Setting up a network backup system

Looking for advice on buying the proper equipment and setting up a good backup system for my home network. I have an Imac, 2 others on the network with a Macbook and an older imac. I havea fairly new Cisco router.

The PC's go into sleep mode? Can you check your power settings.
Change the scheduled to a time when you know the pc is on and can monitor it. Log off the PC and see if it backs up. At least this will help narrow it down.

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Opinions on G3 450mHz B&W as home server or network backup system

Hi all,
I just got a G3 450mHz Blue and White Server and am using it as a jukebox right now but was thinking of also using it as a backup machine for my other macs. So my question is am I better just getting an ethernet switch and using file sharing to make it a back up machine or should I use it as a home server. If I use it as a home server should I get any special kind of pci card? Also if anybody has a site they can recommend on how to do this please let me know. Sorry for all the questions.
Roland

Does it still have the Server software loaded?
In schools, they use Mac OS X Server and set most student users up as Network users, and put their Home Directories on the Server instead of locally in /Users/<your_id>. This allows any user to log on to any school computer and get their files instantly, since they are actually stored on the server.
You can buy used CDs of an old version of Mac OS X Server for less than the US$1000. price of the current unlimited users version. It will support about 150 users doing File Sharing.
For a school, you add a Gigabit Ethernet card and Gigabit Switch. This makes file access on the Server nearly as fast as a Hard Drive.

Setting up a Network Backup Drive

I have a new Hard Drive I want to use as a wireless backup drive. I understand I can connect it to my Airport Extreme Base Station and back up via Time Machine from several computers to different partitions. I thought I would be able to "see" the drive in Disk Utility but it does not appear. Do I format and partition the drive while connected to my iMac then move to the AirPort Extreme? Thanks. Jerry H

Why not ask in the Networking Snow Leopard.
OR iMac forums.

Is iCloud a backup system? Is it limited to only photos, music or can I store programs, data and so on?

Can I use iCloud like a local network backup system?
I'm thinking of replacing my Western Digital backup.
Thanks for the info.

Thanks Ralph
I don't have more than 5Gb storage, but I have files, projects and so forth on an iMac, a PC, netbook and an iPad, as well as an iPod.
I was just wondering if the types of things you could save is limited to photos, music. Can you just connect to iCloud and copy the files you are working on into a folder, as I would do using my existing WD disk?

Best SBC for cheap single drive network backup? ESATA or Micro B? Rasp. Pi, etc.

Well, maybe, but maybe not, that is what I am here to find out. There are a few I came across, such as : http://store.linksprite.com/pcduino3-nano/
http://www.bananapi.org/ (this one might actually do what I need. It looks like it has the sata, with a smalll jumper that can have a sata molex power plug in to it.)
I just wanted to see if anyone knew of any others out there.

Hello all, I am trying to find the cheapest solution to create a networkable backup system for my house using some sort of SBC. I have a raspberry pi and was going to try and run OSMC (open source media server). In theory it would be great. I can connect a USB HD to my rasp pi, and have it on a wireless network, and just backup directly to it. I had 2 issues, any wireless device I tried (3 different ones) didnt work right, and it didnt have enough power to run my WD my passpost 2.5in 2tb drive. Does anyone know of any SBC's that can support either ESATA, USB 3 micro B connections, and good working wireless for cheap? I see there are a few out there that are over $100 alone, but then you have to buy a drive as well. I am wanting to find the best solution I can for the cheapest price, mostly as a project, because I was upset my pi could...
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Safari was very slow in opening up Google sites. I found a discussion thread that suggested changing the "Configure IPv6" setting to "Off" in the System Preferences, Network, Advanced, TCP/IP section. That seems to work well. Are there any risks?

Safari was very slow in opening up Google sites. I found a discussion thread that suggested changing the "Configure IPv6" setting to "Off" in the System Preferences, Network, Advanced, TCP/IP section. That seems to work well. Are there any risks to leaving the Configure IPv6 setting to Off?

Nope. You can always reverse that if you choose.

How do I set up a network hard disk so I can restart my MacBook from it?

