Q: Backing up and restoring with MacPro and Pegasus using Time Machine
Hello
I have several mac mini along with Mac Pro. I have external Pegasus 12 TB and two 4 TB external hard drives.
Im trying to back up all the servers to these storage unit.
I can see them in each servers window as being selectable but I get an error of OSSTATUS error 2
It has been suggested I hook up all backup drives behind the time machine but it hasn't been that reliable.
Do you have a suggestion of how to back up each server to the Pegasus 12 TB and the external two 4 TB drives?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts
Joe
Time Capsule, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Running machine server
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 11:07 AM
From a given computer, you can back up all locally-attached drives to that computer's Time Machine Backup Drive.
The Time Machine Backup Drive for a particular computer can be a locally-attached drive, a drive attached to a "Tall" Time Capsule, or a Network Drive "shared" by another Mac on your Network. The Time Machine Backup drive can NOT be a NAS drive, because Restore from such drives is completely unreliable.
The space required for trouble-free operation of Time Machine is at least twice as large as the amount to be backed up, and 2.5 to 3 times as large is recommended.
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 9:05 PM