Mac OS 10.7 Lion and Time Machine

[regulus6633]

Originally Posted by JAM_Photography

There was a problem connecting to "Stora".
The version of the server you are trying to connect to is not supported. Please contact your system administrator to resolve the problem.

Are you setup as an administrator on the stora? You may need to be one although I'm not sure. A second thing to try... reboot both your computer and the stora... then try again before mounting any drives.

[regulus6633]

Hi all, I'm happy to report that after my fix Time Machine is automatically mounting the backup volume when it starts. I do not have to mount it myself first. Note that the second time when it tried to mount it asked for my username and password. I checked the box to save them to the keychain and now it mounts automatically.

[ajonesnv]

Originally Posted by regulus6633

Under #1 I explain that you have to customize 3 things in the hdiutil command.
1. the size variable which is the maximum size you want to use for your backups, I chose 300 gigabytes
2. volname which is the name of the sparse disk image when mounted.
3. the name of the sparse image at the end of the command must be the share name of your computer combined with the ethernet mac address of your ethernet card of your computer. You can find your computer's share name looking in the "Sharing" preference pane. You can find your ethernet mac address by going to the "Network" preference pane, then the hardware tab.

So after you change the hdiutil command with these things you will have to use those in the subsequent commands replacing my values with yours. The only thing that may trip you up then is #7. If your volname has spaces in it, like mine does, you must put "\" in front of any spaces in the name. This is a command line requirement.

Good luck!

Thanks, Ill give it a go.

[danist]

@regulus:

I have a problem with the fix you described.
At Mac OS X Lion startup the sparsebundle is not mounted and TM says that next backup will be when Volume is connected.
I always have to manually mount the sparsebundle so that the backup can start.
When I manually mount it and the backup performs well, after the backup TM unmounts the sparsebundle and the same error appears.
What have I done wrong?

Thanks a lot,
danist

[regulus6633]

@danist

Mine is the same as you describe. When I start the computer the drive is not mounted and Time Machine says the backup will occur when the drive is mounted. However, it does mount the drive and run the backup hourly on its own. As a matter of fact while I'm typing this message a backup has started and finished.

As a test... I have the Time Machine menu bar icon showing. You can show that from the preference pane if needed. From that menu I can choose "back up now". Try that. See if Time Machine will mount your drive and backup. Mine does and as I mentioned it is working automatically.

[beeker]

Hi ya

Well the ReadyNas guys have released a beta for the their duo device already. So I'm tempted to buy one of these.

Can someone from Axentra, maybe Roby, comment on when this will be fixed?

[jeffturner]

Stora is not working for me in OSX Lion. I don't use Time Machine. I can't get to the Stora device. The system error message I receive is, "The version of the server you are trying to connect to is not supported."

At some point, someone from Netgear should address this and point us to an update.

[Jdoki]

So it's pretty much a month since this thread was started, and no update since.

I know it's not Netgear's fault that Apple changed spec, but considering this must have been known long before Lion hit the market it's not really acceptable that we are still waiting. The ReadyNAS line got an update much quicker.

Communication is key in these situations - and even a 'still working on it' message is better than silence.

And it's not only Timemachine that seems to be the problem for some people (I have an issue with folders not appearing under the FamilyLibrary sub-folders when using Finder in Lion. All other Libraries and folders are fine though - and I can see everything through the web UI and my Windows PC)

Not impressed, and not doing Netgear's chances of retaining my custom in the future much good either.

[Pafu]

DEAR NETGEAR STORA DEVELOPERS !

Why don't you give an official statement . How long do you us want to wait.
Plleeeaaase help ! Please free our bricked Stora NASes.
I can't wait any longer 'coz I am not able to work with my multimedia files...

Thanks a lot in advance !

[antoneg]

I'm of the same mindset. Netgear has had weeks to push out an update for Lion. With its NAS customers, Netgear was quick to respond. Stora customers have less of a priority. I bought what has become a black brick because it was Mac compatible and I wanted a reliable device for TimeMachine. Today, the product is NOT Mac compatible. Netgear: MAKE IT SO, OR GIVE ME A REFUND.