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Backing up Time Machine with rsync
Hi all My first post on here, hopefully someone can help. I have browsed through other similar posts in the forum but don't see the answers i'm looking for. I'll outline the situation: I hav...
1) Yes.
2) The Rsync backup would copy your TM sparsebundles. Best to run this when TM backups are not being run from your Macs. There are 3rd party apps such as Time Machine Editor (http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/) you could install on your Mac and configure not to start TM backups overnight. This would give you a window to run your Rsync backup in. Of course it depends on how fast your internet connection is at each end on whether this will be viable.
Do you already have the ReadyNAS units?
Do you have a VPN?
2) The Rsync backup would copy your TM sparsebundles. Best to run this when TM backups are not being run from your Macs. There are 3rd party apps such as Time Machine Editor (http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/) you could install on your Mac and configure not to start TM backups overnight. This would give you a window to run your Rsync backup in. Of course it depends on how fast your internet connection is at each end on whether this will be viable.
Do you already have the ReadyNAS units?
Do you have a VPN?
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