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Backup not cancelled, broken USB share #24029659
So I tried using backup for the first time to a USB drive; what a disappointment that was!
ReadyNAS 102. Firmware 6.1.9
I have multiple shares on the NAS which I wanted to backup so I created a single job for each share and used external storage as the destination. It was only after I started the job running that I realised it puts all of the files/folders within that share onto the root of the drive. So I clicked cancel from the FrontView. A while later it says cancelling, few more minutes later - still cancelling. I looked at the external drive contents and noticed it is continuing the backup as though nothing has happened. How can Netgear release software as poorly written as this?! When I cancel an operation I expect it to cancel, not continue merrily along as though nothing has happened.
Out of sheer frustration I unplugged the USB cable from the drive and restarted the NAS through the FrontView (surprisingly this worked as expected).
Now whenever I plug in the USB drive it shows 2 shares, USB_HDD_1 which is broken and USB_HDD_3 which works. How can I remove the broken share and just show the working one?
Eject doesn't work for this share/drive and there is no obvious option to delete. I have also tried formatting the drive through Windows, but still the same.
I realise now I can backup the shares to a folder of my choice with destination set to: share: USB_HDD_x
Thanks
Matt
ReadyNAS 102. Firmware 6.1.9
I have multiple shares on the NAS which I wanted to backup so I created a single job for each share and used external storage as the destination. It was only after I started the job running that I realised it puts all of the files/folders within that share onto the root of the drive. So I clicked cancel from the FrontView. A while later it says cancelling, few more minutes later - still cancelling. I looked at the external drive contents and noticed it is continuing the backup as though nothing has happened. How can Netgear release software as poorly written as this?! When I cancel an operation I expect it to cancel, not continue merrily along as though nothing has happened.
Out of sheer frustration I unplugged the USB cable from the drive and restarted the NAS through the FrontView (surprisingly this worked as expected).
Now whenever I plug in the USB drive it shows 2 shares, USB_HDD_1 which is broken and USB_HDD_3 which works. How can I remove the broken share and just show the working one?
Eject doesn't work for this share/drive and there is no obvious option to delete. I have also tried formatting the drive through Windows, but still the same.
I realise now I can backup the shares to a folder of my choice with destination set to: share: USB_HDD_x
Thanks
Matt
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- Did you stop readynasd before editing the database?
Can you check the database to see what it looks like now? - Yes that is how.
- Probably better to do it with the drive unplugged.
- Perhaps as well as stopping the service you need to disable it. Note you need to remember to enable it again as this service is important.
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