Can I switch users during time machine backup?

I have a laptop with multiple users.
I am trying to do a Time Machine back-up using a fire-wire connected western digital drive.
Either because I had not backed up in a few weeks, or had updated to 10.7.2, I am not sure, but when I connected the drive to do a backup Time Machine started doing a deep scan.
The preparing phase took several (over 5) hours before the backup would start, but it finally did begin backing up.
It is trying to back up 8 GB of files and is taking a very long time. It backed up 1.5 of 8 GB over the course of the entire day.
Then my kids came home from school and switched to their users.
Looking at the logs, it looks like the backup got canceled when we switched users.
After switching back to the admin user, I am back to the preparing phase again.
I thought you could log out, swtich users etc with Time Machine.
Can someone explain this behavior to me?
Thank you

I just wanted to update all after my experieces:
Time Machine was not the problem. The problem was a defective WD external firewire drive (WD Green drive) which has since been replaced under warantee. Thank you WD for your comiitment.
Whenever I used this drive, I could hear it chugging and chugging away during mount and whenever I was accessing the drive.
I finally checked the drive (WD My Book) with DISK WARRIOR and the thing was toast. Tons of unrepairable hardware errors.
Thankfully the drive was under warantee and after receiving a replacement from WD (no issues with RMA replacement process, kudos to WD) have had ZERO issues with time machine and the replacement drive.
Initial 1st time- time machine backup was ~ 5 hours. (~120 GB of info). (I added the drive to spotlight 'do not index' prefs prior to setting up time machine.)
-This was a HUGE time difference. My prior initial backup with the defective drive was 3 DAYS, yes, DAYS.
If you are having these kind of problems, check you drive with Disk Warrior (Disk Utitlty does not cut it). If Disk Warrior reports problems, it is a hassle, but replace the drive.
Good luck. Karma +1

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    As Bob says, backing-up that way isn't supported.
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    *"I've been backing-up via an Airport Extreme for* <some number of days, weeks, or months> *and all of a sudden my backups are corrupted beyond repair."*
    In my case, it's happened about 4 times in a year. And that's with a desktop Mac, about 12 feet from the Airport, with the exact same hardware in exactly the same place and no interference.
    It is very convenient, especially with laptops. If you want to take the risk, see [Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Airport.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
    But do yourself a LARGE favor and take the prominent advice to keep secondary backups, and update them frequently. Sooner or later, you're probably going to need them.

  • Kernel Panic during Time Machine Backup

    Hello everybody, two days ago I was doing a time machine backup, and I got the kernel panic message that suggested me to switch off the computer.
    I did it, I restarted the computer and since then I cannot get the time machine backup to end without a kernel panic!
    Side information: my HD of 250Gb has only 1gb left, OSX 10.6.6, everything updated,
    I was listening itunes music during the backup.
    have to be a solution!
    Down here one of the latest kernel panic log:
    Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3411 sec
    Panics Since Last Report: 2
    Anonymous UUID: 85B69788-B363-4480-86E2-82C0AD2C64B0
    Thu Jan 27 20:51:54 2011
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0x558e80): "!pageList phys_addr"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/iokit/Kernel/IOMemoryDescriptor.cpp:1 409
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
    0x730b3998 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x730b39cc 0x223974 0x0)
    0x730b39e8 : 0x558e80 (0x5ddb08 0x9a61784 0x52f2b 0x8e1)
    0x730b3a68 : 0x550bc8 (0xf101e80 0x3 0x8704300 0x80)
    0x730b3b58 : 0x55117d (0x86f7000 0x80 0x5507f0 0x5508e0)
    0x730b3b88 : 0x119b92d (0x86f7000 0x730b3bc8 0x730b3bdc 0x730b3bec)
    0x730b3c08 : 0x119f57f (0x8700e00 0x86f7000 0xf101e80 0x19000)
    0x730b3c78 : 0x1194364 (0x8700e00 0x86f7000 0xf4240 0x871ac80)
    0x730b3cb8 : 0x1194825 (0x8700e00 0x86f7000 0x0 0x160f321)
    0x730b3cf8 : 0x1608511 (0x870c700 0x871ac80 0x0 0x2a94be)
    0x730b3d38 : 0x1604800 (0x870a600 0x86fa804 0x730b3d68 0x122ea56)
    0x730b3d88 : 0x1605089 (0x870a500 0x86fa804 0x4000 0x0)
    0x730b3de8 : 0x160726a (0x870a500 0x86fa21c 0x860f0dc 0x0)
    0x730b3e08 : 0x119467e (0x870c180 0x86f7000 0x0 0x847e40)
    0x730b3e38 : 0x1195270 (0x870c700 0x86f7000 0x730b3e58 0x8700e00)
    0x730b3e58 : 0x119d05c (0x86f7000 0x86f7000 0x0 0x574c6000)
    0x730b3e98 : 0x119d1b6 (0x8700e00 0x86f7000 0x0 0x0)
    0x730b3ed8 : 0x119ecc0 (0x8700e00 0x20000 0x730b3ef8 0x0)
    0x730b3f38 : 0x119b130 (0x8700e00 0x0 0x8f41290 0x0)
    0x730b3f58 : 0x54b5dc (0x8702cc0 0x95b6a80 0x730b3f88 0x1f0)
    0x730b3f88 : 0x54ba36 (0x8702e40 0x86183d4 0x857c46d0 0x7fff)
    0x730b3fc8 : 0x2a06cc (0x8702e40 0x0 0x2a06db 0x8ca0ee4)
    Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage(1.6.3)@0x1602000->0x1614fff
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.4)@0x1192000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.6.2)@0x1226000
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort(2.1.5)@0x1198000->0x11abfff
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.4)@0x1192000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x908000
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.4)@0x1192000->0x1197fff
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    10J567
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
    System model name: MacBookPro4,1 (Mac-F42C86C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 2274904729852
    unloaded kexts:
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    FireWire Device: OEM ATA Device 00, G-TECH, Up to 400 Mb/sec

