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 reverting to 9.10.2-U1 they have never started working again. I updated to FreeNAS 11 today which is looking great. The AFP shares are all still present and AFP is shown as working, but Time Machine backups are still broken. What is noticeable is that:
1. If I manually connect to the AFP share from my Mac using Finder, I can browse the share just fine, so AFP is working.
2. Time Machine never gets past the "Looking for backup disk..." phase.
3. My FreeNAS server no longer appears in the list of Shared devices in Finder.
I am not on a separate VLAN or network, and my Mac Mini still shows up in Finder so my initial thinking (if I am correct) is that this is related to mdns? I'm not sure how to debug or fix this - can anyone point me in the right direction to get this resolved? Happy to supply logs, screenshots, and whatever else is needed.
Kind regards,
James
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 reverting to 9.10.2-U1 they have never started working again. I updated to FreeNAS 11 today which is looking great. The AFP shares are all still present and AFP is shown as working, but Time Machine backups are still broken. What is noticeable is that:
1. If I manually connect to the AFP share from my Mac using Finder, I can browse the share just fine, so AFP is working.
2. Time Machine never gets past the "Looking for backup disk..." phase.
3. My FreeNAS server no longer appears in the list of Shared devices in Finder.
I am not on a separate VLAN or network, and my Mac Mini still shows up in Finder so my initial thinking (if I am correct) is that this is related to mdns? I'm not sure how to debug or fix this - can anyone point me in the right direction to get this resolved? Happy to supply logs, screenshots, and whatever else is needed.
Kind regards,
James