TC name must be short, or Time Machine/disc access will not work
I painfully learned, after a few hours on my own, followed by 50 minutes on hold waiting for a great customer support guy, the following:
When you install your TC, it will take the name of the computer from which it is being configured. "John Doe's Time Capsule." If you have a long computer name, or otherwise end up with greater than 23 (I think he said 23, maybe 26) characters, TC will not work correctly. I hope this saves someone some grief.
Open up your console application and peruse the error logs (i.e. type console in spotlight). If you see stuff like this, you should probably change your TC's name:
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 7
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]:
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: disk2s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]:
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: 64406896] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: disk2s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]:
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 8
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: gMsgID 511692335] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 9
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: Num 11845] [FSLogMsgID 572506533] [FSLogMsgOrder First]
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 10
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: SLogMsgID 1220045630] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 11
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer kernel[0]: disk2s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Mar 7 09:20:26 justin-lapres-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2534]: Error: (-36) Creating directory Justin LaPre’s Computer 12
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