Mounting a bitwise backup of lvm2 volume

i used dd to create an image of an unmounted lvm2 volume which is approximately 10G in size. i had various reasons for doing this instead of snapshots (i needed the whole volume) or a file-based backup (i needed to do forensics on corrupted data). however i am unable to mount this image using standard tools:
$sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
$sudo losetup /dev/loop0 myimage
$ sudo mount /dev/loop0 mymountpoint
$EXT4-fs (loop0): bad geometry: block count 6553600 exceeds size of device (3184458 blocks)
as you can see, the loop device was newly created on line 2 above and then i was told that this device, which was created using the given image file was too small for the image file (WTF?). this is an image of an ext4 filesystem being mounted on a directory residing in another ext4 filesystem.
TIA

Still no answer? I do have the same trouble on my iMac G5 PPC with 10.5.8: I just replaced the MOB and Time Machine insists to create a new bkup! Attempted with "tmutil" command but doesn't work on my OS...it is really impossible to tell the machine to learn the new address? I DON'T want to believe it!
Tks for any help

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Hi, see if it shows here...
In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)
Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.
Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.
If it does contain data...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2474

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I've got mine working again by deleting a partial backup that was on the Time Capsule.
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That should be a C9 or C17 error.. see
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Try rebooting everything.. as something has lost connection.. perhaps.
Make sure the disk is actually available in finder.. and try mounting it.

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Hello...
I just got my first 2tb TimeCapsule (TC). Unfortunately, it is not backing up!! I keep on getting the message "the backup disk image "/volumes/data/GuisselleiMac.sparsebundle" could not be created (error (null))"
I've looked in many websites but can't find a solution... I've tried re-setting the TC to original settings, turning my Mac off and on, changing the name of my mac, changing the name of my mac on the network, nothing works!!!
My TC is connected with an ethernet cable to a linksys router wich is connected to the cable modem, so it is in bridge mode. I have not connected the TC to my mac, I don't think this is necessary..
Can someone help me please!!!

My TC is connected with an ethernet cable to a linksys router wich is connected to the cable modem, so it is in bridge mode. I have not connected the TC to my mac, I don't think this is necessary..
Your TC is not directly connected to the Mac and unfortunately it does seem to matter.
The reason the TC fails is not entirely clear but it has to do with Mavericks.
Let me recommend you test what happens with the TC reset and plugged directly into the Mac by ethernet.
You will need to run it in router mode. Ignore all the errors and see if it now works.
The other suggestion is to manually mount the TC hard disk
First of all find it in the network via network utility.
Run netstat and get the current routing table.
Locate your TC on it.. On mine above it shows as tcgen4.local
So in Finder top menu.. Go > Connect to Server.
Type in AFP://TCnetworkname.local (exactly as it appears in netstat)
Or use the IP address.. the problem is that in your setup it is probably not fixed.
The current IP can be found by pinging the name. So ping in a terminal or in network utility.
ping tcgen4
ping: cannot resolve tcgen4: Unknown host
Note how you must use the full domain.
ping tcgen4.local
PING tcgen4.local (192.168.2.201): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.2.201: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=4.160 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.201: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.742 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.201: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=3.332 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.201: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=3.785 ms
^C
--- tcgen4.local ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 3.332/3.755/4.160/0.293 ms
So you have now established the IP..
And type that in.
AFP://192.168.2.201 (or whatever shows).
Once you have mounted the disk .. delete the old Time Machine setup as per A4 in Pondini.. and set up again.
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It worked fine. Now I get the same crap as everyone else lucky me!
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HT3275 I need help. Keep getting error message he backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use.

I keep recieving he following error he backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/ MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use. for time machine backup. Any suggestions

It is standard for Lion and Mountain Lion.
Reboot the TC to fix it.
If you actually run Lion then you can install 5.6 utility and just go to the disk page and click disconnect all users.. this is usually enough to fix it.. on the previous backup TM hasn't dismounted the sparsebundle correctly and so cannot mount it again.
See C12. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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It sounds like you have already tried some of pondini's suggestions..
But C17 is the main one, even if the error is a different number..
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Mavericks in particular is having issues with the TC..
So I strongly recommend a full factory reset of the TC.
Make sure all names are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. See C9 for more info.
Because Mavericks now uses SMB by default for network protocol, it is worthwhile mounting the TC manually using AFP.
In finder use the top menu, Go, Connect to Server.
Type in as follows,
AFP://TCname
Replace TCname with your actual TC name..
If the computer fails to find the TC, try again using the full domain name.
AFP://TCname.local is the standard one. The TC opts for local although you now have no place to set it in the airport utility.
If you still have trouble tell me.
Once the computer locates the network resources, it will ask for a password, public by default. Type in your password if you changed it or public. And store it in the keychain.
Now reset TM.. see A4.
And point the TM to the TC again which you have mounted.
See if that helps.

