Mounting The Sparse Bundle To The Nsa - ZyXEL Communications NSA325 User Manual

Chapter 19 Using Time Machine with the NSA
19.5.2.2 Terminal
You can also create a sparse bundle file by using Terminal. Enter the following:
sudo hdiutil create -size $SPECSIZE -type SPARSEBUNDLE -
nospotlight -volname $VOLUMENAME -fs "Case-sensitive Journaled
HFS+" -verbose ./$COMPUTERNAME_MACADDRESS
In $SPECSIZE, enter the volume size for the sparse bundle. Here, the size is set to 200g. In
$VOLUMENAME, enter the volume name TimeMachine. For $COMPUTERNAME_MACADDRESS, enter the
computer name and MAC address: Coffee-Bean_001f5bed6c7a. Click [Enter] to start creating.
The sparse bundle file will be in your Home folder.

19.5.3 Mounting the Sparse Bundle to the NSA

After the sparse bundle file is created on the desktop or Home folder, copy the file to share01 of
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the NSA.
Open share01 on your NSA. There should be a sparse bundle folder. This is the place where all
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your backup files from Time Machine will be. Remove the local sparse bundle file on your computer
and the hidden file ._Coffee-Bean_001f5bed6c7a.sparsebundle in share01.
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