CP Hangs at the Preparing phase
 

I'm trying to back up to existing SD sparse bundle on a DroboFS network drive. SD hangs:

| 01:17:08 PM | Info | SuperDuper!, 2.6.4 (89), path: /Applications/SuperDuper!.app, Mac OS 10.7.1 build 11B2118 (i386)
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Started on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:17 PM
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Source Volume: Macintosh HD, mount: /, device: /dev/disk0s2, media: APPLE SSD SM256C, interconnect: Internal SATA, file system: "Journaled HFS+", OS: 10.7.1 (11B2118), capacity: 250.14 GB, used: 62.57 GB, directories: 191680, files: 756867, ejectable: NO, ACLs: Enabled
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Target Image: /Volumes/Portable/ChrisAir13 BU.sparsebundle, name: ChrisAir13 BU
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Copy Mode : Smart Update
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Copy Script : Backup - all files.dset
| 01:17:08 PM | Info | Transcript : BuildTranscript.plist
| 01:17:09 PM | Info | PHASE: 1. Prepare to Copy Files
| 01:17:09 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing Macintosh HD
| 01:17:09 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying the integrity of volinfo.database
| 01:17:09 PM | Info | volinfo.database OK
| 01:17:09 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on Macintosh HD

Any suggestions?

That would be a weird place to hang. Have you tried restarting both the Mac and the Drobo?

Yes, rebooted both. Still hangs at same place.

Any clues in the Console ("All Messages") when this hang takes place? We're really not doing much at that point other than ensuring ownership is on for the drive (and for Macintosh HD, it will be)...

No, nothing of note in the console. I suspect that it's the droboFS latest firmware that causes the finder to hang. If I restart the finder, SD seems to take off, then fails to mount the existing sparse bundle. NAS drives have problems with the AFP protocol on Lion, something todo with DHCAST128..... whatever that is.

I've struggled with the DroboFS for nearly a year. I'm going to give up and dump the thing. Now I need to find a NAS device that works.

Try pointing us to the *mounted* bundle rather than its file. Let's see if that works better for you.