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NASklr
Sep 19, 2015Aspirant
Backup Path Lost When Switching USB Drives
RN102 with 6.2.3
I have backup jobs for each share to backup to a corresponding destination folder on a usb drive (Music share goes to Music folder on usb drive). Backup button is enabled for each job so I can hit the button at the end of each week and backup over the weekend. Each month I switch out the usb drive. One drive shows up as usb_hdd_1. The other as usb_hdd_2. Since the folder path is different for each drive I have created backup job sets for each usb drive. When I run backups, I'll get an error for the usb drive set that isn't hooked up, but that's not an issue.
When I first switch usb drives and hit the backup button, I get an error for destination folder not found, even for the jobs that point to that usb drive. I then use the web ui to point the backup job to the destination folder and it works again as long as that drive remains connected. . The path is unchanged from when the last time the drive was connected. Is there a way to get the destination path recognized automatically?
NASklr wrote:
I'm reluctant to test out a beta firmware at this point.
You can't downgrade from 6.4 beta, so it is wise to be cautious.
You could upgrade to the current production firmware though (6.2.5).
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- BrianL2NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi NASklr,
The USB path name depends on which USB device gets plugged in first. Even if they're switched out (top/bottom or front) the same USB_HDD_1 stays on the 1st USB storage plugged in, and USB_HDD_2 for the next one. Kindly confirm if you have tried this and got the same behavior.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team- NASklrAspirant
I've been plugging both drives alternately into the top back usb 3.0 socket. (My UPS is plugged into the lower back socket.) The RN102 gave each drive a different name when I plugged them in.
- BrianL2NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi NASklr,
Can you confirm if the name of the 1st USB storage device you plugged in, is USB_HDD_1? and when you plugged in the the other USB storage device, was it named USB_HDD_2?
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
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