Time Machine is already in use

Thanks for the tip. What is interesting is that I'm seeing the same users connected multiple times ???

Here is a screenshot for reference - http://note.io/1cVDkEf

Any ideas on what might be causing this issue as well?

Thanks!

Corbinb

Corbin, I don't know what causes it. I've seen three or four on my server - but killed them because I had the Time Machine problem, which was resolved by clearing this up as I said.

In my case I tend to just shut the clamshell on my MBP and that *seems* to equate to these suspended sessions building up - almost like the session isn't reconnected and a new one created when I next connect. But this is just my speculation as I can't find anything relevant in the logs on either Mac.

Also having the same issue.

The current (semi-working) solution for us has been to set a reboot command that triggers around 4 AM each night. The lingering connections are then removed, and all backups work the day after. It's not a good solution but it works since TM is the only reason why we have OSX server so rebooting doesn't interfere with anything else.

That's strange. Server reboots don't work for me. Yet Nickk's method of removing old user sessions does.

Specifically where are you setting the auto reboot?

I tried this same technique months ago but the server halts the process by warning about disconnecting users.

This might make someone's life easier. Toggles AFP sharing in one line on a non-server installation. On a server I guess you should use the serveradmin-something command instead of launchctl.

ssh -t username@server.local 'sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist ; sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist'

SteveMinne2 wrote:

Specifically where are you setting the auto reboot?

I tried this same technique months ago but the server halts the process by warning about disconnecting users.

I created a plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons called "com.name-this-whatever.reboot.plist" containing:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Label</key>

<string>com.name-this-whatever.reboot</string>

<key>ProgramArguments</key>

<array>

<string>/sbin/shutdown -r +1</string>

</array>

<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>

<dict>

<key>Hour</key>

<integer>4</integer>

</dict>

</dict>

</plist>

I got the instructions from this source: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=120531