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Backup not working
I haven't run my regular backup jobs for a month. In that time I have: Replaced disk #1 after failure & resynced Replaced disk #2 after failure & resynced Upgraded to version 4 of FrontView N...
Hi all,
What was the resolution for this issue because i got the same problem. Test connection works fine. It says its able to connect (i've tried to put a folder that doesn't exist and it failed so i know the test connection works). The share is accessible from my other machine but when the backup job starts it fails. This has only happened since my firmware upgrade and is causing a real nuisance :(
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FULL Backup started. Wed Sep 17 19:05:01 WEST 2008
Job: 001
Protocol: cifs
Source: [personal]
Destination: //xxxx/personalBack
Backup failed. Wed Sep 17 19:05:03 WEST 2008.
Reason for failure:
Unable to access remote path //xxxx/personalBack.
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I've tried using the ip, dns name, ssh to the box to ping the dns name and the ip. All seems ok but the backup job is failing.
Regards
What was the resolution for this issue because i got the same problem. Test connection works fine. It says its able to connect (i've tried to put a folder that doesn't exist and it failed so i know the test connection works). The share is accessible from my other machine but when the backup job starts it fails. This has only happened since my firmware upgrade and is causing a real nuisance :(
##############
FULL Backup started. Wed Sep 17 19:05:01 WEST 2008
Job: 001
Protocol: cifs
Source: [personal]
Destination: //xxxx/personalBack
Backup failed. Wed Sep 17 19:05:03 WEST 2008.
Reason for failure:
Unable to access remote path //xxxx/personalBack.
###########
I've tried using the ip, dns name, ssh to the box to ping the dns name and the ip. All seems ok but the backup job is failing.
Regards
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