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xbmcgotham's avatar
Oct 07, 2019
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Backup Schedule to other NAS drive

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to setup an automatic backup schedule to another NAS drive on the network?

 

I was playing with the settings, however cant get it to work.

 

If it is possible, how would I enter the correct settings for a scheduled backup on th eReadynas NV+ v2 to another NAS drive/share with the following info URL:

 

Network path to backup location: //back-up/nas/

 

Thanks for the tip!

 

  • So found the solution. Dont ask me how or why, but it works now suddenly.

     

    After many tries, this is what I found to be the correct format of entering the backup destination info when connecting to Synology Rsync service from a Readynas NV+ v2 running Radiator 5.

     

    BACKUP DESTINATION

    Type: remote

    Name: remote: Rsync Server

    Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

    Path: NetBackup

    Login: (username of the account you created on the Synology for the rsync service) 

    Password: (password of the account you created on the Synology for the rsync service)

     

    After clicking "Test Connection" this should give a Successful message.

     

    When if saved this backup configuration, and ran it, I received an error message telling me that the account was disabled. I could not figure out why this message was shown as I had setup everything by default on the Synology. I did notice that one setting I had not enabled as it was descibed in my humble opinion to be not needed. This was the "Enable rsync account". I though it would be worth the try to enable it and click on the "Edit rsync Account" button. This opened up a window with rsync accounts which showed to be empty. I clicked on the "Add" button and selected the rsync account which I had already created for the Rsync service and entered its password again. After saving it, suddenly the Readynas Backup worked after running ir from the Readynas Backup page.

     

    Making it complete; I have also screenshots available of the Synology Rsync service configuration that worked for me however, I can only upload one attachement but no zip. any ideas how to add the couple of screenshots I have?

     

    Keep in mind, I created a dedicated user called "rsync" which would only be allowed access to the Rsync NetBackup share location with Read/Write.

     

    Hope this helps others.

     

     

20 Replies


  • xbmcgotham wrote:

    Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to setup an automatic backup schedule to another NAS drive on the network?

     


    Absolutely.  Though personally I tend to run the backup jobs on the destination NAS (backing up another NAS, not to another NAS).

     


    xbmcgotham wrote:

     

    If it is possible, how would I enter the correct settings for a scheduled backup on th eReadynas NV+ v2 to another NAS drive/share with the following info URL:

     


    What NAS is this (manufacturer, model).  What protocol are you using? SMB, NFS, RSYNC?

     

    Are the two NAS on the same network?

    • xbmcgotham's avatar
      xbmcgotham
      Tutor

      Hi StephenB

      Thanks for keep coming back solving my issues. :-)

       

      Both NAS's are on local network. 

       

      The NAS I want to use for backing-up the Readynas NV+ v2 data is a Synology DS218j

       

      I have smb and afp on both enabled as I am using mac and windows PC's on the network.

       

      Have not worked with rsync, so not sure what it is and what it can do.

       

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru

        xbmcgotham wrote:

         

        Have not worked with rsync, so not sure what it is and what it can do.

         


         

        I definitely would use rsync for this.  Generally it's the best way to do incremental NAS->NAS backups.

         

        Are you backing up the Synology to the NV+ v2, or are you backing up the NV+ v2 to the Synology?

         

         

         

         

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