[Guide: Setting up a Time Machine Share on your Unraid 6.7 Server]

Couldn't remember so I tested it with a new share. You'll need to first mount the share in macOS before it's visible in Time Machine.

[Guide: Setting up a Time Machine Share on your Unraid 6.7 Server]

 

15 hours ago, rctneil said:

Couldn't the two veto files lines just be added to Global?

 

Good catch! Yes, that is indeed possible. I'll change my original post.

[[Support] Djoss - CloudBerry Backup]

On 1/8/2022 at 7:14 PM, Djoss said:

Thanks for reporting, l will check this.

 

@DjossSame problem as @rbot.

 

The log /config/Online Backup/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/logs/log_WebAccess.log contains the following error when you try to logon:

 

[ERROR]: [ CBB ] [ 19 ] Failed to read shadow entry for user: <username>

 

[Guide: Setting up a Time Machine Share on your Unraid 6.7 Server]

@rctneil Yes, <ShareName> is a placeholder for your own shares. You'll have to explicitly specify each and everyone of them. For example:

[appdata]
   path = /mnt/user/appdata
   veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/
   delete veto files = yes

 

The Time Machine backup is successfully finished so it seems to be working 

[Guide: Setting up a Time Machine Share on your Unraid 6.7 Server]

Ok, I have it working. I think. The backup is running now. I used different guides from these forums and ReddIt and also the official samba and vfs_fruit man pages. 

 

Situation:

• Client: macOS Monterey 12.1
• Server: Unraid 6.9.2

I have a Backups share as a staging area for servers and clients to put files before they're back-upped to the cloud. This share I made available to Apple's Time Machine with the following settings:

 

First, the global SMB settings in Settings > SMB:

• Enhanced macOS interoperability: Yes

• Enable NetBIOS: No

 

Second, the SMB Extras settings in Settings > SMB (stored in /boot/config/smb-extra.conf if you prefer the command line):

[Global]
   min protocol = SMB2
   ea support = yes
   vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
   fruit:aapl = yes
   fruit:nfs_aces = no
   fruit:zero_file_id = yes
   fruit:metadata = stream
   fruit:encoding = native
   fruit:model = MacSamba
   veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/
   delete veto files = yes

[Backups]
   path = /mnt/user/Backups
   fruit:time machine = yes
   fruit:time machine max size = 3 T

 

In my case I used a maximum size of 3TB for the Time Machine backups. A nice extra with this configuration: a faster browsing experience of SMB shares in macOS (at least in Finder).

 

Note of caution: if you use the Unassigned Devices plugin, the above configuration needs to be included before '#unassigned_devices_start'.

 

Finally, for the Backups share, the specific SMB settings:

 

The Time Machine volume size limit (3TB in MB) here is probably useless as it is overridden by the SMB Extras settings.

 

Hope it helps some of you.