sas71/autotm — Issue #2: Last used TM no correctly identified (local USB)
Author: sas71
Created: 2011-11-22 10:18:39+00:00
State: open

Just to let you know I've been testing the latest version of autotm using my setup. Just to remind you this consists of a local USB backup at work and a time capsule (networked USB drive) at home (I realise you've not set the script up to work with a time capsule type of setup, but I thought I'd try and give it a go as the configuration might be the same). Anyway, I've run into a few bugs detailed below. If you can help I'd be most grateful, if not I'll have a look at the source myself and see if I can make any fixes.

Firstly, with a local USB drive connected, the output of autotm (in /var/log/autotm.log) consistently prints "Last used TM not available, trying configured alternatives", e.g.
Mon Nov 21 10:14:01 +0000 2011: Last used TM not available, trying configured alternatives
Mon Nov 21 10:14:01 +0000 2011: Backing up to: "/Volumes/Time Machine"
Mon Nov 21 10:44:01 +0000 2011: Last used TM not available, trying configured alternatives
Mon Nov 21 10:44:01 +0000 2011: Backing up to: "/Volumes/Time Machine"

I think this might be a bug since the TM USB disk was connected the whole day and backups were being successfully perfomed.