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firmware 6.5.0 readynas 2120 Using the Backup tab of NAS and backing up to a USB and in the Options of the backup task you can choose to “remove the contents of the backup destination before ful...
FG wrote:
To make this work correctly, do I need to enabled Rsync on the SHARE under the network access tab?
The "remote" share needs rsync enabled. I have it enabled on the local share also (not sure if that is required or not)
If rsync is selected as the file protocol, then the "remove deleted files on target" option should be enabled on the advanced backup tab.
To make this work correctly, do I need to enabled Rsync on the SHARE under the network access tab?
In the Options tab of Backup task, would should I have selected? Remove the contents? Does this tab even apply when you using Rsync. Isn't Rsync matching the destination folder to the source folder?
Page 222 of the readynas 6.5 manual talks about advanced settings for Rsync backup........but I can't do anything in the advanced tab, the features are grayed out.
FG wrote:
To make this work correctly, do I need to enabled Rsync on the SHARE under the network access tab?
The "remote" share needs rsync enabled. I have it enabled on the local share also (not sure if that is required or not)
If rsync is selected as the file protocol, then the "remove deleted files on target" option should be enabled on the advanced backup tab.
On the backup task, under source tab, in the PROTOCOL box, I did not have "Rsync Server" selected.......what a Rookie!
Working fine now. Thanks
Any Up or Down side to having the Rsync Service enable on the NAS or using Rsync as a backup method?
FG wrote:
Any Up or Down side to having the Rsync Service enable on the NAS or using Rsync as a backup method?
I use NAS->NAS backup, and all my backup jobs use rsync. If there's a lot of data that needs updating, NFS or CIFs might be faster. But for the incremental backups I do, rsync is faster. There is no downside as far as I can tell.
It is useful to make sure everything on the USB drive is readable every now and then. You can do that by running a full "from scratch" backup occasionally or by doing a full read-test on the USB drive in a PC.
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