nicolasfromlyon

Q: Time Machine Lion server - disk not available

Hello,

I install Lion server on a MacMini last week, and I want to use TimeMachine server for the backup of my macs (MacPro and iMac)

 

What I use :

  • MacPro : Lion - RAID 0 of 2 HDD of 500Go - 8Go Ram
  • Imac : snow leopard - 1HDD of 500Go - 2Go Ram
  • MacMini : Lion server - 1HDD of 320Go with 2 partitions of 160Go - 3Go ram

WD My book lx 1To on the Macmini with firewire

  • Airport Extreme

All are connecting with ethernet cable

 

What I do :

I connect to the MacMini a 1To disk (WD My Book studio lx) on firewire.

I configure TimeMachine preference to use this disk .

And on the MacPro (it's with lion) I set TimeMachine to use the disk backup on MacMini, I log with my ID ... all ok.

But when the backup starts, I have an error message : backup disk is not available.

 

I try to configure TimeMachine on the iMac who running under snow leopard, as I do on the MacPro and it works !

 

What I try :

  • I use the internal disk of the mac mini on a partition
  • I format the My Book in order to use GUID and HFS+
  • I reinstall the mac pro with a clean install of lion.
  • I reinstall the mac pro and using only 1 HDD (no RAID this time)

But none of these make a difference, I can't use TimeMachine on the MacPro with the backup disk on the macmini server

 

Any idea ?

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7), TimeMachine - server

Posted on Aug 22, 2011 2:43 AM

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