Pondini wrote:
geedubya wrote:
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It's just that the latest one is renamed Library HD 1' whereas all the original backups are named 'Library HD'. And my new drive is named Library HD of course.
Sorry, you lost me. If both new and old drives are named "Library HD," WHAT is named "Library HD 1"?
And how did it get that name?
As I said, I did a TM backup to my second TM drive after I copied all the data over and the new drive appears as Library HD, which is because I named it the same as the original. Library 1 HD appears to be what the Mac has renamed the original Library HD drive, going by 'Get Info' dates.
But I am confused by the fact you say I could associate the old backups with the new drive under Lion. How can I if I delete them all? Are we talking at cross purposes?
No, that's either-or. If you don't delete them, you can "associate" them later.
OK.
Also, why do you think the permissions would be messed up?
The problem you had trying to restore seems to be related to the permissions. That's what Linc has been helping you with.
In an earlier post, I mentioned that there was a problem in Leopard when you restored the backups of a data-only drive to another drive with the same name. That's why I suggested trying a slightly different name. That doesn't seem to be an issue on recent versions of OSX, but I'm not sure when it was changed.
Well, that is something I could try this time (to another replacement drive), but I'm getting the impression you don't think that would work because of permissions probs.
And what is the solution to this whole issue then? 😕
Perhaps the issue is, there are really two problems:
First is not being able to restore properly. That seems to be caused by the permissions issue, and Linc's suggestion to restore to a volume that ignores ownership would probably work. However, then the files on that drive would be available to everyone. If that's a problem, it can be fixed going forward, but the permissions on the older backups probably can't be fixed -- if you need anything from them, you'll likley have trouble restoring from them. There are workarounds, but it will still be a problem.
Firstly, I am the only person using the machine, so I think the 'ignore ownership' option might not be a prob - unless you mean available over the internet maybe. Secondly, I'm not sure I need the older backups. This drive just stores sample libraries and as long as the latest version is there and working (and restorable), I am unlikely to need to go back to previous versions.
Second is the problem of how the backups of the two disks appear in Time Machine's TimeLine, and needing the workaround in #E3 of the Troubleshooting article to see the old ones. That can be fixed once you're on Lion, per #B6 in the Troubleshooting article.
I'd also suggested that, if you need to save space on the backup drive, you could delete the backups of the old drive, if you want to (keeping the backups of the new one). Since the old ones would be gone, you'd no longer have the second problem.
Again, as long as there is a current backup containing restorable data of all samples libaries, I don't think I really need the old backups.
