Time Machine Failure (log provided)

[dmetzcher]

Time Machine stopped backing up two days ago in the middle of the day. The error is the same just about every time. I've repaired permissions, deleted .inProgress files, updated the OS to the latest release, applied all security patches, etc. I've spent three hours working on this, and need some advice.

The log information is below. I'm running a Mac Pro with two 500GB internal drives. One is the Time Machine drive. I've had issues with backups once or twice in the past, but deleting the .inProgress backup files has solved them.

This is the error. It's something with an iPhoto theme, which is weird, since iPhoto hasn't changed since I installed iLife '08 many, many months ago.

10/26/08 4:03:52 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Doodle-FoldedCard-V.IPBookTheme/Contents/Resources/themeIcon.tiff to /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-26-031945.inProgress/B61239F0-4723-47E1-8D1E-C724783986E7/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Doodle-FoldedCard-V.IPBookTheme/Contents/Resources

Please help. Thanks.

Here is the whole log...
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10/26/08 3:19:44 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Backup requested by user
10/26/08 3:19:44 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Starting standard backup
10/26/08 3:19:44 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
10/26/08 3:19:45 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
10/26/08 3:19:45 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
10/26/08 3:48:34 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Starting pre-backup thinning: 3.04 GB requested (including padding), 2.60 GB available
10/26/08 3:50:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-09-26-010753: 2.67 GB now available
10/26/08 3:50:16 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-24-234543: 2.67 GB now available
10/26/08 3:50:23 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-24-224441: 2.67 GB now available
10/26/08 3:50:30 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-24-214449: 2.68 GB now available
10/26/08 3:50:42 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-24-204447: 2.83 GB now available
10/26/08 3:50:51 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-24-194528: 2.83 GB now available
10/26/08 3:51:22 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-25-034703: 2.84 GB now available
10/26/08 3:51:36 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-25-031035: 2.85 GB now available
10/26/08 3:51:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-25-014534: 2.86 GB now available
10/26/08 3:51:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Removed all 9 expired backups, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
10/26/08 3:59:00 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-06-20-092030: 21.97 GB now available
10/26/08 3:59:00 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Pre-backup thinning completed successfully: 10 backups were deleted
10/26/08 3:59:00 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Jun 27, 2008
10/26/08 4:03:51 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Stopping backup.
10/26/08 4:03:52 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Doodle-FoldedCard-V.IPBookTheme/Contents/Resources/themeIcon.tiff to /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Mac Pro/2008-10-26-031945.inProgress/B61239F0-4723-47E1-8D1E-C724783986E7/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Doodle-FoldedCard-V.IPBookTheme/Contents/Resources
10/26/08 4:03:52 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Copied 403 files (120.8 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
10/26/08 4:03:52 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Copy stage failed with error:11
10/26/08 4:03:59 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[900] Backup failed with error: 11
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[Satcomer]

Well to fix a time machine disk you must connect to it via wired connection. Then you can use /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and 'repair the disk or use your favorite disk reap program (Disk Warrior, Drive 10, etc.). Hopefully this will fix it.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by Satcomer

Well to fix a time machine disk you must connect to it via wired connection. Then you can use /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and 'repair the disk or use your favorite disk reap program (Disk Warrior, Drive 10, etc.). Hopefully this will fix it.

I'll try this now with Disk Utility. If I verify the disk, and it says all good, can I skip the repair, or should I still run it?

[dmetzcher]

Verify Disk failed. Trying a repair now.
If the repair fails...do I need to erase it and start over with my Time Machine backups?

Verifying volume “Time Machine”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed.

Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

(I'm starting to get a little worried...backups are all that separate us from the lower primates.)

[dmetzcher]

And here are the Disk Utility messages when I ran a repair on the Time Macine volume.

Verify and Repair volume “Time Machine”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed.

Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

OK, so should I wipe the Time Machine disk and try to start over with it?
What does this all mean about the TM disk itself. Is it physically damaged in some way, or is this not an indication of that?

[dmetzcher]

I rebooted. OS X is telling me that I should reformat the Time Machine disk ASAP. I cannot even repair the disk any longer.

So I guess the main question now is should I even use this disk any longer?
If this is a hardware issue (could it be?), should I use another available internal disk instead? I have another one that I haven't even written to in about a year. I used to use it for cloning my startup disk before I got Leopard.

Or, if I should reformat and go through the long initial TM backup, I'll do that.

Just looking for advice on which route is my best option right now.

Thanks.

[Doctor X]

Originally Posted by dmetzcher

(I'm starting to get a little worried...backups are all that separate us from the lower primates.)

Awesome.

Awesome quote.

Hope the issues get solved.

--J.D.

[Doctor X]

. . . anyways, do you NEED to save the data on the TM drive? If you already have the data, what you propose may be the easiest thing.

Otherwise, I would consider a better disk repair program such as Disk Warrior. With that one in particular you can take a "picture" of your drive and try to pull files if it does not repair it.

--J.D.