unable see backups

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Hi,&nbsp;Could someone help me, I have NAS 526x I could see Backup is getting completed but unable to see the backups.&nbsp; when i right click on shared folders--&gt;recover,&nbsp; I Could see only snapshots but not the backups.&nbsp;&nbsp;Could some one help me please? Thanks!&nbsp;Regards,Vanna reddy

StephenB · Answer

Recover is only for snapshots.&nbsp; You can restore the backup(s) by reversing the direction of the backup jobs (switching source and destination).
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Are you backing up to USB drives?&nbsp; Or over the network?&nbsp;
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If USB, then what disk format did you choose?&nbsp; You should pick a format that you can read on one of your PCs.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Vannareddy · Answer

Hi Stephen,&nbsp;Thanks for the reply, I have tried by reversing the direction of the backup, however just it tries to copy whateer the data is available in the NAS storage,&nbsp; I dont see the backups date wise.I am using network to retrive the Data.&nbsp;Also it would be great help, if you provide me the steps to copy the old backup to other drive by means of USB or Network.&nbsp;Regqards,Vanna Reddy

StephenB · Answer

Vannareddy&nbsp;wrote:
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I am using network to retrive the Data.
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Also it would be great help, if you provide me the steps to copy the old backup to other drive by means of USB or Network.
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Normally you just switch the source and destinations.
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Can you post the backup settings you are using now?
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Vannareddy · Answer

Here is the logs and and backup settings.&nbsp;Backup Job Name: Share2Backup Job Type: IncrementalProtocol: cifsBackup Source: [remote:cifs]///35.16.10.5/Engineering2Backup Destination: [Engineering2]/Backup Start Time: Thu Feb 25 2021 4:24:00Backup Finish Time: Thu Feb 25 2021 4:40:17Backup Status: Success&nbsp;Source is windows 2012 serverDestination NAS Storage&nbsp;Engineering2 (created shared folder)&nbsp;&nbsp;when I reverse the Job,&nbsp; it copies only the current data, but I need&nbsp; to view the old backups.&nbsp;Regards,Vanna Reddy

StephenB · Answer

Vannareddy&nbsp;wrote:
Backup Destination: [Engineering2]/
when I reverse the Job,&nbsp; it copies only the current data, but I need to view the old backups.
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Reversing the backup job won't help you.
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There might be some confusion here.&nbsp; The NAS backup jobs don't do versioned backups.&nbsp; They simply copy everything on the source to the destination - overwriting any files that were changed.&nbsp; With your settings, files deleted on the remote source will still remain on Engineering2.
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To see what's currently in the share, you can simply browse to Engineering2.&nbsp; But there is no such thing as an "old backup".
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However, if you have an OS-6 ReadyNAS and have snapshots enabled on Engineering2, then you could access the snapshots to see (or recover) older files - each snapshot will contain the contents of the share as of the date the snapshot was taken.&nbsp; You can browse the snapshots using the admin web ui.
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