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time machine sick to death of it!

I am absolutely sick and tired of trying to create a back up. I have been endevouring to do this all year.. and still I am no further forward. I have a Mybooklive attached to my Netgear. I have wiped it clean and started again. .. and STILL I dont seem to have a successful back up on there. It is driving me to distraction. I get the following errors...

this back up started on March 9 - it seems to stop and restart each time the amount to be backed up reduces... until it gets to say 2gb..

Copied 398.9 MB of 51.7 GB, 818 of 188991 items

Copied 664.8 MB of 51.7 GB, 1652 of 188991 items

Copied 919.4 MB of 51.7 GB, 2741 of 188991 items

Copied 1.2 GB of 51.7 GB, 2797 of 188991 items

Copied 1.6 GB of 51.7 GB, 2831 of 188991 items

Copied 2.1 GB of 51.7 GB, 2922 of 188991 items

Copied 2.5 GB of 51.7 GB, 3023 of 188991 items

Copied 2.9 GB of 51.7 GB, 3149 of 188991 items

Copied 3.0 GB of 51.7 GB, 3154 of 188991 items

Copied 3.5 GB of 51.7 GB, 3252 of 188991 items

Copied 3.9 GB of 51.7 GB, 3343 of 188991 items

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/College A2 WORK/Media/Production/Poster 3 to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/9378BF43-2E24-442E-A 311-0AF326DC41BA/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/College A2 WORK/Media/Production

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/College A2 WORK/Media/Production/Soundtrack CD Cover to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/9378BF43-2E24-442E-A 311-0AF326DC41BA/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/College A2 WORK/Media/Production

Stopping backup.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/College A2 WORK/Media/Production/Soundtrack CD Cover/back.psd to (null)

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Copied 3364 files (4.4 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Copy stage failed with error:11

Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!

then it started again...

Starting standard backup

Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

Mounted network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN

Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb

Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1

No pre-backup thinning needed: 56.66 GB requested (including padding), 462.55 GB available

Waiting for index to be ready (101)

Copied 832.8 MB of 47.2 GB, 384 of 188991 items

Copied 1.5 GB of 47.2 GB, 384 of 188991 items

Copied 2.7 GB of 47.2 GB, 384 of 188991 items

Copied 4.3 GB of 47.2 GB, 384 of 188991 items

Copied 5.0 GB of 47.2 GB, 384 of 188991 items

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Modified/2011/Steph Hannay Shoot/IMG_0426.JPG to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/36DEB5FD-4562-47BA-9 FF1-45EA1EAF0095/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Modified/2011/Steph Hannay Shoot

Stopping backup.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Modified/2011/Steph Hannay Shoot/IMG_0426.JPG to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/36DEB5FD-4562-47BA-9 FF1-45EA1EAF0095/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Modified/2011/Steph Hannay Shoot

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Copied 384 files (5.0 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Copy stage failed with error:11

then this one... different files it didn't like

starting standard backup

Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

Mounted network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN

Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb

Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1

No pre-backup thinning needed: 48.25 GB requested (including padding), 455.44 GB available

Waiting for index to be ready (101)

Copied 1.8 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 2.9 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 4.9 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 6.9 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 8.4 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 10.8 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 13.2 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 16.1 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 17.6 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 18.6 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Copied 19.6 GB of 40.2 GB, 26 of 188991 items

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Originals/2011/Germany!/IMG_1773.JPG to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/DC60CF4F-8C13-4B6B-9 205-D73D777F8E57/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Originals/2011/Germany!

Stopping backup.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Originals/2011/Germany!/IMG_1773.JPG to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/DC60CF4F-8C13-4B6B-9 205-D73D777F8E57/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/iPhoto Library Croyde/Originals/2011/Germany!

Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Copied 26 files (19.6 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error

Copy stage failed with error:11

& so it goes on and on all week failing with an error 11.

until tonight...

Starting standard backup

Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

Mounted network destination using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN

Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb

Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1

No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.63 GB requested (including padding), 412.67 GB available

Copied 1.2 GB of 2.1 GB, 29 of 188991 items

Copied 3.6 GB of 3.6 GB, 29 of 188991 items

Copied 4.2 GB of 4.2 GB, 29 of 188991 items

Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!

Stopping backup.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Error: (-34) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/alex/Laura's Backup/Iphoto2/iPhoto2/iPhoto Library Alex/Modified/2011/Cornwall, Easter/IMG_2657.JPG to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Alex/2012-02-28-193411.inProgress/7A89729E-7A3B-4E28-B EA8-1FF28BEC62B7/Macintosh HD/Users/alex/Laura's Backup/Iphoto2/iPhoto2/iPhoto Library Alex/Modified/2011/Cornwall, Easter

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Copied 29 files (4.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.

Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Device not configured

Copy stage failed with error:28

I tried at one stage to go in and edit as per another post on here using terminal.. got stuck at a particular stage and gave up as noone responded how to help.

I just want a back up. Western Digital have offered to replace my hard drive - but it will be a reconditioned one and not a new one..

I just hate it.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 13, 2012 3:48 PM

57 replies

Oct 24, 2012 8:26 AM in response to Pondini

Well... here we go again....

