# hdiutil create -library SPUD -megabytes $DISK_SIZE -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname "$DISK_IMAGE_NAME" "$DISK_IMAGE_NAME"Īfter you’ve run this command, you should end up with a disk image in your Home. Now go to Terminal and type the following commands: # ifconfig en0 | grep ether | sed s/://g | sed s/ether//Ĭompose image name following this syntax:Ĭomputer Name, followed by an underscore, followed by the Ethernet ID without the colons, followed by. You can get the Ethernet ID by this command (use wired mac nic even if you’ll be using wifi connection): The Computer Name is the one that you set in the Sharing System Preferences pane. To create the disk image, you’ll need to find out two pieces of information about the computer you want to backup: its Computer Name and its Ethernet ID (Ethernet MAC address). Second: set up the file server with SMB dedicated share to Time Machine, create an appropriate disk image locally (see below) and copy it into share. # defaults write TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 Now I explain a few hoops to get this system to work:įirst: persuade Time Machine to see the SMB share as a Time Machine destination by activating the unsupported network drives feature by this console command: Now I don’t wanna buy another box with apple logo over it for much $$$ when I have a lot of file servers on my network. From OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple introduced Time Machine: a great combination of rsync/rsnapshot and a beautiful user interface.
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