I have a 2TB Freecom XS Network hard disk, and I want to be able to restart my MacBook from it with my current OS, Leopard 10.5.8, when I have upgraded the OS on the MacBook to Snow Leopard 10.6.3 [as a possible precursor to Mavericks or even Yosemite]. The problem is that the MacBook doesn't recognise the XS as a network disk: the XS has been assigned an IP number, and I can mount it as a server volume, and I have copied all the system folders/files onto it, but that is no use if the system doesn't recognise it as a network disk for a restart [I've tried]. The system/library/users/applications folders are in a Macintosh HD folder as on the MacBook, but this folder is inside a root folder named PUBLIC: could this be part of the problem? I thought I might be able to reinstal the OS on the network disk using the original system installation discs, but after restarting the MacBook as instructed, the network disk isn't recognised as a destination for installing the OS. I don't want to instal Snow Leopard on the MacBook before I'm sure I can reboot it with Leopard, using the network disk.

Hi BDAqua.
Thank you for your reply. I don't know how much what I omitted to disclose in my original post might affect what you've told me, but I have a wireless network set up with a 500GB Time Capsule, to which a broadband router and another backup disk [1TB, daisy-chained to the TC] are connected. Given the difficulty I had initially, setting up the network [mainly because of my ineptitude where comms are concerned], I didn't want to risk connecting the Freecom drive to the TC, in case it changed the network settings [or worse, disrupt my internet access], and I haven't done it hitherto. I did try connecting the ethernet cable to the wireless router however, with neutral results: still possible to manually mount the drive as a server, and it shows in the Network folder in my MacBook's root folder.
Further to an email from Freecom's support department [effectively just a request for part number, proof of purchase, etc.], I followed their suggestion and tried connecting the drive to the MacBook using the USB 2 cable, and the drive showed up in the device section of the Finder window sidebar, but I would guess that this option wouldn't enable the drive to function as a boot drive either? Also, unless I'm mistaken, USB offers much slower data transfer speeds than Gigabit Ethernet? I'm hoping I've not dropped a monumental bollock, because I'm positive from my pre-purchase research that Gigabit Ethernet is faster than FireWire or USB2, which is why I chose this drive over cheaper USB drives [like the 1TB Western Digital drive daisy-chained to the TC]; or am I mistaken?
To get back to your answer though, I don't dispute what you say, because I'm sure I'm much less of an expert than you might be, but I would nevertheless like to be able to boot up from the Freecom drive, if a way to do that is possible, even if it means biting the bullet and connecting it to the Time Capsule [assuming that this will work: can you advise?], without needing to investigate and purchase additional kit. I've had a scan of the forum, and I've seen a few suggestions which mention cloning, but I don't know how this works: I presume I'd have to buy the appropriate app for that? Your answer seems to suggest installing the new OS onto an external drive [although, worryingly, you don't mention Ethernet as an option] using cloning, so I'd be grateful if you could explain that.
I just hope that my desire to save the cost of a newer Mac of some description, be it new or refurbished, but giving me the newest OS possible on the MacBook [Yosemite, I'm guessing], doesn't end up costing me something uncomfortably similar, cumulatively.
Any practical and reasonably-priced suggestions welcome and considered! Thanks again

A few questions about setting up a network drive

Hello,
I have been trying setup a private server on my home network. I have a Netgear WNDR 3800 and have been trying to hook up my 2TB external drive to the router.
I have been trying to decide how I want to format the drive, and how many partitions I should use.
The reason I have a 2TB drive is because I needed a work space to create a image of a corrupt 500GB drive. The 500GB drive had my entire digital life on it, and it was almost lost. I dont want to encounter the same issue with a 2TB drive because at that point I feel like any issues would make it difficult for me to recover the data due to work space size issues. This is why I am thinking about using several partitions, but I am not sure what issues this might present.
As far as format goes; the router says it supports read/write with FAT 16/32, NTFS, EXT 2/3, and I know it works with HFS. Here are the things that I am trying to do with the drive. (in order of importance)
Use it as a Time Machine backup location for 1 possible more MBP's
As a media sever to stream downloaded movies and music to A/V reciever (Pioneer VSX-822) and possibly other devices on the network
Act as a temporary storage location to swap files between devices or operating systems
If possible not keep media on my computer and stream it from the network drive when I am home
And, thats all I can think of right now. If there is something else useful I am missing that would need special attention in setting up a network drive let me know.
So, I have had no problems getting the drive to connect and show up on the network when I use HFS. I have also been able to get multiple partitions to show up; been able to back up to different partitions; including time machine on one partition.
So here is where I am running into problems; the router bios allows you to enable a media sever. I believe the router tries to do something with DLNA. DLNA I believe allows for a similar functions to airplay and cloud for basically all compatible non apple products. I dont care if I use DLNA, or Airplay. I just want to be able to access my music library over the network without having to have my computer open, or my iphone on me..ect.
So I was wondering if anyone could help me out, or if there are any articles I should look at that I might have missed while I have been researching.
Edit: I am sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, I figured the best people to ask about filesystem compatability and ease of use was going to be the System software section