Latest little nuggett after weeks of quiet...

Time Machine could not complete the backup

The backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use.

ARHHHHHHH

Pondini

Level 8

38,863 points

Oct 24, 2012 8:42 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

Not a biggie. Sometimes after using the TM browser, the sparse bundle doesn't get unmounted.

See if it's listed in the Finder sidebar or on your desktop; if so, just eject it.

If not, see #C12 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Oct 24, 2012 9:16 AM in response to Pondini

Ok - rebooted. No sign of it in my finder.

One strange thing which I have contactd WD about is that when I went onto my external Hard Drive - MyBookLive - the three back ups that were there yesterday, have gone and I now have a 'sharepoint' and no Backups. Finder can see them if I click on the HD - all three separate sparse bundles... but on the dashboard of the WD they have gone. This might be why it can't back up... watch this space.

Still get the same message....

Pondini

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Oct 24, 2012 9:20 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

Yeah, NASs have a way of complicating things. 😟

You may have to reset the NAS. I'm not familair with them, but from what I read here, at least some WDs have a reset button and a default password. That may reset the connection to the NAS. But check WD's instructions and/or website first.

Oct 24, 2012 9:35 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

rebooted WD Mybooklive... seems to have sorted itself out...

Nov 13, 2012 8:06 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

and again two weeks later... arh! Found out the NAS had been updated and they bundle all the backups into one space = but you can select what you need if you should need it.

Mar 6, 2013 8:01 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

yay... here we go again ... the usual = but this time I can see I have two backups - the same! no wonder it's confused. What do i do now? I have two backups one called TimeMachine and one called Timemachinebackup. Arhhh!

Pondini

Level 8

38,863 points

Mar 6, 2013 8:29 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

It's the same thing mounted twice.

The names (at the top) are the same.

The Server address is the same.

Everything in the General section is the same.

The "-1" in the Name & Extension box is used when the same volume is mounted twice.

In this case, probably once for a backup to be performed, and again for you to look at the backups. The backup process runs as the "root" user (with permission to everything), but looking at the backups is done as whatever user you're logged-on to, with that user's permissions.

Mar 6, 2013 8:54 AM in response to Pondini

Then why when I try and connect is there "TimeMachine" and Timemachinebackup to chose from. and it want's me to start again as per... had a few hard drive issues that Disk Utility sorted out and had to force quite so many times from various applications and my machine was backing up at the time.

How can get rid of one and keep the other. And will I have to 'start' again YET AGAIN!

Pondini

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38,863 points

Mar 6, 2013 9:00 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

Try ejecting and reconnecting.

But part of this may be the way your NAS is set up -- does it have multiple users or accounts? If so, that may be at least part of the problem.

And/or there may be something like an alias on the NAS.

Your best bet may be to re-check your setup vs. the instructions, and/or check with WD.

Mar 6, 2013 9:20 AM in response to Pondini

disconnected. still both there. I think I am just going to bite the bullet and start again. Luckily I don't have anything on there that is only on there - We have three machines that back up to this - so I'll have to set them all up. Grrrr - it does my head in -

not helped by

Starting standard backup

Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

Mounted network destination at mountpoint: /Volumes/TimeMachine using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@MyBookLive.local/TimeMachine

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM DIRTY

Runtime corruption detected on /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle (fsck_hfs -q termination status: 3)

Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeMachine

Recovery backup declined by user.

Backup canceled.

Pondini

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Mar 6, 2013 9:44 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

Alex Nicholls wrote:

. . .

I think I am just going to bite the bullet and start again.

You may not have to do that.

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM DIRTY

Runtime corruption detected on /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle (fsck_hfs -q termination status: 3)

That means the file system wasn't unmounted cleanly; ie, was disconnected while in process. It did not attempt any repairs.

Recovery backup declined by user.

Did you get a prompt about trying to repair the backups? That might be preferable to erasing and starting over.

Mar 6, 2013 9:49 AM in response to Pondini

sadly no prompt to repair. Tried to re connect and got this

Time Machine could not delete the backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.purgeable”

Pondini

Level 8

38,863 points

Mar 6, 2013 9:49 AM in response to Alex Nicholls

Then you might want to try repairing the backups, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

May 2, 2013 12:21 PM in response to Pondini

me AGAIN.....

Now what

Time Machine could not complete the backuTime Machine could not delete the backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.purgeable

got this too

Starting standard backup

Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeMachine

Found 1 partially deleted backup image.

Deleted backup image: /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.purgeable. 616.2 GB available on host volume.

Creating disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle

Failed to hide extension on /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7ffd28606a10 {NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex%E2%80%99s%20MacBook%20Pro.spar sebundle/, NSFilePath=/Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle, NSUnderlyingError=0x7ffd28606590 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}.

QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN

Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/Alex’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb

Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.

Backup content size: 369.1 GB excluded items size: 16.9 GB for volume Macintosh HD

422.68 GB required (including padding), 615.57 GB available

Waiting for index to be ready (101)

ARHHHHHHH

time machine sick to death of it!