Backing Up Your Mac With Time Machine - Buffalo TeraStation 5000 User Manual

main TeraStation's settings and click OK.
• Ethernet frame size settings for main and failover TeraStations should be 1500 bytes. To change the Ethernet
frame size, navigate to Network - IP Address, click the LAN port and Edit, and change the Ethernet frame size to
"1500" bytes.
• Files whose filenames contain more than 80 alphanumeric characters will not be backed up.
• If a "Replication I33 ReplicateFailure" error appears on the LCD display, navigate to Backup - Replication and
click Resync.
• Don't use the same TeraStation for both failover and replication, or failover and Time Machine.
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.
Alternatively, you can hold down the function button on the main TeraStation to exit maintenance mode.
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
2
Choose Folder Setup.
3
Choose a shared folder as your backup destination for Time Machine.
position to enable AFP.
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