TM backup to Time Capsule crashes my iMac

When Time Machine starts to backup to my Time Capsule it starts to calculate how many files are on my iMac (10.6.5) and then at some point it causes a panic kernel failure. When I hook an external had drive via USB port TM works successfully. The following is information found in Console.
Any suggestions on what is causing the problem is appreciated.
1/5/11 3:12:58 PM kernel jnl: disk3s2: replay_journal: from: 78737408 to: 79134720 (joffset 0x3a2b000)
1/5/11 3:12:59 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon) Throttling respawn: Will start in 6 seconds
1/5/11 3:12:59 PM kernel jnl: disk3s2: journal replay done.
1/5/11 3:13:00 PM fseventsd[46] event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (109251 2 624439)
1/5/11 3:13:00 PM fseventsd[46] log dir: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 8BB5B06B-738E-415A-8B68-CAB37AB843D7
1/5/11 3:13:00 PM com.apple.backupd[71877] Disk image /Volumes/Data/Whiskey.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
1/5/11 3:13:00 PM com.apple.backupd[71877] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
1/5/11 3:13:04 PM com.apple.backupd[71877] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
1/5/11 3:13:04 PM com.apple.backupd[71877] Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71939]) posix_spawn("/Applications/IDriveforMac/IDriveDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/IDriveD aemon", ...): No such file or directory
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71939]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
1/5/11 3:15:04 PM kernel npvhash=4095
1/5/11 3:13:15 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71940]) posix_spawn("/Applications/IDriveforMac/IDriveDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/IDriveD aemon", ...): No such file or directory
1/5/11 3:15:04 PM kernel PAE enabled
1/5/11 3:15:04 PM kernel 64 bit mode enabled

brainwave1989 wrote:
When Time Machine starts to backup to my Time Capsule it starts to calculate how many files are on my iMac (10.6.5) and then at some point it causes a panic kernel failure. When I hook an external had drive via USB port TM works successfully.
1/5/11 3:12:59 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon) Throttling respawn: Will start in 6 seconds
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71939]) posix_spawn("/Applications/IDriveforMac/IDriveDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/IDriveD aemon", ...): No such file or directory
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71939]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/5/11 3:13:05 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
1/5/11 3:13:15 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (IDriveDaemon[71940]) posix_spawn("/Applications/IDriveforMac/IDriveDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/IDriveD aemon", ...): No such file or directory
You have (or had) an app named IDrive, some sort of backup tool. That's what's causing most of the trouble. Apparently it was not installed completely, or not removed completely.
Contact the maker for removal instructions.
It's hard to tell whether there's also a problem with Time Machine or your Time Capsule's internal HD, but that seems doubtful. Post back if the problem continues after you solve the IDrive mess.

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Not exactly clear what you mean.. the TC will keep each Mac backup in its own sparsebundle.. it does this automagically.. The backups are not mixed.. all are kept separate.
Or is this a security question.. you don't want people looking at the contents of the backup?
You can increase the security of the TC.. but it is too late.. you should have done it when first installed. If you go to the setup you can change security (Secure Shared Disks) by selecting with Accounts.. the problem is you will lose access to all the existing backups. You really need to do a clean start.. create accounts for all the users and start again.
Also note security is not a big feature here.. anybody with physical access to the TC can press the reset for 1sec and get access. It is a home device not a business device.

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I've not searched through the postings here to see if other people have seen a similar problem. I've not attempted to repeat the problem I've seen here so I'm not very clear about the cause.
I'm using a MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.4 connected via a network cabled directly to a Time Capsule which is connected to a DSL/Cable modem. The Time Capsule is updated with v 7.3.2 of the firmware. I've got Time Machine enabled but I'm also using the Time Capsule disk (1TB) to store photos that I've previously archived to CD. I'm in the process of copying all the data from CD to the Time Capsule.
Having copied some photo data to the Time Capsule I was trying out some photo cataloguing SW to see if it was any good (iPhoto is no good to me as I don't want to store photos on the local drive of my machine) - Kodak EasyShare v6.1. Having loaded some images into EasyShare I tried to use finder to search for the file names of some of the images to check that EasyShare was not copying images to my local drive. While I was doing this I think Time Machine tried to kick in and start doing a backup. I believe that Time Capsule crashed at this point. Finder froze and after I restarted it (via Force Quit not a re-boot) I discovered that I had no network connection and Mac OS couldn't see the Time Capsule under FInder or via AirPort Utility (the Time Machine backup also timed out and failed). Time Capsule just sat there with the disk spinning and a green light on the front as if all was OK. Actually - the disk just kept spinning (Time Capsule normally shuts down the drive after it is idle for a while). Because of this I'm pretty sure that Time Capsule had crashed.
I experimented with re-booting my Mac but still no network etc so I tried power cycling the Time Capsule and everything came back to life.
I'm guessing that my doing a search (or some other drive activity on Time Capsule) at the same time as Time Machine kicking in with a backup caused Time Capsule to crash.
Perhaps this is not a very interesting point if this problem is not repeatable but - well, I'd be interested to know if others have seen similar behavior...