Time machine backups to remote volumes

Hi all,
Been having trouble with backing up a Lion system onto a remote (network) volume. The idea is basically to back up a (client) Mac onto a disk hosted by another Mac (the backup server).
I can get the initial backup to work:
1. share the disk to back up to on the backup server via File Sharing, and ensure to use an administrator account at the client Mac to log onto in order for it to see the backup disk.
2. mount the backup disk over the network onto the client Mac.
3. get Time Machine to select that network disk as a backup disk.
4. start the backup.
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The syslog shows some rather perculiar difficulty in managing its backup disks:
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15/12/11 11:46:46.913 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
15/12/11 11:47:46.967 PM com.apple.backupd: Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/Rivendell-1
15/12/11 11:48:23.618 PM com.apple.backupd: Failed to eject volume /Volumes/Rivendell-1 (FSVolumeRefNum: -104; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
15/12/11 11:48:23.618 PM com.apple.backupd: Giving up after 3 retries.
15/12/11 11:48:33.630 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: 21
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The only way I can recover is to erase the backup and start another initial one, but that defeats the purpose of having a continuously running Time Machine backup.
The client Mac is running Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion, while the backup server is running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. The latter is really just using AFP services to export a disk to the network, whereas Lion is using Time Machine to make backups on the network disk.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks,
—tonza

Oh... discovered something odd... the Time Machine Backups volume (that is the volume that is mounted from the Annuminas.sparseimage file on the fileserver) is being mounted read-only!
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
afp_000000004oMw0oYHtK1bbUQr-1.2d000004 on /Volumes/Rivendell (afpfs, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Time Machine Backups (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, read-only)
How is Time Machine going to write to a read-only volume?! This is not making any sense!
If there is one thing I do know about the BSD kernel is that filesystems are mounted read-only if it has been detected by the filesystem driver that a volume is marked dirty or corrupt. Another thing I'll do is check via Disk Utility that Time Machine Backups needs to be fixed. If Time Machine is indeed making faulty sparse images, it may be due to Snow Leopard's AFP server after all.
—tonza

Mounting multiple hard drives into 1 volume

hi all,
i am new to the mac world, having only recently purchased an imac to use with my long term ipod. this has now expanded to an appletv and iphone. truely a mac-convert and loving it!
i have migrated to using an itunes library on the mac (previously on a windows pc). the underlying music for this is stored on a small NAS device on my LAN. however, it seems to now be struggling with my demands.
basically, i am using an LVM2 volume on this device to mount multiple usb2 hard drives (through a hub) as one, very large, volume. however, the nas device now falls over alot, probably due to this config.
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HT3275 I get message Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to MybookLive The backup disk image Volumes/TimeMachine RobertFurlong's Computer(2).sparsebundle is already in use.Any ideas?.

I get message Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to MybookLive The backup disk image Volumes/TimeMachine RobertFurlong's Computer(2).sparsebundle is already in use.Any ideas?.

I have experienced the same problem on a MB Pro 2011 and a 2013 MBAir both with updated OS's. OSX10.9.3. WD MYBookLIVE 3Tbyte. I have found the only solution is to reboot the WD device thru Western Digital's software that you can access via the IP address for the WD device. For example, if you type the WD backup device's IP, like ... "125.261.1.38 " in the Safari address bar, WD has built-in software the runs a program that allows you access to the WD unit to maintain it, turn it off, reboot it, partition it, etc.
Doing this, I believe disconnects or ?dismounts? the WD from TM and resets everything. It works most times, not always, Sometimes you need to reboot the Mac too.
I'm more interested in what is causing this frequent failure on the WD. It happens to me several times per week. I suspect, network failures or improper disconnections between WD and the Mac (not caused but the user) are the culprit but I haven't seen any blogs on a permanent fix. Spent hours on the phone with WD techs; they were clueless. I found the "fix" myself.
Further, I often get an associated reply to "dismount the WD" with the "sparse bundle.XXX is in use" error. But when I go to Finder or Disk Management to find out what's mounted on the Mac, the WD is never mounted, even when the TM backup is working properly. I find the WD device under SHARED in Finder. Its never mounted, so I can't dismount it.

