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backups, files are all named "Copy file" xxxxxx
Backing up media files from ReadyNas 422 to Macbook Air using Windows/NAS (Timestamp) has worked for more than 2 years but now when next backup completes it is continually doing full backups with fil...
My nas is now working normally after many alterations etc.. non of which I can say exactly was the culprit but the problems fixed, one may have been- Shares/(Problem share) File access/ Reset/ reset permissions. It was deffinatly a nas problem not Win/Mac.
This problem has shown it head a few times in the past 4 years but was fixed by formatting or deleating all backup files on the destination drives & making a new backup for those files.
So now when i do a backup to win/pc & Mac only takes a very short while & no "Copy File" in the Log file is incrumental, & everything is back to normal. I'm sorry for not being literate on this as i'm 80yo & grey matter is failing to remember as time goes on. thanks everyone for assistance.
Ric
I'm a bit puzzled by the "copy file" name in the title. Are you saying that the file name on the Mac doesn't match the file name on the original? If so, did this happen when you started over - that is, where the file names incorrect on the Mac after you ran the first backup after the resets?
Did you confirm that the file dates and file sizes match on the two systems?
I'm wondering if something changed on the Mac or the NAS - OS update on the Mac, or a firmware update on the NAS???
Hi, thanks for reply, i'm not real good at this & hopefully I can explain it for you to be able to understand.
The backup from RN422 to Macbook or Windows machines works, & files are the same name on both, (no copy file in the name), only in the backup "log" at completion has 'copy file' infront of the file name, the 'copy files' are the same files on both machines & dont have "Copy File" in front the name. It's just that when the log shows Copy File xxxxx the next time i do a backup it is not an incremental backup & does a full backup everytime & continues to do so. Seems like the RN422 files have something in them to trigger the copy file Log name.
It doesnt happen when RN to RN (Rsync) backup up is used so only when the backup is from Nas to mac or Nas to windows pc. In the past deleting all the files from the destination drive (mac or windows) has fixed the "Copy File" problem & then incremental backup returns to work as normal. But that is no longer happening.
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