Using time capsule to back up a partitioned external drive

hi - I am using a 3TB external hard drive to back up my mac with time machine. I have partitioned the external hard drive so that 2TB backs up my mac and the remaining 1TB (well slightly under 1TB) is used to store media files. So far so good, everything works flawlessly. My only problem is that I would like to back up my media files. I had hoped I could use an old 1TB time capsule (works fine) via ethernet cable to back up the media section of my partitioned external hard drive. That does not appear to be possible, certainly via time machine it isn't - any solutions?
Help would be much appreciated.

That does not appear to be possible, certainly via time machine it isn't - any solutions?
Is it just excluded in the TM preferences.. the drive used for backups obviously won't be included but a partition should be possible.
If not, then just copy the files.. one disk to the other.. or use a program like superduper or CCC.. etc.

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Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partition?

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partitioned Time Capsule? I understand that the Time Machine (software) cannot backup a networked drive (the external) and that Time Capsule (the router/wireless hard drive) does not have its own backup software... so it won't backup the connected drive. What I would like is an alternate solution for having an automated backup of a networked drive. A 2TB Time Capsule has more than enough space for Time Machine backups of my family of Macbooks, so I had hoped to mirror a 500GB external drive (with shared media files) to a portion of the Time Capsule internal hard drive. I assume this would require a partition of the Time Capsule drive. If not, would the sparse file from the various computers being backed up need to be copied to the external drive as part of the RAID1 setup? This seems like overkill for the Time Machine backup, but it would cover the media files.

The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

Using Time Capsule to back up external hard drive

I just purchased a Time Capsule with hopes to backup an external hard drive. I thought I could have it plugged into the Time Capsule USB port and run TIme Machine from my computer. Then, I was told that I couldn't do that but would have to plug Hard drive to my laptop and backup to Time Capsule that way. Now I was told that backing up should work (but not supported) but if I ever have to restore, could be problematic.
What is the scoop on this? Can I back up this way successfully? I am looking for recommendations for backing up this external hard drive which we use a shared drive.

busybees2 wrote:
What is the scoop on this?
you cannot use time machine to back up an airdisk (a drive connected to a times capsule or airport extreme. what will work is to back up to a drive connected to a TC
I am looking for recommendations for backing up this external hard drive which we use a shared drive.
have a look @ ChronoSync.

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can i use time capsule for back up my movies and watching them with my bravia tv.
i mean can i use this for external hard disk drive to back up my movies and watching them with tv that has a lan port or wi-fi technology.

Only if the TV is a media player.. the TC is dumb as a board router with a hard disk.. there is no DLNA which I suspect the TV requires.. you can get a player like the WDLive and it will play movie files from the TC to the TV.. remember the TC is nothing but a file store.. no servers .. no nothing.

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I think you want to make backups without connecting a hard disk via USB. In other words, you want to have the data storage be shared in your home wirelessly.
If this is the case, I recommend using a Time Capsule.
Time Capsule works great with Time Machine. You can set up all your devices to automatically make backups on the Time Capsule wirelessly and effortlessly.

I am trying to use Time Machine to back-up to an external hard drive and I get the following message.Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder. Does anyone know what I should do?

I am trying to use Time Machine to back-up to an external hard drive and I get the following message.Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder. Does anyone know what I should do?

Hello Drake, I suspect one or more of the Drives needs repairing, but...
Have you looked through Pondini's extensive TM help site?
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Can't imaging something not being covered there.

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Time Machine will back up the Mac OS X partition to the Time Capsule, but cannot back up the Windows one. This is the same with a regular external drive.
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we're changing our main computer in the house to our mac book pro, which is not currently backed up, so i'm thinking of buying a time capsule. our current main machine is an old pc with two external hard drives connected....one used as the main file storage location and the second as a back up location. the main large files on these drivers are photo's, videos and scanned documents. can i use the time capsule to back up the mac book with an external hard drive connected to it? i'm thinking of leaving all the photo's, videos, documents, etc. on the external harddrive but want to be able to back it up to the time capsule as well as backing up the mac book pro. can backing up the external hard drive be set up to activate automatically daily as I think the mac book can? thanks

This is not as simple as it could be..
Firstly the Mac can read the external drives via the PC if they are shared to the network.. it cannot read them directly plugged into the Mac or the TC.
Also the TC is not really designed to store files.. it is a location for backups by TM..
Read some of the stuff Pondini.. our local Time Machine expert.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Q3 here is relevant. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
The hard drives would have to be plugged directly into the Mac to be backed up and they would have to be reformatted to Mac format. So you would need to offload the files.. format and then load the files back.. no trivial task.

