mickeykool Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Excuse me if this has been posted but I did a quick search and I can't find what I'm looking for. I'm getting a new macbook this week and would like to set up the unraid part as a timemachine. Is there a link somewhere posted where I can get the details? Link to comment
mbryanr Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Here is a start...http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5184.msg56380#msg56380 Link to comment
dgaschk Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Here is a start...http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5184.msg56380#msg56380 None of this is applicable to the latest beta. The author to that procedure does not recommend using it with any current version. If you need AFP you need to be using the latest beta. With 4.7, a combination of SMB and NFS is recommended for Macs. Link to comment
mickeykool Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 dgaschk - thanks for point that out. I'll just wait for the beta to become gold. Link to comment
whiteatom Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Using b12a this seems to be pretty stable. I was having problems with getting access to the share from Time Machine using b11, but the new version seems better. Since your new macbook will be Lion, I think you'll find the SMB solution in 4.7 won't really play nice with Apple's franken-samba that they have put in Lion - that means a 5.0 beta may be your only choice. It seems most of the remaining issues in the beta are todo with NIC drivers. I know Tom will never tell you to rely on beta software, but it has been stable enough for my back-up needs since b10. whiteatom Link to comment
dgaschk Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm using SMB with Lion with no problems with 4.7 and the latest beta. In System Preferences->Network->Advanced->WINS set the workgroup. Set the server to local master and the workgroup. I set up auto-mount NFS using Disk Utility for shares that need better performance. Neither SMB or NFS will work with TimeMachine. But Carbon Copy Cloner works over SMB. TM does work fine with the latest beta. Link to comment
bigdave Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 So are you saying you use SMB or NFS for Time Machine, I've tried AFP but my share doesn't show up under Time Machine options to select. Link to comment
dgaschk Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 No. I said: Neither SMB or NFS will work with TimeMachine. But Carbon Copy Cloner works over SMB. TM does work fine with the latest beta. Emphasis added. AFP is the only option for TimeMachine. Link to comment
bigdave Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Ah thanks, my brain read it as EITHER -- Can you give me some tips on how to get Time Machine set up, I have a secured Time Machine AFP share but it doesn't show up to be chosen. -Dave Link to comment
dgaschk Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 These setting work for Snow Leopard and Lion. Link to comment
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