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Backup to a Non-Netgear NAS
I have a ReadyNAS 526X and also have a Drobo 5N2. I would like to back up the ReadyNAS to the Drobo. They are both on the same network. I tried to set up a backup job from the 526X to the Drobo...
It gives an error if it can't restore the source file's permissions to the backup. I remember being confused by that once, but I believe there is a subtle difference in the messages. I don't have one on hand to look at, though.
The Drobo should support rsync, and you will have better luck with permissions if you use a native Linux protocol like rsync between two Linux systems.
Can you access the David share on the drobo from your PC? If not, you need to solve that first.
If you can, perhaps use the same user credentials in the backup job that you are using on the PC.
StephenB:
Thanks for the quick reply. It does appear there was an issue with the credentials. I corrected that and I was able to get the David folder to back up. I then tried to back up a folder called Documents and although the backup started it failed almost immediately and I got a message that a folder ._AppleDB could not be created.
When I looked on the Drobo it does look like the backup completed even though I got the error message.
I am now trying to do a single backup of the entire data volume to see if that works.
Does any of that make sense?
Thanks for the quick reply. It does appear there was an issue with the credentials. I corrected that and I was able to get the David folder to back up. I then tried to back up a folder called Documents and although the backup started it failed almost immediately and I got a message that a folder ._AppleDB could not be created.
When I looked on the Drobo it does look like the backup completed even though I got the error message.
I am now trying to do a single backup of the entire data volume to see if that works.
Does any of that make sense?
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