all the images from whole catalog with an equal number of .xml files.
Two others which I created (which I can't remember were full or incremental backups) only have some of the images. I'm sure that this can't be right.
I presume that for an intial backup the .xml files should run from B0000001 to Bnnnnnnn; the .jpg/.mpg/ etc from Bnnnnnnn+1 to B 2(nnnnnnn) and that when one runs an incremental back up the new .xml files are added from B2(nnnnnnn)+1 to B2(nnnnnnnn)+(mmmm) and the image files continuing for a further (mmmm). Is this correct?
Otherwise what should one be seeing?
Regards
MikeThank you for your information about my problem with PSE 11. I have since tried the programme on 2 different computers and it works fine. Seems like the problem is with my computer although my old PSE 10 works okay. I'd appreciate any ideas about what could be wrong with my computer to cause my photos to break up into various segments which don't join together particularly when I move them into 'before and after horizontal' or '......vertical' and even when zooming them. ( HP Pavilion Elite) Vista Ultimate.
Regards,
Stervogel. -
Hello all,
Doubt this issue relates to a recent and ugly issue but sharing anyways (resolved thanks to a user here: LaPastenague)
Time Capsule won't backup if Modem (Motorola SB6121) attached
This was on Feb 10th resolved. Few days later I upgraded to Yosemite. Backups were working fine since.
Yesterday I happen to notice my last backup was 5 days ago. I looked in the console logs and saw:
2/25/15 3:55:06.127 PM com.apple.backupd[2777]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Paul;AUTH=SRP@Time%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local./Data
2/25/15 3:55:17.778 PM com.apple.backupd[2777]: NAConnectToServerSync failed with error: 2 (No such file or directory) for url: afp://Paul;AUTH=SRP@Time%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local./Data
2/25/15 3:55:17.792 PM com.apple.backupd[2777]: Backup failed with error 19: The backup disk could not be resolved, or there was a problem mounting it.
2/25/15 3:57:18.808 PM com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[2021]: Attempt to use XPC with a MachService that has HideUntilCheckIn set. This will result in unpredictable behavior: com.apple.backupd.status.xpc
I called Apple. Their front line was clueless. He suggested resetting the TC (latest "tower" model btw") which then a backup kicked off YEAH
But the next hour it failed
Called Apple again, this time to Sr Advisor. He suggested factory reset of the TC and set up again. Also first backup worked then rest failed
Third call to Apple useless also. He was asking questions I didn't feel relevant. He also was asking me to reset the TC which I told him was done 2 hours prior. He asked me to reboot which I could NOT at that time.
I begged him to collect data to submit to engineering, which will take days to get a reply.
So I thought I would throw this out to the community....
TC Is NEW (replaced from last issue). Mac is 8 months old (iMac 27"), Os is Yosemite, TC also new (latest model)
Thanks...Yosemite is problematic on two fronts.. Networking and Time Machine.. so the combo of doing both with a Time Capsule is like bugs on bugs.
Here is my standard list.. but your problem maybe difficult to resolve.. and my suggestion is simple.. until Apple get their act together and fix TM.. buy Carbon Copy Cloner and use that for your backup. It is solid and reliable.. even better if you use USB drive plugged into the computer and do a bootable clone.. because then you have a backup that is able to be tested for full functionality 2min after the end of the backup.
This also starts from a factory reset.. but the reason for it is to change the configuration which is much more easily handled with factory reset to begin.. the instructions are there.. because this is my standard reply.. this is not uncommon!!
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the Mac itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
Start from the bottom and work up.. What I list here is good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
This user has had success and a few others as well.
RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ
Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/ -
Backup, deletion and restoring.
I have an app database of 30 gb in the itunes folder in my C drive.
Today I backed up my iPhone and it cost me around 10 gb when my phone had 2 gb of store left. Is this normal ?
My question is that when I delete my backup from the itunes preferences, does it delete (a) only the backup of 12 gb ? (b) the app database of 30gb ? (c) both ?
Also would it make a significant difference of deleting the backup and again creating it ?
I ask this because both of them are taking a lot of space in my C drive.
I need an alternate of storing either or both of these backupsin another drive. Is there a way ?Try this...
*Fast backup for iTunes library (Windows Only)*
Grab SyncToy 2.0, a free tool from MS. Use it to create a backup copy of your iTunes library & any other media folders onto another hard drive or network share. After making the initial backup copy use SyncToy to periodically synchronise the backup copy with your library and only the changed files will be copied saving lots of time.
When the time comes to reformat your PC, do a final sync, then open iTunes & deauthorise the PC, reformat & rebuild Windows, copy the backup folders back to the same location as they were previously, install iTunes and it should all work perfectly.
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