Why Time machine don't backup my server ?

I am trying to use Time Machine to backup my server (Mac OS X server 10.5) on an external drive.
Time Machine keeps "preparing" forever and does not backup.
Anyone knows why ?
Thanks

bouffepain wrote:
I am trying to use Time Machine to backup my server (Mac OS X server 10.5) on an external drive.
Time Machine keeps "preparing" forever and does not backup.
Anyone knows why ?
Thanks
is this the first backup? Preparing sometimes takes up to an hour on large systems.
There is much indexing, etc. to do before the first backup.
Check the console logs for any information.
It might be performing a "deep traversal" which the logs would show.
Be sure the backup drive is at least 3 times as large as the drive you are backing up.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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