Hello,
I have been trying setup a private server on my home network. I have a Netgear WNDR 3800 and have been trying to hook up my 2TB external drive to the router.
I have been trying to decide how I want to format the drive, and how many partitions I should use.
The reason I have a 2TB drive is because I needed a work space to create a image of a corrupt 500GB drive. The 500GB drive had my entire digital life on it, and it was almost lost. I dont want to encounter the same issue with a 2TB drive because at that point I feel like any issues would make it difficult for me to recover the data due to work space size issues. This is why I am thinking about using several partitions, but I am not sure what issues this might present.
As far as format goes; the router says it supports read/write with FAT 16/32, NTFS, EXT 2/3, and I know it works with HFS. Here are the things that I am trying to do with the drive. (in order of importance)
Use it as a Time Machine backup location for 1 possible more MBP's
As a media sever to stream downloaded movies and music to A/V reciever (Pioneer VSX-822) and possibly other devices on the network
Act as a temporary storage location to swap files between devices or operating systems
If possible not keep media on my computer and stream it from the network drive when I am home
And, thats all I can think of right now. If there is something else useful I am missing that would need special attention in setting up a network drive let me know.
So, I have had no problems getting the drive to connect and show up on the network when I use HFS. I have also been able to get multiple partitions to show up; been able to back up to different partitions; including time machine on one partition.
So here is where I am running into problems; the router bios allows you to enable a media sever. I believe the router tries to do something with DLNA. DLNA I believe allows for a similar functions to airplay and cloud for basically all compatible non apple products. I dont care if I use DLNA, or Airplay. I just want to be able to access my music library over the network without having to have my computer open, or my iphone on me..ect.
So I was wondering if anyone could help me out, or if there are any articles I should look at that I might have missed while I have been researching.
Edit: I am sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, I figured the best people to ask about filesystem compatability and ease of use was going to be the System software section

TimeMachine network backup crashing my computer

I have a USB drive attached to my router and available via samba. I've followed the instructions available from multiple sources online on how to set this drive up as a TM backup, and it works fine. However, every so often, I will notice that fsck_hfs is running, eating up 20% or more CPU, with kernel_task taking another 10-15%. When I disable TM or turn off airport, this problem ceases. If I leave fsck_hfs go long enough, my system locks up and I need to hard reboot.
Two questions: a) is this a known bug, and if so is there a workaround? b) can I tell my system not to run fsck_hfs on remote drives? I consider (b) a viable option and I really don't care about the consequences - I would much rather rebuild my TM sparsebundle every month then have my computer crash every day.

jdidion wrote:
BTW, are you saying that if I instead attach this drive to my linux server and attach TM via AFP that Apple will support this in the event that the fsck_hfs problem still occurs?
If it meets this criteria: +*If your backup disk is on a network, the network server must use Apple File Protocol (AFP) file sharing, and both your computer, and the networked backup disk, should have Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later.+*
It's way beyond my level of expertise, but this post in another forum may contain the key:
The technical reason why Apple limits Time Machine to 10.5 AFP volumes appears to be to prevent disk image corruption. There were additional features added to AFP in 10.5 to support Time Machine. These presumably allow the disk image engine to force disk image journal data to write out all the way to the disk. Without such features, a network interruption can result in a corrupted filesystem on the disk image despite journaling. Remember, journaling relies on the journal being written all the way to disk before the changes take place. If you can't guarantee that (e.g., because of network/NAS buffering) then the journal is useless. Time Machine appears to rely heavily on disk journaling to deal with network drop-outs, interrupted backups, and the like. Take this away and your data is at risk.
If the NAS you are using supports these features it should report them to the OS and you should natively be able to choose that volume. If you have to trick the OS to use the volume it means the NAS does not support it.
To summarize: if you care about your backup data you should avoid using non-natively supported AFP servers.

Time Machine network backup swapped to USB backup

Hi there,
I have a Time Machine Backup drive connected to my Airport Extreme network, which backups both my iMac and Macbook Pro which I love - it is totally no hassle and has been great.
However I have just moved house and will not be able to set up a network again for a few weeks - my question is can I plug my Time Machine drive directly into my MacBook Pro/iMac to back up as normal? I don't want to erase the backups already on the drive, I just want to add to it as it would do automatically on the network. Has anyone had any experience with this - I'm hesitant to try it out incase I lose my backups!
Thanks!

