Lesson 17. Offering Time Machine Network Backup
Goals
• Enable Time Machine service
• Configure OS X Server to offer Time Machine services
• Restore from Time Machine
A powerful feature of Time Machine is its ability to use network-based sharepoints as a backup location. OS X Server can be configured to provide this special type of network share.
Reference 17.1. Time Machine as a Network Service
Time Machine is a powerful backup and restore service available to users of OS X (Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, and Leopard); you can use the Time Machine service with OS X Server to provide a backup destination on your server to Time Machine users. You can offer any volume attached to your server, but it’s a good idea to use a volume that you ...
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