[Clinton]

[url=”http://serverfault.com/questions/152173/server-admin-is-not-allowing-me-to-configure-dns/153256#153256″%5DI’ve solved the problem. [/url] It came down to a comment that Server Admin wrote to a file but would not read back from the file.

[Clinton]

I have not tried this (on a server or client), and I’m only guessing, but:

1) What happens if you use the Migration Assistant and tell it to migrate data from the time machine backup?

2) It appears to me that all the files in your time machine backup are readily accessible and can be copied. I would try installing an OS with a version not exceeding that that you were running, and, while accessing the hard drive while the (virtual) computer is turned off, copy all files from the `Latest` subdirectory in your backup on top or you newly-setup OS. (As I understand it, this will copy everything that is the latest and greatest from your backup, by [url=”http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2007/10/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/14#time-machine-internals”%5Dusing symlinks and hard links[/url] I believe you could copy it any way you like — from a root Finder, using ditto, rsync, or cp -rpV. [ [url=”http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html”%5DThis reference[/url], aimed at cloning entire disks, may be helpful. ]

Good luck.

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