Time Machine Backup Error

Hi all,


I'm having the strangest issue with Time Machine.


When it attempts to backup it decides that it requires almost 169 TB of space, which is ridiculous, my HD is only 500 GB.


In the preferences though, it shows the estimated size of a full backup at 364.35 GB.


I've tried searching for an answer to this issue, but most of the answers I've found are about clearing space when time machine drive is full.


The only possible answer I found was to repair the disk permissions on my HD, which I have already done to no success.


Any suggestions would be most appreciated.


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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Server OS

Posted on May 11, 2012 8:00 PM

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May 12, 2012 3:10 AM in response to gracoat

Not that I notice, perhaps a more trained eye? Here's the log from when i started the backup to where it fails.



May 12 19:04:36 server com.apple.backupd[8945]: Starting standard backup

May 12 19:04:37 server com.apple.backupd[8945]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb

May 12 19:04:53 server ServerBackup[8946]: Error in calling backup command for service postgresql, error :=69

May 12 19:04:53 server ServerBackup[8946]: SRC := /etc/apache2/

DST := /.ServerBackups/webServer

May 12 19:04:53 server ServerBackup[8946]: SRC := /etc/certificates/

DST := /.ServerBackups/webServer

May 12 19:05:48 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor[9165]): posix_spawn("/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HP Device Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/HP Device Monitor", ...): No such file or directory

May 12 19:05:48 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor[9165]): Exited with code: 1

May 12 19:05:48 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

May 12 19:06:23 server DashboardClient[9172]: com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Connecting to server...

May 12 19:06:23 server com.apple.Dock.agent[252]: 2012-05-12 19:06:23.617 DashboardClient[9172:403] com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Connecting to server...

May 12 19:06:23 server DashboardClient[9172]: com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Authentication failed: -105

May 12 19:06:23 server com.apple.Dock.agent[252]: 2012-05-12 19:06:23.888 DashboardClient[9172:403] com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Authentication failed: -105

May 12 19:07:18 server DashboardClient[9172]: com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Connecting to server...

May 12 19:07:18 server com.apple.Dock.agent[252]: 2012-05-12 19:07:18.838 DashboardClient[9172:403] com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Connecting to server...

May 12 19:07:19 server DashboardClient[9172]: com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Authentication failed: -105

May 12 19:07:19 server com.apple.Dock.agent[252]: 2012-05-12 19:07:19.038 DashboardClient[9172:403] com.apple.widget.ServerStatus: Authentication failed: -105

May 12 19:07:27 server com.apple.backupd[8945]: 153.64 TB required (including padding), 594.61 GB available

May 12 19:07:27 server com.apple.backupd[8945]: No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room

May 12 19:07:27 server mds[87]: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume

May 12 19:07:28 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor[9207]): posix_spawn("/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HP Device Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/HP Device Monitor", ...): No such file or directory

May 12 19:07:28 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor[9207]): Exited with code: 1

May 12 19:07:28 server com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[189] (com.hp.devicemonitor): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

May 12 19:07:38 server com.apple.backupd[8945]: Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.

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