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    Troubleshooting steps for slow Timemachine backups

    Hello, I recently installed FreeNas 11.2 on a surplus Dell T3600 with 36gb ram, 4 core Xeon processor with a 635 watt power supply. The server OS is running off a Samsung EVO 128gb SSD connected to SATA port 0 on the Motherboard. Two of 3 8TB Western Digital Red NAS HDD are connected to the...
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    FreeNAS or Windows ? ( Plex server, VM, Storage, Timemachine )

    Hello all. After browsing the forums for quite some time, i can't find a good answer to my questions. I hope someone can help me :) FreeNAS 11 or just use Windows 10 with shared folders? At the moment i'm using a WD My cloud Mirror gen 1 NAS system, but its very slow so Plex server app is a...
  3. Kennyvb8

    SMB share - macOS - timemachine

    Hello i dont know where else to ask for help! i would like to share smb to macOS. it works wonders. altho i would like to timemachine (backup) to smb aswell i can connect just fine to the shares, but smb/macOS doesnt prompt me for username and password, when adding the share to timemachine. it...
    • Kennyvb8
    • Thread
    • freenas 11.1 u5 macos high sierra samba timemachine
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Sharing
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    Timemachine - The backup disk image .. already in use

    Hi Guys, Im new to the forum but unfortunately with a problem! I've had a search and a good google which seems to offer help for other platforms but i can't find anything relating to freenas. I have Freenas 11 and im using AFP to create a TM share I have managed to create 1x backup no...
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    SOLVED Issues with sharing (write permission) and time machines (3 pc and 2 users)

    EDIT: solution/workaround is the next post below. ---- I am performing initial setup of FreeNAS 11 and have some issues with TimeMachine and sharing (write permissions for users). I have 3 PC, two of which have to have time machines and all three should have access to the main data set. I have...
    • davydden
    • Thread
    • macos permission timemachine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Sharing
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    SOLVED Time Machine no longer working

    Hi there, I have had my trusty FreeNAS server working well for several years now - it handles most tasks and used to be my time machine server for my Mac too. However at the beginning of this year the Time Machine backups suddenly started working after I updated to 9.10.2-U2. In spite of...
    • james88
    • Thread
    • afp time capsule time machine timemachine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Sharing
  7. S

    Reporting on AFP share backup status

    Hello we use our Freenas for corporate Time Machine backups for our end users. Similarly we use carbonite for external users, on the carbonite account i receive weekly reports stating "Computer Johns-Dell Laptop has not been backed up in a week" or "all of your computers backed up this month and...
  8. Hassan Aftab

    TimeMachine on a server with Two* interfaces

    Hello guys! My post is related to multiple NICs on the server and how AFP binds with them. I have been using HP Mirco Server with LACP, and FreeNAS is primarily used as a TimeMachine server. How it works: 2 NICs aggregated via LACP and AFP bound on this. How it does NOT work: 2NICs...
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    New FreeNAS setup, unable to keep Time Machine working. + Sophos

    I am new to FreeNAS. I have set up a HP Gen8 Microserver with an IBM compatible LSI 1015 SAS/SAN card. 4 3T drives in one RAIDZ volume with 2 datasets to eventually be used to back up two different Macs. FreeNAS-9.10.1-U2. The initial system I want to back up is an iMac running Sierra...
    • WMWAz
    • Thread
    • afp sierra sophos timemachine
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Sharing
  10. K

    FreeNAS drive is a questionmark

    So I have a AFP share that I can access with my credentials, however the drive is shown as a question mark in finder. I don't see the drive in disk utility or when choosing a drive to back up to with Time Machine. I think it has something to do with permissions, but I can't find it. Any ideas...
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