Here's a sample of the error log on her laptop starting from the moment I select "Back Up Now". What steps should I take to diagnose this problem further?
I've done my best to Google error code 29, but have been unable to find any useful information. The error message that appears in her Console.app when I try to trigger a backup is 6/6/17 7:33:39.244 PM Finder _CSBackupServerProx圜opyMountPointForDestination returned result code: 29 It appears that the TM server is at least configured to accept AFP connections, even if it is failing to do so. Here is a screenshot of that config panel.
It is setup to accept both AFP and SMB connections for my girlfriend's account. Using the information provided by correspondents in the comments below I examined the configuration of the my Time Machine server.
Is this because my laptop is running Sierra and hers is running El Capitan? So it appears that our two machines are attempting to use different protocols to communicate with the server.
While on hers the quite distinct key appears paleophile._afpovertcp._tcp.local. That all worked perfectly.Īnother difference between her laptop and mine that may be relevant is that if I look in 'Keychain Access' for keys related to paleophile I see the following… on my laptop: paleophile._smb._tcp.local.
To be precise I mounted the server, logging in as the same user with the same password and then mounting the already existing encrypted backup with the key. The error message my girlfriend’s computer reports is that the username and password are incorrect. The motivation for these separate accounts was to take advantage of the capacity to apply a disk usage ceiling, particularly on myself. Please note that those accounts were setup at the same time and in the same manner so I would expect that they would be identical in configuration. Thus her's connects to the server through a different account than mine. I have setup one account on the server for each of our laptops. I have also tested her backup setup over ethernet with WiFi turned off unfortunately with the same results. Both my laptop and hers generally connect to the network via WiFi. Our LAN is handled by an Apple Airport Extreme (the flat one) to which paleophile is connected by ethernet. (Her computer cannot be upgraded to Sierra.)
Unfortunately I cannot seem to get my girlfriend’s mid-2009 MacBook Pro running El Capitan to backup to paleophile. It is working splendidly for my early-2015 MacBook Pro running Sierra. I attached a 5 TB external via USB to store the encrypted sparse bundles.
I built a Time Machine server, paleophile.local, out of a 2009 white Unibody MacBook running Sierra on which I installed macOS Server.