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After backup: Destination is read-only?
I'm working on implementing a proper backup procedure as most experts on this forum recommend. But when trying to backup a large amount of data, I keep getting this error message: Backup: Error bac...
Have been looking for a solution for this problem for a long time, but never managed to find the root cause.
In the end, I decided to remove the offending subdirectory that contained a file backup of a Windows system. This solved the problem with the backup procedure.
I ran into this same things when I first got my hardware. It's cool that you are really diving into what the cause of the issue is. I will be curious as to what you find. The fix was to let windows fix the drive and format it to clear everything off. Then make sure that you enable ejection of the USB device after the last backup is performed. Then windows and the ReadyNAS are happier when you physically remove and re-attach drives. I have a 3rd backup performed by connected a USB drive to a specific USB and press the backup button. Once it's done the drive is disconnected. I then have an Email Rule to flag and notify me that backups are done. Otherwise all Readynas emails get filtered to a readynas folder that I review once in a while.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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