Backing Up Your Mac with Time Machine. Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000

Maintenance Mode

If failover is configured, change to maintenance mode temporarily before turning off the TeraStation or updating the firmware. Maintenance mode can be enabled and disabled at Backup - Failover in the main TeraStation’s Settings. You have an option to disable the maintenance mode with the function button. Hold down the function button on the main

TeraStation.

Service IP Address

The “Service IP Address” will be the new address of the backup TeraStation when it takes over operation from the main

TeraStation. If no service IP address is set, or a fixed IP address is set, an attempt is made to inherit the IP address from the main TeraStation.

Network Problems

If network problems occur, the following messages may appear on the TeraStation’s LCD display even though neither

TeraStation has failed. If this happens, disable and then reset failover.

• “FailOver I49 LostMainTarget” - This message (I49) is displayed on the LCD panel of the backup TeraStation when operation switches from the main TeraStation to the backup TeraStation.

• “E27: LostBackupTarget” - This message (E27) is displayed on the LCD panel of the main TeraStation if it is no longer able to detect the backup TeraStation on the network.

Switching to the Backup Unit

If “Switch to backup unit manually” is selected in Settings, the backup TeraStation will not replace the main TeraStation automatically. If the main TeraStation fails, there are two ways to have the backup unit replace the main unit on the network:

• In Settings, click on the “Set as Main Unit” button.

• Or, press and hold down the function button on the backup TeraStation.

Backing Up Your Mac with Time Machine

Time Machine is a backup program included with OS X 10.5 or later. Configure your TeraStation as shown to use Time

Machine.

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In Settings, move the AFP switch to the position to enable AFP.

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Choose Folder Setup.

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Choose a shared folder as your backup destination for Time Machine.

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Click Edit.

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Select AFP (Mac) from LAN Protocol Support and click OK.

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Click OK.

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Click Close.

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Click Backup.

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Click the icon to the right of “Time Machine”.

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Click Edit.

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Click Browse.

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Select the shared folder that you set in the previous step, then click OK.

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Click OK.

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Click OK.

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Move the Time Machine switch to the position to enable Time Machine.

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On the Mac, open System Preferences.

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Click Time Machine.

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Click Choose Backup Disk.

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Select the TeraStation, then click Use for Backup.

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Enter a username and password with the rights to access the shared folder of the TeraStation, then click Connect.

Note: If access restrictions are not configured on the target share, log in with the administrator account. The default username and password for the administrator account are “admin” and “password”. If access restrictions are

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