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W4B4
Aug 01, 2021Aspirant
Backup "Cannot create directory" of ReadyNAS config file
Doing an SMB backup. Pushing from ReadyNAS to non-ReadyNAS. A share on the ReadyNAS includes archived ReadyNAS config files. Log says "Backup Status: Fail: Failure during copy." with a "Canno...
StephenB
Aug 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
W4B4 wrote:
Log says "Backup Status: Fail: Failure during copy." with a "Cannot create directory" log for the ReadyNAS config files.
Why? How to Fix?
This is a problem on the destination - most likely a file permissions or network access problem.
- W4B4Aug 01, 2021Aspirant
StephenB wrote:
W4B4 wrote:Log says "Backup Status: Fail: Failure during copy." with a "Cannot create directory" log for the ReadyNAS config files.
Why? How to Fix?
This is a problem on the destination - most likely a file permissions or network access problem.
Can you elaborate, please?
These are the only files that fail on the backup jobs. Succesful connection tests before & after backup jobs.
- StephenBAug 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
W4B4 wrote: Can you elaborate, please?The NAS is saying it's not allowed to create a destination folder on the remote device.
Possibilities in the backup job setting include
- path name typed incorrectly in the backup destination
- account credentials typed incorrectly for the backup destination
- perhaps wrong destination device name or IP address
Possibilities on the remote device are
- backup share doesn't give the NAS write access in the network settings
- backup share folder doesn't give the NAS write access
Note there are two settings on the remote device that both need to allow the NAS write access - the network settings and the folder permissions.
- W4B4Aug 01, 2021Aspirant
StephenB wrote:
W4B4 wrote: Can you elaborate, please?The NAS is saying it's not allowed to create a destination folder on the remote device.
Possibilities in the backup job setting include
- path name typed incorrectly in the backup destination
- account credentials typed incorrectly for the backup destination
- perhaps wrong destination device name or IP address
Possibilities on the remote device are
- backup share doesn't give the NAS write access in the network settings
- backup share folder doesn't give the NAS write access
Note there are two settings on the remote device that both need to allow the NAS write access - the network settings and the folder permissions.
Ok, thanks. All of this is setup correctly.
Many other shares, folders, files backed up successfully. Only these files seem to have an issue.
The zipped versions of the ReadyNAS config files appear to backup fine.
Only the unzipped versions of the ReadyNAS config files appear to have an issue with this specific folder:
Cannot create directory [path]/etc/default/config/opt/p2p!
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