    Hi all
    my Time Machine backups regularly result in kernel panics. I'm on a MBP 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and backing up to a Time Capsule. I removed the entire backup, erased the HDD in Airport Utility, and started from scratch backing up via Ethernet. No other applications are open.
    I verified and repaired the internal HDD with Disk Utility (booting from the Mac OS X Install DVD). HDD appears to be ok. Repaired disk permissions. Ran Apple Hardware Test, all ok. Removed the Preference file com.apple.TimeMachine.plist (as per #A4. suggestion). But after all this, I still get kernel panics only after about 2 or 3GB into the backup (of approx. 140GB data total).
    The Time Machine widget that I installed reported this after the reboot after the last kernel panic:
    +Starting standard backup+
    +Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Marcus%[email protected]/Finger%20Lime%20HD+
    +Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Marcus%[email protected]/Finger%20Lime%20HD+
    +QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN+
    +Disk image /Volumes/Finger Lime HD/cif-mbp-foth.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups+
    +Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb+
    +Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.+
    +No pre-backup thinning needed: 146.69 GB requested (including padding), 893.87 GB available+
    +Waiting for index to be ready (101)+
    These are the kernel panic reports I'm getting. I took out the HEX bits ("snip"). They all report as the possible cause: "unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock". Can anyone suggest any solutions to this problem? Thanks heaps!
    *Fri Mar 11 20:37:13 2011*
    +panic(cpu 1 caller 0x226b53): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471+
    +Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)+
    +0xfbab78 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0xfbabac 0x223974 0x0)+
    *Fri Mar 11 22:20:53 2011*
    +panic(cpu 1 caller 0x226b53): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471+
    +Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)+
    +0x58fe2b78 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x58fe2bac 0x223974 0x0)+
    snip
    +Backtrace continues...+
    +Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):+
    com.apple.filesystems.afpfs(9.7)@0x80ed8000->0x80f2efff
    com.apple.nke.asp_tcp(5.0)@0x1079000->0x1086fff
    +BSD process name corresponding to current thread: diskimages-helpe+
    *Fri Mar 11 23:44:41 2011*
    +panic(cpu 1 caller 0x226b53): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471+
    +Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)+
    +0xf82af8 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0xf82b2c 0x223974 0x0)+
    snip
    +Backtrace continues...+
    +Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):+
    com.apple.filesystems.afpfs(9.7)@0x80f60000->0x80fb6fff
    com.apple.nke.asp_tcp(5.0)@0x102b000->0x1038fff
    +BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd+
    *Sat Mar 12 09:26:09 2011*
    +panic(cpu 1 caller 0x226b53): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471+
    +Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)+
    +0x58eb2c88 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x58eb2cbc 0x223974 0x0)+
    snip
    +Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):+
    com.apple.filesystems.afpfs(9.7)@0x80f8d000->0x80fe3fff
    com.apple.nke.asp_tcp(5.0)@0x59a9f000->0x59aacfff
    +BSD process name corresponding to current thread: diskimages-helpe+
    *Sat Mar 12 10:10:56 2011*
    +panic(cpu 1 caller 0x226b53): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471+
    +Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)+
    +0xf1ab78 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0xf1abac 0x223974 0x0)+
    snip
    +Backtrace continues...+
    +Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):+
    com.apple.filesystems.afpfs(9.7)@0x80d9b000->0x80df1fff
    com.apple.nke.asp_tcp(5.0)@0x59a1b000->0x59a28fff
    +BSD process name corresponding to current thread: diskimages-helpe+
    +Mac OS version:+
    10J567
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    +Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386+
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  • How can I delete all the Time Machine backups to make room for more? And how do I force the trash to empty?

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    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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