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Deleting MANUALLY the TM directory on my NV+: big mistake?
I'M REPOSTING MY QUESTION WITH A MORE APPROPRIATE SUBJECT TITLE.
Hello friends. I was reading some comments on this forum after being unable to access my NV+ with Radiator 4.1.7 from my MacBook Pro with the latest Lion OS X. TIME MACHINE WAS ALREADY CONFIGURED on my NV+ with a different MacBook (Snow Leopard) but not used for the last 6 months. After upgrading to Radiator 4.1.8, Time Machine was still unable to connect to my ReadyNAS NV+. By reading furthermore in this forum, I understood that it could be BECAUSE TIME MACHINE WAS ALREADY INSTALLED/CONFIGURED ON MY NV+. Since the data backed up by Time Machine was now useless for me, I decided to reconfigure Time Machine again. So ...
I disabled Time Machine on my NV+ (through FrontView): I noticed that the (shaded) directory .timemachine was still there on my NV+, so I decided to DELETE THE .TIMEMACHINE Directory MANUALLY on my NV+, thinking it would be recreated after re-enabling TimeMachine in FrontView.
Now, I'm no more able to configure Time Machine in FrontView, I mean, when I enter an amount space to be allocated to Time Machine (originally 160Gb, but since then, I upgraded my hard drives so now I'm trying for 1000Gb), it seems to execute my command for 3 seconds, but when I come back to that same Time Machine screen in FrontView, it always shows 0 for the space allocation. I rebooted my NV+, disabled Time Machine and rebooted, with no avail
I'm right now doing a full File System check, hoping it will help.
Did I made a big mistake by deleting manually the .timemachine directory on my NV+? If YES, what can I do to make Time Machine work again?
Thank you soo much for your help, friends. -- Jean.
Hello friends. I was reading some comments on this forum after being unable to access my NV+ with Radiator 4.1.7 from my MacBook Pro with the latest Lion OS X. TIME MACHINE WAS ALREADY CONFIGURED on my NV+ with a different MacBook (Snow Leopard) but not used for the last 6 months. After upgrading to Radiator 4.1.8, Time Machine was still unable to connect to my ReadyNAS NV+. By reading furthermore in this forum, I understood that it could be BECAUSE TIME MACHINE WAS ALREADY INSTALLED/CONFIGURED ON MY NV+. Since the data backed up by Time Machine was now useless for me, I decided to reconfigure Time Machine again. So ...
I disabled Time Machine on my NV+ (through FrontView): I noticed that the (shaded) directory .timemachine was still there on my NV+, so I decided to DELETE THE .TIMEMACHINE Directory MANUALLY on my NV+, thinking it would be recreated after re-enabling TimeMachine in FrontView.
Now, I'm no more able to configure Time Machine in FrontView, I mean, when I enter an amount space to be allocated to Time Machine (originally 160Gb, but since then, I upgraded my hard drives so now I'm trying for 1000Gb), it seems to execute my command for 3 seconds, but when I come back to that same Time Machine screen in FrontView, it always shows 0 for the space allocation. I rebooted my NV+, disabled Time Machine and rebooted, with no avail
I'm right now doing a full File System check, hoping it will help.
Did I made a big mistake by deleting manually the .timemachine directory on my NV+? If YES, what can I do to make Time Machine work again?
Thank you soo much for your help, friends. -- Jean.
7 Replies
- Try a OS Re-install via the boot menu (see FAQ)
- Will this mean that I will loose all the data on it and will need to do a restore after it?
- No. OS Re-install leaves data intact. A factory default wipes all data, settings, everything.
Have a look at http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu#duo_nv_nv_x6600
1. Press and hold the reset button
2. Turn NAS on
3. Release reset button after first blink of LEDs (about 5 seconds). On the NV+ you should see "5: OS Re-install" (or something similar) on the LCD. - Thanks, my friend, for your promt reply. I will wait for next week or 2 before doing it. I must take the time to redo a full backup, in case of ...
I just bought a NAS from another company (DS211+ from Synology). What do you believe would be the best way for me to backup my NV+ that has about 1.5TB?
1) I'm on a 100MB network, but can attach directly the 2 NASes to a 1GB router. I think of using the file copy feature in their DSM 3.1 NAS software instead of doing it through the File Explorer of a Windows wirelessly networked computer which I believe will slow the process ?!
2) I'm unable to find this kind of feature on the NV+ software (I mean, to be able to give the command of copying files within the NAS instead of through an external computer). Does it exist? Or maybe not on the NV+ but on the latest Ultra models ?!
Thank you so much for your input, my friend. I'm seeing your signature (mdgm) for many years now on this forum, which make me trust your advices even if you're not from the "offficial" tech support team. But for me it's almost like if you would be part of Netgear :-) - SOLVED! I followed the suggestion of mdgm by doing an OS Re-Install (with a clip, depress the RESET button - located in the back, at the left of the USB port - Power on, and holding it 5 seconds). I made sure the Time Machine feature was disable first. And the OS Re-Install kept everything except the Admin password (back to Netgear1). And when I re-enabled Time Machine backup, it (re)created the .timemachine directory. GREAT! And I'm presently (re)enjoying the Time Machine backup feature from my MBP (MacBook Pro).
For your info, to make sure I don't loose anything, I first made a backup of my Netgear NV+ (about 1.6TB) to a Synology DS211+. I tried many backup protocol over my 1GB network, and rsync (running on the NV+) was way to slow (less than 1MB/s). The best way I found was using the Destination "Remote: Windows/NAS (timestamp)" method, with which I succeeded to get around 6-8 MB/s: it took me 78 hours last week-end :-)
Thank you, mdgm, for your advice that I kept preciously all those last months 'til last week. -- Jean. - Just want to correct what I said yesterday regarding backup speed for rsync (I know its not related to my original question) before throwing by notes into the garbage:
- rsync backup speed was in reality around 2500-3000KB/s (rsync running on the NV+)
- FileCopy from the Synology using their DSM interfacd was even slower with around 850 KB/s - One would have thought NFS would've been the fastest protocol to use.
Rsync is resource intensive and is a slow choice for full backups. However as it only copies the changes across on incrementals it can be quite efficient for those especially if backing up over the internet.
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