OSStatus error 2 while configuring time machine on stora NAS

anyone have the same problem? Have you gon any suggestion?
My stora is up-to-date on 12 november 2011.

I had the same problem. WD does indeed support Time Machine set up on the WD World.
The acrobat file walking you through the 15 second set up [hurrah] can be found here: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=mbworld [click on the user guide link to download].
My problem was that I was trying to login using my user name rather than the wd_backup that is required via Time Machine.... did not read the set up instructions very carefully.

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Cheers,
Pieter

PietervB wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to set up time machine to back up on a remote nfs share. After following instructions on http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=141960 I see the share appearing on the list when I click "select backup disk" in the time machine preferences. However, when I select the disk I get an error:
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What does the error mean? Any ideas how to solve this? The nfs share is mounted and accessible under /Volumes and I can read/write on it.
Apple does not support this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1733
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tax482 wrote:
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That doesn't necessarily mean it's going to work. To work well with Time Machine, it must meet Apple's requirements here: Disks that can be used with Time Machine.
I'm not familiar with this product, but I don't see anything in their documentation about it using +Apple File Protocol (AFP) file sharing,+ and I don't see any claim of it being compatible with Time Machine. (And, of course, some that claim compatibility don't meet all the criteria, and don't work well.)
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I have just purchased an Iomega Storcenter IX2-200 4TB NAS device.
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I've used Disk Utility to verify both my local disk and my time machine disk (external USB drive).
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evan_j wrote:
Hi Pondini!
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