GT-AX11000 Time Machine Not working on latest Merlin

[ComputerSteve]

Is time machine working correctly anymore. I notice that my drive never completes a backup but instead just disconnects. I am wondering if people are having success using the time machine feature. I am on the current firmware beta 3004.388.8.

 

[Tech9]

Perhaps it's better to report the issue in the beta thread:

Beta - Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.8 beta is now available

Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.8 Beta is now available for all supported models. The focus of this release is the implementation of the new VPN killswitch first introduced in 3006.102.1. Changes since 3004.388.7: 3004.388.8 (xx-xxx-2024) - NEW: Rewrote VPN killswitch implementation. The new...

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[ComputerSteve]

Yeah, I am also on Sequoia beta. I am going to downgrade back to Sonoma. I don't think it has to do with that. I am reading that time machine seems to be very unstable with the implementation from Asus.

 

[ComputerSteve]

Is anyone else who uses Time Machine having issues ?

 

[bennor]

Is anyone else who uses Time Machine having issues ?

Another recent one:

Time machine disk not found

I've been running Time Machine for many many months using a USB drive attached to my GT-AX6000 to back up to. After not using my computer much lately, I recently discovered that no backups had occurred for the past two weeks. I thought that might have been because I didn't use my computer...

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[ComputerSteve]

Another recent one:

Time machine disk not found

I've been running Time Machine for many many months using a USB drive attached to my GT-AX6000 to back up to. After not using my computer much lately, I recently discovered that no backups had occurred for the past two weeks. I thought that might have been because I didn't use my computer...

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Yes that seems more like the host-name issue.

 

[bluzfanmr1]

I upgraded to 3004.388.7 and it broke for me. Granted I just use it to play around and not for my serious backups. It works fine on 3004.388.6_2.

 

[ComputerSteve]

I upgraded to 3004.388.7 and it broke for me. Granted I just use it to play around and not for my serious backups. It works fine on 3004.388.6_2.

Yeah so I downgraded my Mac OS back to Sonoma 14.5 & i'm noticing that time machine gets stuck on Connecting to Backup Disk.

 

[bluzfanmr1]

Yeah so I downgraded my Mac OS back to Sonoma 14.5 & i'm noticing that time machine gets stuck on Connecting to Backup Disk.

I'm on Sonoma 14.5 and like I said 3004.388.6_2 and I don't have issues. I just remembered I made a backup before trying 3004.388.7 but did do a factory reset when going back to 3004.388.6_2.

 

[ComputerSteve]

I upgraded to 3004.388.7 and it broke for me. Granted I just use it to play around and not for my serious backups. It w

Do you also have a GT-AX11000 ?

 

[bluzfanmr1]

Do you also have a GT-AX11000 ?

Just the GT-AX6000 so maybe it's specific to your model.

 

[ComputerSteve]

Just the GT-AX6000 so maybe it's specific to your model.

Yes but now it doesn’t appear to be working on two models. Meaning if you have the GT-AX6000 and I have the GT-AX11000. They both seem to be having Time Machine issues. So idk seems like a bug to me somewhere.

 

[Tech9]

So idk seems like a bug to me somewhere.

All the firmware versions above (388.6 to 388.8 beta) are on the same Asus GPL.

 

[ComputerSteve]

All the firmware versions above (388.6 to 388.8 beta) are on the same Asus GPL.

Right. Then why is working on a lower version of the firmware that’s supposed to be the same ?

 

[Tech9]

Something got broken in 388.7 perhaps. The reason I suggested reporting it in 388.8 beta thread.

 

[ComputerSteve]

Something got broken in 388.7 perhaps. The reason I suggested reporting it in 388.8 beta thread.

Maybe @RMerlin can give some insight.

 

[bluzfanmr1]

What I have observed is that a few times a new firmware has been released and Time Machine will not work right away on the new release. Then, usually at some point, with a new version, it works again.

 

[Tech9]

I guess not too many people use this feature and eventual issue goes unnoticed during the alpha/beta testing cycle. I would also suggest testing without your custom scripts on top before you report firmware issues to alpha/beta release threads. May not be firmware related.

 

[ComputerSteve]

So I downgraded back to 3004.388.6_2 & i'm now on 14.5.. I am noticing this feature is just not working correctly. It keeps getting stuck on "Connecting to backup disk"... I can get it to work if I manually start the backup by pressing skip this backup then clicking Backup Now.

 

[ComputerSteve]

So I think I found the problem... Seems to be a bug with that the way it adds the time machine location is through Hostname -- So meaning its adding GT-AX11000_pro.local/Backups.backupdb -- I can get time machine to work if I do this command in terminal --
sudo tmutil setdestination -ap afp://Admin@192.168.50.1/Backups.backupdb

I now don't get the issue where it stops connecting after the first backup...