Time Machine Fails when VPN is Active

Running Cisco VPN that allows local access to my 192.168 network with no problem for other applications. However, Time Machine fails to find my local NAS drive when the VPN is active. The NAS and MBP are on the same subnet. Any thoughts or reasons why this is occurring and how to resolve the issue?
Thanks.

If you're using the Cisco client built-in to OSX, be sure that "Send all traffic over VPN" is disabled. With the client from Cisco, I think the checkbox is called something like "Allow local LAN access." Be sure that that is enabled.
Note that this setting can be overridden by the VPN administrator, and often is. (Usually for security or company policy reasons.) So do not be surprised if the checkboxes have no effect for you. If that is the case, then you'll have to speak to the VPN administrator to see if they'll make an exception.

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BDAqua wrote:
Got me really confused, sorry...
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10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1188 [DictationIM]
10/2/13 9:16:40.502 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.CA000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[549]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 549 [xpcd]
10/2/13 9:16:40.801 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.XType.FontHelper[543]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 543 [XType.FontHelper]
10/2/13 9:16:41.051 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.printtool.agent[347]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.312 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.tccd[303]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 347 [printtool]
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 303 [tccd]
10/2/13 9:16:41.606 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F5010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[286]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 286 [xpcd]
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10/2/13 9:16:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 277 [accountsd]
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10/2/13 9:16:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 260 [AppleIDAuthAgent]
10/2/13 9:16:43.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 205 [cfprefsd]
10/2/13 9:16:51.170 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100028 created
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10/2/13 9:17:07.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1857) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/2/13 9:17:09.167 PM sandboxd[1857]: ([1856]) mdworker32(1856) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4041526)
10/2/13 9:17:31.377 PM sandboxd[1862]: ([1861]) mdworker(1861) deny file-write-owner /Users/dwight****/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/NotesV1 .storedata-wal (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:com.apple.notes.externalrecord plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Notes.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 344898)
10/2/13 9:17:31.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1862) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
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10/2/13 9:19:09.358 PM coreaudiod[239]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
10/2/13 9:20:01.145 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Copied 42922 files (2.28 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
10/2/13 9:20:01.374 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:20:02.053 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Will copy (2.4 MB) from Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:20:02.055 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Found 47 files (2.4 MB) needing backup
10/2/13 9:20:02.056 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 995.95 GB available
10/2/13 9:20:27.587 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Copied 1558 files (2.4 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
10/2/13 9:20:28.894 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Created new backup: 2013-10-02-212027
10/2/13 9:20:32.846 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Starting post-backup thinning
10/2/13 9:20:46.177 PM coreaudiod[239]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
10/2/13 9:22:56.417 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-07-29-063629 (1.98 GB)
10/2/13 9:23:19.037 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-08-10-132056 (14 MB)
10/2/13 9:25:12.837 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-08-10-120140 (159.3 MB)
10/2/13 9:25:25.927 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-09-07-124051 (5.2 MB)
10/2/13 9:26:32.288 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-09-07-122250 (86.1 MB)
10/2/13 9:26:32.288 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Post-back up thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
10/2/13 9:26:32.980 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Backup completed successfully.
Info from failed backup about an hour later.   I've included a lot of log over the next hour.
10/2/13 10:14:15.315 PM com.apple.backupd[1903]: Starting automatic backup
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10/2/13 10:41:29.135 PM AddressBookSourceSync[1925]: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -getPrincipalInfo:[_controller supportsRequestCompressionAtURL:https://dtd%[email protected]:443/100002105340508///dtd%[email protected]:443/100002105340508/] Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fdd1a05f160 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fdd1a013be0 [0x7fff76470110]>{type = immutable dict, count = 10,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Pragma = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0c4f20 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "no-cache"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: X-FB-Rev = <CFString 0x7fdd1a012cd0 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "955235"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fdd1a053590 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "text/plain; ; charset="utf-8""}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0cf770 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "keep-alive"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0a1a80 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:41:27 GMT"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: X-FB-Debug = <CFString 0x7fdd1a03ac40 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "KPKDvnlZgJGCZpzZtvurAhFe+8NZdCVJxFI28UpSlAo="}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fdd19436e60 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "OAuth realm="Facebook WebDAV", Basic realm="Facebook WebDAV""}
          10 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Length = <CFString 0x7fff7644a0a0 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "40"}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fdd1a083d10 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Expires = <CFString 0x7fdd1a051c50 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT"}
10/2/13 10:44:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:44:34.060 PM com.apple.backupd[1903]: Backing up to: /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb
10/2/13 10:47:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:48:35.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100772 ms
10/2/13 10:51:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100801 ms
10/2/13 10:54:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100772 ms
10/2/13 10:57:37.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100747 ms
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x5
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: write_journal_header: error writing the journal header!
10/2/13 10:59:36.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:00:38.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100916 ms
10/2/13 11:02:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:14:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:14:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
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I am keep getting this error "The disk is used for Time Machine Backup" when installing the new OSX Mountain Lion" when doing the upgrade to newly OS.

The folder would be at the root of your hard drive. Double-click Macintosh HD and look there.
If it isn’t there, I’m not sure what it is seeing.

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