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Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes

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On 2016-11-05, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-11-05 16:33, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>
>> With macOS Server's Time Machine service you can store backups in any
>> folder on any volume as well as set quotas for each backup
>> destination.
>
> Server, the separate product?

Of course. It's only $19.99 in the App Store.

> That could be a way to manage that - hmm could be useful at work too.
> (That's a mishmash so far of local backup drives and some dependence
> on iCloud for "in progress" work).
>
> I'll look into it for both here and at work.

It works great.

> Does it have to be "up" all of the time?  eg: if I run it on this iMac
> which typically sleeps while I'm away, will it still function for
> other Macs in the house when it is up? (eg: manage their backups when
> it comes awake)?.

I don't ever put my Mac mini server to sleep because it runs a ton of
services I need to be available 24/7 (including Time Machine backups). I
do, however, occasionally shut it down or turn off Time Machine services
for a while for maintenance. When the machine is running and available,
other computers (clients) that attempt to back up to the Time Machine
volumes will do so. When it's asleep, clients will attempt - and fail -
to back up to it. Typically that results in a notification on the client
machine that the client could not do the backup; but on macOS 10.6 it
fails silently. On every computer in my house, when the server becomes
available again, clients will again automatically back up to it on their
own schedule without user interaction.

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JR

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Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-05 16:18 -0400
  Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 20:33 +0000
    Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-05 17:02 -0400
      Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 22:09 +0000
        Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-06 07:57 -0500

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