Time Capsule # of Users Backing Up Limit?

Is it documented anywhere the limit on how many users can be backing up to the Time Capsule (using Time Machine) at once? I know that the Extreme stations can handle up to 50 users at one time on the wireless network, but I'm wondering about the load users additionally place on the same network with Time Machine backups. I manage a network that uses 1 Time Capsule with about +/- 30 consecutive wireless connections (for Internet/Intranet usage) and about 10 of them also using the same network for Time Machine (# of users on network has grown by a few the past 3 months). Recently (possibly with the addition of a few more on the Time Capsule/Time Machine) the download speed of the Internet has dropped quite a bit, while it's perfectly fine when everyone is gone (laptops) from the office. Does anyone have any insight/experience on this issue? Thanks!

Welcome to the discussions, Robert!
There's not any documentation that I've seen regarding the number of users than can be backing up to the Time Capsule at one time.
But, if you remember that by default, each computer that is set up for hourly Time Machine backups. If it's a normal "incremental" backup of 5-6 minutes on average and you have 10 users backing up, the TC is really busy all the time with just backups. So 8-10 is probably a practical limit.
More data is being transferred during a backup than simple online activity, so this slows down the network.
You might want to take a look at Time Machine Editor, which will allow you to schedule backups whenever you like. If you set up each user to backup only once or twice a day instead of hourly, you would free up a lot more bandwidth for users on the wireless.
http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/
I'm not sure if it will work with Snow Leopard, but can verify that it will work nicely with Leopard.

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My Time Capsule has stopped backing up.
I have an Apple Time Capsule which backs up by wireless. For the last 3 days it has not backed up. I get this message:
"The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk."
I have gone into Mac Help and followed this down to stage 4:
under shared it lists my time capsule and my husband's iMac - both use the time machine but we have switched his off temporarily. Clicking on my Time capsule I get "Connected" and "Sharepoint" - I didn't have to enter connect or password
I don't understand stage 5: how and where do I select the disk or volume that contains Time Machine backups ? How do I know which it is? My disk utility lists 160.04 TOSHIBA MK... with sub-heading Macintosh HD. It also lists (with a "CD" icon) HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS22N
Under stage 6, how and where do I Locate your backup ? I try dragging my Time capsule from Finder to the Disk Utility side panel but it won't go. What is my computer's name?
Please someone help! I'm completely stumped.
Thanks,
Maggie
Mac Help says:
If you back up to a Time Capsule or network disk:
Open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, and slide the switch to Off.
Open Time Machine preferences
Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
Open Disk Utility
Make sure the Time Capsule or network disk is turned on and available.
Open a Finder window, select your Time Capsule or network disk in the Shared section of the sidebar, and click Connect. If necessary, enter your user name and password.
On the Time Capsule or network disk, select the disk or volume that contains Time Machine backups. Depending on how your Time Capsule is set up, there may be one or more disks or volumes.
Locate your backup, and drag it to the Disk Utility sidebar.You can identify your backup by looking for your computer’s name in the backup’s filename.

Hello,
Thanks to the great Pondini...
http://pondini.org/TM/C3.html

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My Time capsule is is backing up my Mac Mini just fine, however, my Macbook keeps asking me for the password and it does not like any of the passwords I use. I have since used a pen to reset my Time Capsule and it reset all the network passwords for all 11 devices I had linked to it, however, it did not resolve the issue of my backup issue. Ironically, the macbook still connects wirelessly with my macbook so I can surf the web with it, however, it does not backup on that same device because it must have a different password... Not sure what to do since my Mac Mini is backing up successfully. I must have chosen a different password and it saved to that device, is there a way to display the Time Capsule password on my mac mini so I can attemp to use that on my macbook?

What is the current setting of the TC disk access? It has three main levels, device password, disk password and user names and passwords. If you have it set to the last you will need to create a new username and password for the MacBook or recover what you were using.
Have you ever done a backup to the TC via the MacBook?
What OS does it run?
The default password if you did not set anything is public.
Try manually mounting the TC disk on the MacBook and see if that allows TM to find it.
There is a lot of useful setup and troubleshooting info here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
I would install the widget.. A1 and do a full reset of TM in the laptop, A4. As well as verify if you have already done a backup.. A5.
Basic setup of TC for TM is explained here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
Recovery of passwords is possible but should not be necessary.
See info here.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3372

