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Backup: Problem access another network driveBackup, Tips from other users
Hello everyone. I'm trying to use the Backup function of my NAS to copy a .rar file from a share on another network drive - a rather old Maxtor SSD - but I keep getting an error:
"Unable to access remote path //192.168.0.13/sauvegarde/Work.rar"
The file in question is on a mapped share that Windows has no trouble accessing, but the NAS can't seem to. How can I get the NAS to authenticate itself to the SSD?
Thanks for listening. Hope somebody can help. The usual disclaimers regarding my cluelessness apply.
Les
ReadyNAS NV+
Windows 7 x64
Maxtor Shared Storage Drive
That seems to have been it. With a folder instead of a file as the target, it works. Thanks a million.
I have to say that the error message "Unable to access remote path" isn't very helpful...
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The backup facility is intended for backing up folders - I suspect it doesn't work for individual files. Try putting work.rar in its own folder (mayber workrar), and then use //192.168.0.13 as the hostname, and sauvegarde/workrar as the source path. Note there is no / before sauvegarde (and use the correct slash direction, which is opposite from windows).
That seems to have been it. With a folder instead of a file as the target, it works. Thanks a million.
I have to say that the error message "Unable to access remote path" isn't very helpful...
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