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Can't find Time Machine backups when I browse my ReadyNAS
I've just started running Time Machine backups to my ReadyNAS from two different Macs on my network. So far, everything is working fine - the backups will take a few hours to complete so I'll let them run overnight. (I've got a 314 running 6.9.3 software with four 4TB drives.)
However, I want to be able to backup those backups using a Cloud service. When I browse my Shares in the Admin interface, or when I browse them as directories using Finder on my Mac, I don't see any Time Machine backups. I only see the folders I've created for the files I'm storing in the NAS. Where are the TM backups going and how do I get to them to back them up?
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Thank you, but I tried that. Note that I'm using SMB, because AFP is deprecated now.
When I try to connect that way, I get the message "There was a problem connecting to the server "[ip address]". I used the same user id ("ReadyNAS") and password that I use in TimeMachine to connect, so that's not the problem.
When I try method #2 (with https://[ip addr]/admin/browse.html#path=%FReadyNAS%2F.timemachine), I get an essentially blank page: the navigation is there but there's no content.
When I log in over SSH to the "ReadyNAS" account, with that same password, I get the message "
Creating directory '/var/lib/timemachine'.
Unable to create and initialize directory '/var/lib/timemachine'." and then "
Could not chdir to home directory /var/lib/timemachine: No such file or directory"
So, no luck with those techniques.
Cordura wrote:
When I try to connect that way, I get the message "There was a problem connecting to the server "[ip address]". I used the same user id ("ReadyNAS") and password that I use in TimeMachine to connect, so that's not the problem.
Use "admin" for the username, and the NAS admin password.
Cordura wrote:
When I try method #2 (with https://[ip addr]/admin/browse.html#path=%FReadyNAS%2F.timemachine), I get an essentially blank page: the navigation is there but there's no content.
Method 2 fails with 6.9.3 firmware. Hopefully Netgear will fix that in 6.9.4.
Cordura wrote:
When I log in over SSH to the "ReadyNAS" account, with that same password,
Don't do that. If you log in with SSH, the username should be root, and you use the NAS admin password.
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