Backing up on Time Machine

Jawad · Aug 7, 2011

I have 4 internal drives including a Raid System.

My first drive has Snow leopard and the rest data. Now when I try to back up my main drive, it uses all drives to back up on one

I know there is a way to do one on one but I can't find answer on the net.

Thanks

Lifeisabeach · Aug 7, 2011

Jawad said:
I have 4 internal drives including a Raid System.

My first drive has Snow leopard and the rest data. Now when I try to back up my main drive, it uses all drives to back up on one

I know there is a way to do one on one but I can't find answer on the net.

It'd help to know more specifically how you have your RAID configured (which type, how many drives of the 4 are in it, etc) and what method of backup you are currently using.

You can clone any single partition to a backup using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. They will even do incremental backups by copying only what was changed during the last session.

Jawad · Aug 8, 2011

I have RAID 5 but may be I worded my question wrong

I just want to back up my drive that has OS x on it with TIME MACHINE. Is there a way?

Lifeisabeach · Aug 8, 2011

Jawad said:
I have RAID 5 but may be I worded my question wrong

I just want to back up my drive that has OS x on it with TIME MACHINE. Is there a way?

Yes. Add anything you don't want backed up to the exclusion list in Time Machine's preferences.

Jawad · Aug 8, 2011

ok that was easy but the raid doesn't show up in exclusion list...?

Lifeisabeach · Aug 8, 2011

Jawad said:
ok that was easy but the raid doesn't show up in exclusion list...?

Can you please detail exactly how your RAID volume is set up? Are ALL of the drives being used in a RAID volume, or just some of them? Is OS X on a drive that is not part of a RAID volume? When you click on your computer name in Finder's sidebar, what shows up there?

Jawad · Aug 8, 2011

Sorry I didn't set it up. Osx is not part of raid. In finder I see my raid drive as a normal drive

Jawad · Aug 8, 2011

and also what show are two internal drives which i want to exclude. they are not shown in exclude list

Lifeisabeach · Aug 8, 2011

Jawad said:
and also what show are two internal drives which i want to exclude. they are not shown in exclude list

Are you not able to drag/drop them from Finder into the exclude list? Or click the + button and add them that way?

Jawad · Aug 8, 2011

that did the trick thanks and apple wanted me to sign up for apple care to this question