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I added a new hard drive to the drives I want Time Capsule to back-up. I get an error message that says "reformat required (case sensitive disk)" when I try to add the new drive. When I exclude this drive from back-up the error message goes away, but Time Capsule doesn't back-up the disk. How do I fix that?
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JackAldrich wrote:
I added a new hard drive to the drives I want Time Capsule to back-up. I get an error message that says "reformat required (case sensitive disk)" when I try to add the new drive. When I exclude this drive from back-up the error message goes away, but Time Capsule doesn't back-up the disk. How do I fix that?
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
The problem is, a case-sensitive disk cannot be backed-up to a case-ignorant one.
Case-sensitive disks are rare in OSX; where did you get it or why did you set it up that way? Does it have to be case-senstive? If not, do you still have the originals of the data you put on it?
If you're not sure what case-sensitive is, see the pink box in #5 of Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
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Two Time Capsules, two users, two individual backups

Two Time Capsules, one connected via Ethernet, and one connected wirelessly to the first one to extend the network. My question is this: we are two users, and would each like to use one of the Time Capsules each to back up our data (individually). Can one of you fine minds out there tell me how you would set up the wireless network, considering my needs?
Thanks in advance.

we are two users, and would each like to use one of the Time Capsules each to back up our data (individually).
I assume that you have assigned different names for each Time Capsule, correct?
All that you need to do on each Mac that you want to back up is this:
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Time Machine
Click Select Disk
Click to highlight which Time Capsule you want that specific computer to use
Click Use for Backup
Do the same thing from the other Mac, except be sure to choose the other Time Capsule in the list, of course.

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Thanks for the help.
Dave

No question that it can be done. I just got a new MacBook a couple of weeks ago and I am backing it up to our TC alongside my son who has been using it since last Sept. with his MacBook. There was no problem setting it up. I just clicked on TimeMachine in the Dock and it asked me where I wanted to back my files up to. The only choice was the existing Time Capsule. I clicked and away it went. I took the advice of others and connected my Mac directly to the TC for the initial backup instead of relying on the wireless. It only took a couple of hours.
What specific error do you get?

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It is generally better to leave the old backups and start again.. unless there is something you particularly need.
But if you desperately want all the old backups you have to copy the sparse bundles.. this will take very long time as it must copy via the computer..
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
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Can anyone tell me how to use my new Time Capsule just for back up not as a wireless router?
I have an ATT Uverse for my wireless service and have not been able to get the two to work together.
I just want to plug my Time capsule in and connect it to my MacBook Pro with an ethernet an click backup.
So far my computer doesn't reconnect the Time Capsule.
Thank you for your help

You will need to configure the Time Capsule (TC) to join the wireless network provided by the ATT Uverse router, as follows:
Either connect to the TC's wireless network or temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to one of the LAN port of the TC, and then, using the AirPort Utility, change this setting:
AirPort Utility > Select the TC > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless tab > Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network
Wireless tab > Wireless Network Name: <select the ATT Uverse network>
This configuration will allow your Mac to connect by wireless to the ATT Uverse router and perform Time Machine backups wirelessly.
If you want to only do this backups by wire, then you will need to connect the TC directly to the ATT Uverse router by Ethernet, and then, reconfigure the TC as a bridge. You can then connect the Mac to the TC by Ethernet as well for backups.

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During attempted hourly backup the error message is:
The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.
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Just thought i would update after finally resolving this.
Tried many things after trawling the internet, eventually including reformat.
Established it was an error 11 via 'TM error log' and final solution was to change the names of one of my hard drives which had a '-' and a '/' in it.
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I was worried this would shut me down and I wouldn't be able to continue to work. I don't necessarily need to connect wirelessly. It is connected via ethernet cable from machine to device.
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You might be better using a real backup software.. superduper, CCC, chronosync etc.
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Can i get the time capsule to automatically back up my file from my Mac Book Air but have certain files which are only stored on the time capsule and not the computer? Then can i access these files only on the time capsule without connecting it?

Can i get the time capsule to automatically back up my file from my Mac Book Air but have certain files which are only stored on the time capsule and not the computer? Then can i access these files only on the time capsule without connecting it?

igonneau wrote:
Can i get the time capsule to automatically back up my file from my Mac Book Air but have certain files which are only stored on the time capsule and not the computer?
You can, but how are you going to back up those other files? When (not if) your Time Capsule fails, you risk losing them. See #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule for details.
Then can i access these files only on the time capsule without connecting it?
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Hello,
Thanks for your message, I have attempted to repait the permissions as tou suggested. The first time this produced a long list of exceptions and took quite a while, however although it said "Permissions repair Complete" when I ran it again there were still about 20 exceptions, I have repeated the procedure and this is unchanged. The Time Capsule now does not spend hours "Preparing", but the backup attempt fails after a few minutes with the error message "The backup volume could not be mounted." Any further ideas would be appreciated. When I use Disk Utility I can't see the Time Capsule volume, if I could I'd be tempted to re-format it and start from scratch.

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