I'm having a very similar problem and it is detrimental.
Here is the scenario: I have a 1TB Time Capsule as my primary router. I am able to perform backups on all but one of my machines. My iMac backs up via 1GB ethernet to the TC, my MacBookAir (60GB,SS) backs up via wireless N (270mb) and my other MacBookAir (80GB,IDE) also backs up via wireless N without any problems.
I used to use a 500mb external drive to backup my iMac but outgrew it, so I started backing up to the TC instead. No problems at all.
I also used to back up my Intel MacMini running Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 to a similar external hard-drive but haven't in a while.
I decided it finally made sense to backup ALL my Mac's to the same 1TB TimeCapsule but it's just not working out!
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I sure hope this gets resolved, seems like other people are pretty disgusted with the performance of the TimeCapsule with problems that have no resolution.

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Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
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Make sure that no other Macs are backing up at the time
Pull the power cord from the back of the Time Capsule
Count to ten
Plug the power cord back into the Time Capsule
Wait a few minutes, then try a backup again
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http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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I have 750GB of data to backup onto Time Capsule for its first run. It will take several days to do the first run. If I manage to do this, can I do a clean install on my iMac and use the data on Time Capsule, or will I have to start again? What I'm aiming to do, is safely backup everything to Time Capsule, then spend time removing my files. At the end of that, I want to do a clean install of Snow Leopard. I had wanted to do a clean install, run Time Capsule, then add the files as needed. However, some of my files are huge iPhoto libraries that are up to 200GB! I have an external FW800 HD for SuperDuper! clone of the iMac. Apart from that, any advice is most welcome.

wayne.andrews wrote:
I have the iMac, an external SuperDuper! HD clone of the iMac and the Time Capsule. The iMac is 75% full. Would it benefit from a clean install?
Doubtful, at 75%. First, your Mac automatically and continuously defrags any file under 20 mb. Second, unless your disk has been much more full, and you manipulate lots of large files, the drive won't be seriously fragmented.
How can I check the fragmentation of the iMac?
There's no OSX tool for that, since Apple doesn't think it's necessary. The 3rd-party tools tend to overstate the importance of any fragmentation they find.
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Do you mean you copied the Backup files? Or used Backup to restore them? Are they Full or Incremental backups? Restoring from them can be tedious, error-prone, and "iffy." Have you ever done any Backup restores?
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Ah, that may be a US-only expression. +Murphy's Law:+ "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."
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11/26/08 7:05:46 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[1281] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
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Well, this link has a video describing a downgrade:
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/airport-extreme-and-time-capsule-firmware-downgrad ing/11537477/
It has been mentioned in apple discussions here as well, but with no other information than that it has helped some people.
Message was edited by: Karl Ivar Dahl

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My backup to Time Capsule is taking over 4 million days. How can I shorten the time? I am not able to connect through ethernet. How do I fix this?
Not only that but my Mac Pro keep running and does not stop, my Address book has a blue light under it but wont open, the light for my monitor in the bottom right corner wont turn on or off. Please need help...

It sounds like there is an issue with the Mac itself.
Use the verify disk A5 in troubleshooting.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Even if you cannot connect by ethernet, at current location.. you can simply disconnect the TC from the network and bring it to the Mac and plug it in by ethernet. The TC can be reset if you haven't got a suitable current setup (save previous setup before you change it) and run just as backup device.. do the backup and then return it to the network.
If this is just a standard incremental backup.. then something has broken. The issue is not the TC pe se but failure in hardware somewhere.

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I suppose I could erase my backup image on the Time Capsule, but I dont want to lose all that data. And if I did, what is the best way to archive that TIme Capsule backup image?
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Arthur Simonsen wrote:
I have had no problem with wireless backup to Time Capsule until recently when I would consistently get a kernel panic during the backup. Is it a corrupt file? How would I isolate it? Or could it be a directory problem that DiskWarrior would fix? I can mount the backup image on my desktop OK.
First, Repair your backups per #A5 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.
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Apple Support - About kernel panic messages
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ
The X Lab - Resolving Kernel Panics
Apple Developer - Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics
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