Hi. Don't know if you ever got yours working, but was having the same problem after many successful backups and nothing changed on my system. I shut down my computer and then unplugged the TC for a few minutes. Let it restart. Then restarted my computer and reselected the TC in Preferences>Time Machine>Options and now it's backing up normally. Of course I have no idea if this actually fixed the problem, but it is working.

Service for network file system fails to install

Installation of the File Service and Service for NFS in Windows 2008 R2 server fails. Following are the steps used to perform the install.
Open Server Manager from Start> All Programs> Administrative Tools> Server Manager.
Click on the Roles node in the left pane, and then click the
Add Roles link.
On the Add Roles Wizard welcome page, click Next to continue.
From the list of roles to install, select File Services, and click
Next to continue.
On the Introduction to File Services page, click Next to continue.
On the Select Role Services page, keep the File Server box checked and select
Services for Network File System. Click Next to continue.
On the Confirmation page, review the settings and click the Install button.
Click Close when the wizard completes.
ServerManager Log:
From the ServerManager.log file under C:/Windows/Logs I can see the below.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:13:51.479 [CBS]                       IsCacheStillGood: True.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:14:05.534 [Provider]                  System changed since last refresh: False
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.816 [InstallationProgressPage] Loading progress page...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.831 [InstallationProgressPage] Begining Sync operation...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.842 [Sync]
Sync Graph of changed nodes
==========
name     : File Services
state    : Changed
rank     : 1
sync tech: CBS
guest[1] : File Server
guest[2] : Distributed File System
guest[3] : File Server Resource Manager
guest[4] : Services for Network File System
guest[5] : Single Instance Storage
guest[6] : Windows Search Service
guest[7] : Windows Server 2003 File Services
guest[8] : BranchCache for network files
provider : FileServerRoleProvider
name     : Services for Network File System
state    : Changed
rank     : 2
sync tech: CBS
provider : FileServerRoleProvider
name     : File Server
state    : Changed
rank     : 2
sync tech: CBS
provider : FileServerRoleProvider
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.842 [Sync]                      Calling sync provider of Services for Network File System ...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Sync:: guest: 'Services for Network File System', guest deleted?: False
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Begin installation of 'Services for Network File System'...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Install: Guest: 'Services for Network File System', updateElement: 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient;ClientForNFS-Infrastructure;NFS-Administration;ServerForNFS-Infrastructure'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Installation queued for 'Services for Network File System'.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [Sync]                      Calling sync provider of File Server ...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Sync:: guest: 'File Server', guest deleted?: False
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Begin installation of 'File Server'...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Install: Guest: 'File Server', updateElement: 'CoreFileServer'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.843 [FileServer]                Installation queued for 'File Server'.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:45.844 [CBS]                       installing 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient ClientForNFS-Infrastructure
NFS-Administration ServerForNFS-Infrastructure CoreFileServer ' ...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.315 [CBS]                       ...parents that will be auto-installed: '<none>'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.316 [CBS]                       ...default children to turn-off: '<none>'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.325 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient': p:
Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.325 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient' to
'InstallRequested'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.335 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure': p: Staged,
a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.336 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure' to 'InstallRequested'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.345 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'NFS-Administration': p: Staged, a:
Staged, s: UninstallRequested
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.345 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'NFS-Administration' to 'InstallRequested'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.354 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure': p: Staged,
a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.354 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure' to 'InstallRequested'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.363 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'CoreFileServer': p: Staged, a: Staged,
s: UninstallRequested
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.363 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'CoreFileServer' to 'InstallRequested'
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.373 [CBS]                       ...'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient' : applicability: Applicable
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.390 [CBS]                       ...'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure' : applicability: Applicable
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.408 [CBS]                       ...'NFS-Administration' : applicability: Applicable
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.426 [CBS]                       ...'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure' : applicability: Applicable
