OMV: Time Machine (Netatalk) stopped working from one day to the other

stefan1983 · Nov 8th 2020

Netatalk stopped working from one day to the other, leaving me behind with no clue how to fix it.

The service itself is running, but there is an error indeed (restarting the service didn't help):

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sg@openmediavault:/$ sudo service netatalk status
● netatalk.service - Netatalk AFP fileserver for Macintosh clients
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/netatalk.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-11-08 03:51:12 CET; 9s ago
     Docs: man:afp.conf(5)
           man:netatalk(8)
           man:afpd(8)
           man:cnid_metad(8)
           man:cnid_dbd(8)
           http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/
  Process: 11011 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/netatalk (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 11013 (netatalk)
      CPU: 403ms
   CGroup: /system.slice/netatalk.service
           ├─11013 /usr/sbin/netatalk
           ├─11014 /usr/sbin/afpd -d -F /etc/netatalk/afp.conf
           └─11015 /usr/sbin/cnid_metad -d -F /etc/netatalk/afp.conf

Nov 08 03:51:12 openmediavault systemd[1]: Starting Netatalk AFP fileserver for Macintosh clients...
Nov 08 03:51:12 openmediavault systemd[1]: netatalk.service: PID file /var/lock/netatalk not readable (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Nov 08 03:51:12 openmediavault systemd[1]: Started Netatalk AFP fileserver for Macintosh clients.
Nov 08 03:51:13 openmediavault netatalk[11013]: Netatalk AFP server starting
Nov 08 03:51:13 openmediavault cnid_metad[11015]: CNID Server listening on localhost:4700
Nov 08 03:51:13 openmediavault netatalk[11013]: Registered with Zeroconf
Nov 08 03:51:13 openmediavault afpd[11014]: Netatalk AFP/TCP listening on 172.16.10.35:548

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When looking for the file, it is there and has the follwing stated inside:

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sg@openmediavault:/$ cat /var/lock/netatalk 
11013
sg@openmediavault:/$

Anyone able to help?

stefan1983 · Nov 8th 2020

Speaking of the Time Machine function of OMV itself...., it is activated, the folders are there and it did work for several years..., until now.

I can deactivate, again activate..., but that doesn't change anything. Due to the error shown above my MacBook Pro isn't able to see the Time Machine server.

OMV: Time Machine (Netatalk) stopped working from one day to the other

stefan1983 Nov 8th 2020

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