Mounted drive during backup

Hi Everyone,
This is sort of a combination question...
1. I did my initial backup overnight for 111GB. This morning, it was at 102GB and then seemed to complete at 104GB instead of going all the way to 111GB. Is this normal?
2. The mounted drive during backup that says "Backup of Courtney's iMac" (in my case) did not un-mount after the backup completed. Isn't it supposed to?
Thanks for your help, whoever you may be!
Courtney

This is what it does on several machines here...
3/31/08 12:46:11 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Starting standard backup
3/31/08 12:46:12 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Mounting disk image /Volumes/momsTM_backup/dadspowerbook000a95ceee66.sparsebundle
3/31/08 12:46:14 PM hdiejectd[815] running
3/31/08 12:46:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Disk image mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of dadspowerbook
3/31/08 12:46:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of dadspowerbook/Backups.backupdb
3/31/08 12:46:31 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Backup requested due to disk attach
3/31/08 12:46:47 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] No pre-backup thinning needed: 203.1 MB requested (including padding), 204.78 GB available
3/31/08 12:48:31 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Copied 756 files (85 KB) from volume dad's powerbook.
3/31/08 12:48:32 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] No pre-backup thinning needed: 203.0 MB requested (including padding), 204.78 GB available
3/31/08 12:49:22 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Copied 431 files (0 bytes) from volume dad's powerbook.
3/31/08 12:49:36 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Starting post-backup thinning
3/31/08 12:50:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Deleted backup /Volumes/Backup of dadspowerbook/Backups.backupdb/dadspowerbook/2008-03-30-114907: 204.78 GB now available
3/31/08 12:50:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
3/31/08 12:50:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Backup completed successfully.
3/31/08 12:50:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[143] StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
3/31/08 12:50:16 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[805] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
3/31/08 12:50:17 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/momsTMbackup, flags 0, pid 828
TM finds its disk image, does it's thing then ejects the disk image
- gws

My back up failed and I get a messageTime Machine couldn't complete the backup to "TimeCap". The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/Mary Fleming's MacBook Pro .sparsebundle" is already in use.

I noticed today that my last back-up was this a.m. and it has tried several times to back up since but I keep getting this message
Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “TimeCap”.
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/ MacBook Pro ."sparsebundle” is already in use.
I have never had this problem before and don't know what to do. I am not that great around computers so if anyone can help I would appreciate it. I did try to do some research but could not understand any of the content I read. I sure don't know what "sparsebundle" is and this is the first time I ever heard the term.
If anyone can help woold appreciate it.
I have Version 10.9.1

This is a standard issue..
Been around since LION but you missed out.. !! Well the old rule applies.. there are three types of Mac users.
1. The bugs have bitten you, and you have done the work arounds.
2. The bugs are biting you and you are now trying to find out what is going on.
3. The bugs will bite you. And in the meantime you laugh at everyone with problems and say it must be all their fault. Doesn't happen to my system.
You were simply in the last group.. now, with the wonders of mavericks to help, you got bit.
The solution is simple.. unplug the power cord from the TC .. count to 10.. power up the TC again.
No luck look at the more technical help.
C12 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Your naming might also be an issue if this continues to happen.. see C9.

How to fix this error message The backup disk image "/Volumes/AirPort Disk/FARES DEL VALLE's iMac.sparsebundle" could not be accessed (error -1).

how to fix this error message The backup disk image “/Volumes/AirPort Disk/FARES DEL VALLE’s iMac.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1).

The troubleshooting C17 is the specific article.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
This is generally a Lion error.. and you will need 5.6 utility to get access to the disk area.
So download the real utility. Run it instead of v6 toy version.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Go to the manual setup, disk page and click on disconnect all users.. that will unmount all users connected to the disk and allow it to start working. But there are a number of other issues that are possible cause. Pondini lists some of them.

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