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.435 [CBS]                       ...'CoreFileServer' : applicability: Applicable
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.493 [CbsUIHandler]              Initiate:
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:46.494 [InstallationProgressPage] Installing...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:51.958 [CbsUIHandler]              Error: -2147021879 :
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:51.958 [CbsUIHandler]              Terminate:
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.035 [InstallationProgressPage] Verifying installation...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.049 [CBS]                       ...done installing 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient
ClientForNFS-Infrastructure NFS-Administration ServerForNFS-Infrastructure CoreFileServer '.
Status: -2147021879 (80070bc9)
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.052 [FileServer]                Skipped configuration of 'Services for Network File System' because install operation failed.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [FileServer]                Skipped configuration of 'File Server' because install operation failed.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [Provider]
[STAT] ---- CBS Session Consolidation -----
[STAT] For
          'Services for Network File System',
          'File Server'[STAT] installation(s) took '6.2058637' second(s) total.
[STAT] Configuration(s) took '0.0002143' second(s) total.
[STAT] Total time: '6.206078' second(s).
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Result - Success: False, RebootRequired: True, Id: 105
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Message - OperationKind: Install, MessageType: Error, MessageCode: -2147021879, Message: <null>, AdditionalMessage: The requested operation failed. A system reboot
is required to roll back changes made
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Result - Success: False, RebootRequired: True, Id: 255
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.053 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Message - OperationKind: Install, MessageType: Error, MessageCode: -2147021879, Message: <null>, AdditionalMessage: The requested operation failed. A system reboot
is required to roll back changes made
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.054 [InstallationProgressPage] Sync operation completed
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.054 [InstallationProgressPage] Performing post install/uninstall discovery...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.056 [Provider]                  C:\Windows\system32\ServerManager\Cache\CbsUpdateState.bin does not exist.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.056 [CBS]                       IsCacheStillGood: False.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:52.526 [CBS]                       >>>GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.342 [CBS] Error (Id=0) Function: 'ReadUpdateInfo()->Update_GetInstallState' failed:
80070bc9 (-2147021879)
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.342 [CBS]                       <<<GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.380 [DISCOVERY]                 hr: -2147021879 -> reboot required.
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.390 [InstallationProgressPage] About to load finish page...
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.390 [InstallationFinishPage]    Loading finish page
2272: 2013-02-12 16:15:59.401 [InstallationFinishPage]    Finish page loaded
In Windows Event long I can see the following events logged:
Event 3002, Port Map:
Windows(R) failed a request to register RPC Port Mapper on TCP port 111. RPC Port Mapper cannot start.
Network File System (NFS) clients use RPC Port Mapper (also known as Portmap and Rpcbind) to discover NFS protocols on remote servers. Without RPC Port Mapper, Server for NFS
cannot start and NFS clients cannot access files on this server.
Verify that no other software is registered on TCP port 111, then start Server for NFS manually (which will also start RPC Port Mapper).
Event 7000, Service Control Manager:
The Server for NFS Open RPC (ONCRPC) Portmapper service failed to start due to the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Event 7001, Service Control Manager:
The Server for NFS Driver service depends on the Server for NFS Open RPC (ONCRPC) Portmapper service which failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Event 7001, Service Control Manager:
The Server for NFS service depends on the Server for NFS Driver service which failed to start because of the following error:
The dependency service or group failed to start.
Based on a technet forum I have already checked and made sure there is no other service running on port 111 (command used is netstat -a -b -o).
Dependent Service Status:
During the installation process “Client for NFS” seems to have gone well and the service started successfully. But the “Server for NFS” failed, when checked for the status of the dependent process “portmap” service failed to start with the WIN32_EXIT_CODE
“31 (0x1f)”. Please find below the query result.
C:\Users\CMMAdmin>sc query rpcxdr
SERVICE_NAME: rpcxdr
        TYPE               : 1 KERNEL_DRIVER
        STATE              : 4 RUNNING
                                (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\Users\CMMAdmin>sc query msnfsflt
SERVICE_NAME: msnfsflt
        TYPE               : 2 FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVER
        STATE              : 4 RUNNING
                                (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\Users\CMMAdmin>sc query portmap
SERVICE_NAME: portmap
        TYPE               : 1 KERNEL_DRIVER
        STATE              : 1 STOPPED
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 31 (0x1f)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\Users\CMMAdmin>
As the EXIT CODE is 31 ( A device attached to the system is not functioning), I have checked device manager and made sure there is no yellow warning shown against any hardware device. Further I am not sure how to proceed and debug this issue.
Please let me know if you have any suggestion on how debug this issue further.
Thanks
-Poopesh

