I am new to FreeNAS. I have set up a HP Gen8 Microserver with an IBM compatible LSI 1015 SAS/SAN card. 4 3T drives in one RAIDZ volume with 2 datasets to eventually be used to back up two different Macs. FreeNAS-9.10.1-U2.
The initial system I want to back up is an iMac running Sierra 10.12.1.
I was using a different Time Machine solution prior to the upgrade to Sierra (Drobo). Since the upgrade to Sierra and integration with the FreeNAS server, I have been unable to keep Time Machine running.
I followed the afp setup instructions found and set up a user account matching the iMac, the afp service, sharing, etc.
Using Finder, I do the Connect to Server and select the afp:<ip> service and provide the username/password that matches both the account I am logged into on the Mac as well as the user account I created on the FreeNAS server.
Using Time Machine preferences I Select Disk to the served dataset.
I see the initial backup kick off and run (hours as I would expect for my configuration). The backup appears to complete successfully. Reporting Partition shows space being used in the dataset I expect.
Once that initial backup has completed, Time Machine won't do another unattended backup. I will look at the Mac in the morning and it appears to be "stuck" on Preparing Backup. I kill that backup and allow Time Machine on its own time, initiate another backup. If I am still using the Mac, the backup is usually successful. However, once I leave the Mac, the next backup appears to get stuck again on Preparing Backup until eventually it won't back up at all even when I kill the backups, reboot the file server and reconnect from the Mac.
I look at the Disk graphs in Reporting and there is steady write activity across all 4 disks but I have no idea doing what as I, at this point, have stopped automatic backups and there does not appear to be a backup in progress.
I have changed Energy Saver settings to uncheck Put hard disks to sleep when possible as well as unchecked Wake for network access with no change in backup behavior. Enable Power Nap is checked.
There are no messages on the FreeNAS server console.
The network connection to the FreeNAS box is LAN with the Mac in one room and the file server in a different room.
I am stumped and frustrated at where to look or what to try next to understand why Time Machine won't keep running.
The initial system I want to back up is an iMac running Sierra 10.12.1.
I was using a different Time Machine solution prior to the upgrade to Sierra (Drobo). Since the upgrade to Sierra and integration with the FreeNAS server, I have been unable to keep Time Machine running.
I followed the afp setup instructions found and set up a user account matching the iMac, the afp service, sharing, etc.
Using Finder, I do the Connect to Server and select the afp:<ip> service and provide the username/password that matches both the account I am logged into on the Mac as well as the user account I created on the FreeNAS server.
Using Time Machine preferences I Select Disk to the served dataset.
I see the initial backup kick off and run (hours as I would expect for my configuration). The backup appears to complete successfully. Reporting Partition shows space being used in the dataset I expect.
Once that initial backup has completed, Time Machine won't do another unattended backup. I will look at the Mac in the morning and it appears to be "stuck" on Preparing Backup. I kill that backup and allow Time Machine on its own time, initiate another backup. If I am still using the Mac, the backup is usually successful. However, once I leave the Mac, the next backup appears to get stuck again on Preparing Backup until eventually it won't back up at all even when I kill the backups, reboot the file server and reconnect from the Mac.
I look at the Disk graphs in Reporting and there is steady write activity across all 4 disks but I have no idea doing what as I, at this point, have stopped automatic backups and there does not appear to be a backup in progress.
I have changed Energy Saver settings to uncheck Put hard disks to sleep when possible as well as unchecked Wake for network access with no change in backup behavior. Enable Power Nap is checked.
There are no messages on the FreeNAS server console.
The network connection to the FreeNAS box is LAN with the Mac in one room and the file server in a different room.
I am stumped and frustrated at where to look or what to try next to understand why Time Machine won't keep running.