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Aspirant

Jan 04, 2016

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Backing up Readynas 204 to Readynas NV+

I want to back up my Readynas 204 to my Readynas NV+. The 204 is running firmware version 6.3.5. I cannot find a valid combination of destonation host name and share name when creating the backup job...

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Peter-B
Jan 06, 2016
I installed v6.4.1 and changed the host name to the ip address. Rsync backup now runs successfully.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jan 04, 2016

Peter-B wrote:

I want to back up my Readynas 204 to my Readynas NV+. The 204 is running firmware version 6.3.5. I cannot find a valid combination of destonation host name and share name when creating the backup job. I am using:

host: //nas-F1-85-56/

Normally you wouldn't put a // at the start of the host name (or / at the end). If removing the slashes doesn't help, try using the IP address of the NV+ instead of the name.

I'd use rsync for this btw.

Peter-B
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2016
Thanks. I was able to successfully set up backups and I switched to rsync as well.

Regards,
Peter
- BrianL2
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Jan 05, 2016
  Hi Peter-B,
  
  How was it? Did the backup complete? Also, were the files copied or saved to the destination share?
  
  Kind regards,
  
  BrianL
  NETGEAR Community Team
  - Peter-B
    Aspirant
    Jan 05, 2016
    Thanks for checking. I thought I had it but no such luck. The host name resolved to the wrong ip address even though the "test connection" button resulted in a good result - not sure why. I reset the ip address for the destination backup server to a reserved ip address and retried manually. I got this:
    
    .rsync: failed to connect to nas-F1-85-56 (192.168.0.200): Connection refused (111)
    rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(128) [sender=3.1.1]
    
    Progress has been made, though - at least it is trying to connect to the right ip address!
    
    Regards,
    Peter