Hey,
I had this same problem running MS Server 2008 R2 and server log is as follow:
name     : Services for Network File System
state    : Changed
rank     : 2
sync tech: CBS
ant.     : empty
pred.    : File Services
provider : FileServerRoleProvider
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.474 [Sync]                      Calling sync provider of Services for Network File System ...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.521 [FileServer]                Sync:: guest: 'Services for Network File System', guest deleted?: False
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.536 [FileServer]                Begin installation of 'Services for Network File System'...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.536 [FileServer]                Install: Guest: 'Services for Network File System', updateElement: 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient;ClientForNFS-Infrastructure;NFS-Administration;ServerForNFS-Infrastructure'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.536 [FileServer]                Installation queued for 'Services for Network File System'.
5676: 2014-01-14 14:08:57.536 [CBS]                       installing 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient ClientForNFS-Infrastructure NFS-Administration
ServerForNFS-Infrastructure ' ...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.173 [CBS]                       ...parents that will be auto-installed: '<none>'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.173 [CBS]                       ...default children to turn-off: '<none>'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.204 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.204 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient' to 'InstallRequested'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.235 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.235 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure' to 'InstallRequested'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.266 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'NFS-Administration': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.266 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'NFS-Administration' to 'InstallRequested'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.282 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.282 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure' to 'InstallRequested'
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.313 [CBS]                       ...'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient' : applicability: Applicable
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.360 [CBS]                       ...'ClientForNFS-Infrastructure' : applicability: Applicable
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.422 [CBS]                       ...'NFS-Administration' : applicability: Applicable
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:00.469 [CBS]                       ...'ServerForNFS-Infrastructure' : applicability: Applicable
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:01.624 [CbsUIHandler]              Initiate:
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:01.624 [InstallationProgressPage] Installing...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:35.117 [CbsUIHandler]              Error: -2147021879 :
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:35.117 [CbsUIHandler]              Terminate:
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.170 [InstallationProgressPage] Verifying installation...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.264 [CBS]                       ...done installing 'ServicesForNFS-ServerAndClient ClientForNFS-Infrastructure NFS-Administration
ServerForNFS-Infrastructure '. Status: -2147021879 (80070bc9)
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [FileServer]                Skipped configuration of 'Services for Network File System' because install operation failed.
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [Provider]
[STAT] ---- CBS Session Consolidation -----
[STAT] For
          'Services for Network File System'[STAT] installation(s) took '43.7368586' second(s) total.
[STAT] Configuration(s) took '0.0062843' second(s) total.
[STAT] Total time: '43.7431429' second(s).
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Result - Success: False, RebootRequired: True, Id: 105
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Message - OperationKind: Install, MessageType: Error, MessageCode: -2147021879, Message: <null>, AdditionalMessage: The requested operation failed. A system reboot is required to roll back changes
made
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [InstallationProgressPage] Sync operation completed
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.279 [InstallationProgressPage] Performing post install/uninstall discovery...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.295 [Provider]                  C:\windows\system32\ServerManager\Cache\CbsUpdateState.bin does not exist.
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:41.295 [CBS]                       IsCacheStillGood: False.
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:43.900 [CBS]                       >>>GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.394 [CBS] Error (Id=0) Function: 'ReadUpdateInfo()->Update_GetInstallState' failed: 80070bc9 (-2147021879)
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.410 [CBS]                       <<<GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.488 [DISCOVERY]                 hr: -2147021879 -> reboot required.
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.613 [InstallationProgressPage] About to load finish page...
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.628 [InstallationFinishPage]    Loading finish page
5676: 2014-01-14 14:09:57.644 [InstallationFinishPage]    Finish page loaded
My solution was to run netstat -ano to identify what process was running on port TCP/UDP :111, then with the command tasklist I got PID matching with the task name. Once identified I stopped the process, rebooted and installed
the NFS service. On top of that, before installing NFS services I disabled firewall and antivirus. It worked fine for me. I hope this will be usefull for you. By the way, don't forget to enable all process back!
Have a good one!

Can I set Time Machine to backup both my hard drive and an external hard drive?

