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TrueNas Time Machine Backup

What is TrueNas?

TrueNas is an open-source storage operating system designed to provide reliable and efficient network attached storage (NAS). I will be running TrueNas as a virtual machine in Hyper-V for my time machine backup NAS.

How Do I use TrueNas to backup my Macbook with Time Machine?

  1. Install TrueNas: Instructions on how to install TrueNas can be found with this link.
  2. Login to the Web GUI: Instruction on how to login to the web GUI can be found with this link.
  3. Create a Storage Pool: Instruction on how to create a storage pool can be found with this link
  4. Now we must create a SMB share for the Time Machine backup.
    1. Click on the three dots next to Windows (SMB) Shares
    2. Click Advanced settings
    3. Click the checkbox for “Enable Apple SMB2/3 protocol Extensions”
    4. Save settings
    5. Go to Sharing
    6. Windows (SMB) Shares Add
    7. Select the path of the Storage Pool that was just made. In the Purpose* dropdown, select “Multiuser Time Machine share”
    8. Add a Description if you’d like
    9. Select Advanced Options
    10. Under Other Options select Time Machine
    11. Save
  5. A dialog box Asking If you want to start the SMB Service will appear, select “Enable Service”
  6. Create a user account to connect to the SMB share
    1. Go to Credentials in the side menu
    2. Local Users
    3. Select the Add button in the Users page
    4. Create a Username and Password
    5. Ensure “Samaba Authentication” is checked
    6. Save
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