Netgear RN31664E – ReadyNAS 316 6-Bay, 6x4TB Enterprise Drive Guía Del Software
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
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
on page 244.) 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.
bundle.
Note
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.
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.
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.
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
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
on page 241.)
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.
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
For more information, see
on page 163.
2.
In Finder, select Go > Connect to Server.
The Connect to Server dialog box displays.
The Connect to Server dialog box displays.
3.
Enter the following command in the Server Address field:
afp://<hostname>
<hostname> is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default host name if you
did not change it.
afp://<hostname>
<hostname> is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default host name if you
did not change it.
If you cannot access the ReadyNAS using its host name, try entering afp://<ReadyNAS
IP address> instead. <ReadyNAS IP address> is the IP address of the ReadyNAS.
IP address> instead. <ReadyNAS IP address> is the IP address of the ReadyNAS.
Note
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