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ReadyNAS User Quota exceeded.
I have set up a backup of my timemachine backup to run once a week.
Source is TimeMachine on NAS02Backup (10.0.0.4)
Destination is rSynchServer address 10.0.0.9 (NAS01MediaShare) User rSyncUser
rSynchUser is set up as one of the special rscynch user names, not a normal user name.
It tests OK, but when It ran last night (the first time!) I got the following error message from NAS01MediaShare
I find this puzzling as surely it should be reporting user "rSynchUser", not "ReadyNAS".
Most importantly how do I get around this quota restriction. I have not set any quotas at all. THis is presumably an internal one set in firmware, as is the User ReadyNAS as it seems to appear automagically when TimeMachine is set up, which it is not on NAS01MediaShare
Source is TimeMachine on NAS02Backup (10.0.0.4)
Destination is rSynchServer address 10.0.0.9 (NAS01MediaShare) User rSyncUser
rSynchUser is set up as one of the special rscynch user names, not a normal user name.
It tests OK, but when It ran last night (the first time!) I got the following error message from NAS01MediaShare
I find this puzzling as surely it should be reporting user "rSynchUser", not "ReadyNAS".
Most importantly how do I get around this quota restriction. I have not set any quotas at all. THis is presumably an internal one set in firmware, as is the User ReadyNAS as it seems to appear automagically when TimeMachine is set up, which it is not on NAS01MediaShare
Quota violation warning (NAS01MediaShare)
Disk block quota exceeded on volume C for user 'ReadyNAS'.
Disk space used: 500 GB (Limits: 500 GB soft, 500 GB hard)
User 'ReadyNAS' is now prevented from using additional disk space.
5 Replies
- The user 'ReadyNAS' is the user the ReadyNAS creates for Time Machine. The Rsync user is used to authenticate to do the backups. The files themselves retain the ownership they had on the source NAS. Since the 'ReadyNAS' user has the same UID and GID on all ReadyNAS and the same 500GB quota by default you've run into this issue.
Solution: On NAS01MediaShare enable Time Machine and set a quota at least as large as the one you set on NAS02Backup, then disable Time Machine on NAS01MediaShare. I would then suggest you rerun the backup. - Hello,
I'm having this same issue and tried to do as you suggest above - unfortunately when I run time machine it reads 0KB of 985.19GB available in the time machine preferences:
Any thoughts?
Best wishes
Disk block limit reached. on volume C for user 'ReadyNAS'.
Disk space used: 939548 MB (Limits: 819200 MB soft, 819200 MB hard)
User 'ReadyNAS' is now prevented from using additional disk space. - Sounds like you set the wrong limit. You set a limit of 800GB yet you've used over 900GB.
- I have exactly the same problem - which has started since upgrading to Lion...
I tried deleting my backup share in front row, but while it has disappeared, the space is still shown as used up on radiator and I still get the same out of space error.
I read about people deleting sparse bundles etc but I have no idea how to do that, or how to access them. I can see all the backup files which appear in finder after I click on "backup now". do I just delete them from there? - So attic you have two NAS units and this is showing up on the backup NAS unit? If you have a single NAS unit then your problem is not the same as the OP.
The sparsebundles aren't stored on the backup share on the primary NAS. They are stored under /c/.timemachine
If you want to delete the sparse bundles on the primary NAS to login to CIFS/SMB, as "admin" (the Frontview user), connect to the "c" share, then go into the Terminal, change the working directory to the hidden ".timemachine" folder on that share and then delete the sparsebundles.
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