Netgear RR3312 Software Manual - Page 254
Increase Your Shared Time Machine Backup Capacity, Capacity, Add or Remove Backup Disk, timemachine
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ReadyNAS OS 6.7 Note The first time you run Time Machine on your Mac, a sparse bundle is created on your ReadyNAS to store the backup data. The maximum size of the sparse bundle is the size that you specify in the Capacity field. Make sure that you allocate more space than is needed so that the sparse bundle can accommodate additional data later. If you want to increase the size of the sparse bundle, you must delete the sparse bundle and create a new Time Machine backup. (See Increase Your Time Machine Backup Capacity on page 254.) After you run Time Machine for the first time, simply changing the number in the Capacity field does not increase the size of the sparse bundle. 5. On your Mac OS X computer, open the Time Machine preferences. 6. Click the Add or Remove Backup Disk button. A pop-up window lists available disks. 7. Select the disk named user name timemachine. 8. Click the Use Disk button. The connect window opens requesting the user name and password. 9. In the Name field, enter the user name. 10. In the Password field, enter the password for that account. 11. Click the Connect button. Time Machine begins the backup, which can take several minutes to start. Increase Your Shared Time Machine Backup Capacity The first time you run a Time Machine backup on your Mac, a sparse bundle (a Mac OS file system directory type) is created on your ReadyNAS to store the backup data. The maximum size of the sparse bundle is the size that you specify when you enable Time Machine on your ReadyNAS. (See Back Up Your Mac Using Time Machine on page 251.) After you run Time Machine for the first time, the size of the sparse bundle that stores your Mac backup data is fixed. If you want to increase the size of the sparse bundle, you must delete the sparse bundle and create a new Time Machine backup. To increase the capacity of the Time Machine backup on your ReadyNAS: 1. Ensure that the AFP file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system. For more information, see Configure Global Settings for File-Sharing Protocols on page 172. 2. In Finder, select Go > Connect to Server. The Connect to Server dialog box displays. 3. Enter the following command in the Server Address field: afp:// is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default host name if you did not change it. Note If you cannot access the ReadyNAS using its host name, try entering afp:// instead. is the IP address of the ReadyNAS. Backup and Recovery 254