Hi. I've been working with a lot of family video lately and my internal hard drive has filled up significantly. iMovie doesn't seem to have a good archiving facility like Adobe InDesign which I use at work were all the relevant files are gathered together into one folder. Apple advised me to relocate my movie files to an external hard drive and herein lies my query.
Is there a way for me to set Time Machine to backup both my iMac's internal drive and the external hard drive that would contain my movie files? I've been using Time Machine for my backups for a few years now, but backing up the external as well has me stumped. If Time Machine could be used then all the necessary file accociations etc would be safely backed up as well - that's why I don't want to have to manually backup the external.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

7string48 wrote:
Thanks so much Pondini!! You just quickly answered a question that none of the Mac people in 3 stores or Apple Care have been able to answer.If you can format it HFS+ (any variation of Mac OS Extended), it will work. If not, it won't.
I'm not too surprised about the Apple Stores, as they don't get much training on Time Machine. But AppleCare sure ought to know.
Oh...what about if the external drive is an array...like a Drobo with it's own proprietary formatting...I guess that would not work...??
I've never used a Drobo. A number of folks here have used them as their Time Machine drives, but I don't recall seeing anyone try to back one up with TM, so can't say for sure. But if you can format it as HFS+ (any variation of Mac OS Extended), it will work. If not, it won't.
At least part of the reason is, Time Machine uses the File System Event Store, a hidden log of changes that OSX keeps on each Mac-formatted disk/partition, to figure out what's changed and needs to be backed-up. See How Time Machine works its Magic for details.
See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #32 for details and considerations of backing-up multiple volumes with Time Machine.
However, even if it will work, that may not be your best strategy, depending on your circumstances:
Since Time Machine keeps copies of things you've changed or deleted, the destination needs to be considerably larger than the data being backed-up. How much larger varies widely depending on how you use your Mac, but a general "rule of thumb" is, it needs at least twice the space to be able to keep a reasonable "depth" of backups for you.
If you have a large internal HD, fairly full, plus a large external HD, and the files on the external don't change frequently, you might want to use Time Machine for the internal, and a different app to a different disk or partition, on a different schedule, for the external. Especially if space is a consideration, you might not need to keep previous versions of files on the externals. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #27 for some alternatives.

Time machine stalling with network backup to Live Duo

I'm running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and using a Western Digital Live Duo (NAS with 6TB set up with RAID1 (mirror)) for backup with Time Machine (TM). The WD Live Duo has a specific feature for supporting Time Machine and shares a partition for TM backup, but something is wacky as TM came up a few days ago saying that it had validated the backup and needed to create a new backup.
The NAS is available on the network, I can easily access it from multiple computers on our home network as well as from the iMac I'm trying to backup.
I'm connected to the NAS via a network switch (1000/100/10) that both the NAS and this iMac are connected to using Gigabit ethernet wired connections.
Time machine has been running for 2 days now and reports " 67.63GB of 363.44 GB - About 5 days" . Yesterday it said 4 days.. ;-)
I've been having issues with TM stalling and eating up all the resources when I was just backing up to a local USB drive.
Is there any other control for TM that is not visible? Where would I find the TM logs to see if something else is going on?
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Thanks.

Backing up with Time Machine to a third-party network device is unsupported by Apple and unreliable. Most if not all such devices use the obsolete "netatalk" implementation of AFP, which doesn't meet the technical requirements for a Time Machine server. I strongly suggest you back up to two or more locally attached external hard drives. If you want network backup, use an Apple Time Capsule or another Mac with File Sharing active as the destination.

TM Network Backups Freezing up Host computer....

In my workgroup we have set up a 10.6 Mac Mini as a network backup for several other macs. There's three of us backing up our 10.6 Macs to a RAID1 array connected to the Mini via Firewire.
Everything works great as long as the Mini is available, but we're running into a problem any time someone logs out or shuts down their machine while Time Machine is backing up. The host machine (the Mini) freezes up when this happens and has to be rebooted each time.
Since not all of our users are tech savvy, we're not sure that simply training them to stop a backup job first before logging out is going to work.
Has anyone else dealt with this? Is there any way to make the host Mini more robust in dealing with a dropped backup job?

normally, TM should stop a backup cleanly when the computer shuts down and users don't need to do this manually. logging out should not interrupt a TM backup at all. but try using this link
http://systemsboy.com/2008/04/time-machine-after-logout.html
I know it works with external drives but I'm not sure if it will help with a network backup like yours.

I have to keep turning on an off the wi-fi connection to connect to my network after system shutdown with mountain lion, I did not have to do this with 10.6.8 before I upgraded, is there a bug fix in the works?

I have to keep turning on an off the wi-fi connection to connect to my network after system shutdown with mountain lion, I did not have to do this with 10.6.8 before I upgraded, is there a bug fix in the works?

Many have posted this fix:
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