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Remco96
Apr 02, 2017Aspirant
Need to restore from Time Machine but it can't find it!
I have a ReadyNas Duo V2 running on my home LAN for Time Machine with iMac. Two HDD 2TB are installed; perfectly OK. about 800 GB is in use (this is because of my Time Machine iMac backup). Now ...
Remco96
Apr 03, 2017Aspirant
And when I login via IP adres of my nas /shares it says: No shares currently accessible.
Anyone?
JennC
Apr 03, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello Remco96,
To check sparse bundle. enable AFP and access the NAS via AFP. This should show the TimeMachine folder.
As for the username and password, have you tried ReadyNAS as username and use the password you have set on the ReadyNAS TimeMachine settings?
Regards,
- Remco96Apr 04, 2017Aspirant
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, via AFP I am able to access the NAS and find a sparsebundle. It is only one file; only 150 GB and nog the 800 GB file I am looking for. I think there should be some other sparsebundles arround.
There are differtent folders and one called C. So I think I am almost there. How do I get to open the .sparsebundle to recover my iMac?
During startup CMD R will enable TimeMachine recovery. After the select it will open a window with username and password. I think it should be ReadyNAS user but it doen't work.
Why / what is user ''root''? It prompts automaticly in the window....
- JennCApr 04, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello Remco96,
Can you post some screenshots when you are trying to restore using Time Machine?
Regards,
- Remco96Apr 04, 2017Aspirant
Now I connect again via AFP. I see four folders admin, backup, homes and media. Two of them are the folders that are configured via the ReadyNAS frontview app (backup and media). They are both empty.
The admin folder contains a readme.txt and some hidden folders (network trash folder and temporary items).
I will make some screenshots.
- Remco96Apr 04, 2017Aspirant
- Remco96Apr 04, 2017Aspirant
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