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I have not upgraded to Leopard but own a Time Capsule (long story). Is it possible to back-up my data on the TC without using Time Machine (since that works with Leopard but not with 10.4).
Thanks for help, thoughts, free cookies, etc

I just called Apple technical support with the same question... Here's what worked for me: go to the Utilities folder and open the application called 'Airport Disk Utility'. When it opens, make sure both 'Automatically discover AirPort Disks' and 'Show Airport Disks in the menu bar' are selected. An icon will appear in the status bar. Click on the icon, then select your time capsule from the 'Airport Disks' list. The Time Capsule icon should show up on your desktop as a network-type icon. After that, you can 'drag & drop' your files onto drive the Time Capsule -- same as with any generic hard drive...

Using Time Capsule to back up Mac OS and Windows XP

I am running Mac OS and Windows XP on my MacBook Pro using Bootcamp. What operating system should I use to install my Time Capsule so I can perform backups from both operating systems?

Hmmm... Time Capsule is a wireless router/HDD combo device. You must be talking about Time Machine. Time Machine is Mac OS X 10.5.x only. It will not backup your BootCamp partition. You may need a third party app (e.g. Winclone) to back up your XP partition. Your TC HDD should be accessible from your XP OS, so you have the hardware to back up to.

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i would like to back up an addtional mac bood
I had used it to back my home macbook and then my college student came home and backed up her mac book pro and now the time capsule has her name on it and i can not use it to back up my macbook.
Do I have to divide it somehow??

No, the TC can be shared between 2 MacBooks out of the box. It looks like the 2nd user has reconfigured it, so you'll have to configure it (using AirPort Utility) back to be your chosen name.

Using time capsule to back up two drives?

Hello.
I haver done a search on this but am unable to find a clear answer.
I work on a macbook pro with a hard drive attached, keeping my large files off my system drive.
I currently back up both the system drive and external work drive with superduper, which works, but I want something automatic.
My question is, can I partition a time capsule and have time machine back up to two drives wirelessly? Meaning everything is safe without me having to do anything...
Thanks in advance.

Apologies!
The answer came up in the 'more like this' section on the right. Glad it's possible...

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I have an older timecapsule 1g wifi N and and am thinking of using it to extend my network (Use my newer gen 2gb) time capule hooked up to my modem and to back up my macs. I would also like the older time capsule to beck up my WIndows 7 pc through wifi. Is this possible and hat steps/software would I need.
Thanks

You still want the old TC tied into the network.. so it should be in bridge and plugged into the network somewhere.. if you don't do this then you need to figure out how you will have dual networks.
How is the win7 computer connecting to the network now?
What version of win7? You can use MS backup if it is pro or ultimate.. otherwise you have to buy a backup software.. there are 1 zillion available.. 99% can backup to network drives.. only MS would be so stupid as to differentiate products by making home version unable to use network.
Genie Time Line Pro is a Time Machine like backup for PC.
Macrium Reflect is a good cheapie.. free to do full disk backups.
Check out the zillion others. I cannot live so long.

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When I want to save data of the MBA13 on mountain lion (wireless) with time capsule, hois there any best practice to perform?
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Unfortunately, Apple left off the Ethernet port....the most important port in networking....on the MBA, so your first backup of the entire Mac will need to be done using wireless.
That may take a day or two unless your MBA has a Thunderbolt port on it in which case you could add a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter and connect the MBA to the Time Capsule for the first backup using an Ethernet cable. It will probably only take 3-4 hours or less doing it this way.
Once you have the first complete backup done, other subsequent backups can be done using wireless since they will ony take a few minutes, on average.
Both Macs will backup to the Time Capsule using Time Machine automatically. Backups will be kept completely separate, so one Mac will normally only be able to "see" its own backups.

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I am setting up an 8TB RAID 0 array at home. I am going to use 4 - 2TB FW drives. I already have an SSD in my 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac but am speed hungry and since I have the drives, I figure I would play a bit. I know it is vital to have solid back-up for this, but I am unsure of the best back-up solution. I am wondering if I can attach 3 - 3TB drives to my 1TB Time Capsule and use the combined 10TB in Time Machine to back it up? To date I have backed up each drive separately, but am realizing the folly of that and want to explore RAID 0 at the same time as explore a new back-up solution. Everything I read tells me I need a drive for backing up the RAID array that is at least as large as the combined total of the array. That doesn't make sense if the array is so large... I can't find anywhere if Time Machine supports spanning mulitple back-up drives.

According to the document linked below, you can, but it may not have the performance to back up that much data. Over Wi-Fi, forget it.
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