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Best practise for ReadyOS 6 full system backup and recovery
Hey community, since I could not find any obvious way how to to a full backup (and recovery of course) of my RN204 (configuration and data), I am reaching out to the community now. Is there a...
Hi Tbob,
For all data backup,
You can backup your volume.
Example: Backup local path select /data (data is volume's name)
http://kb.netgear.com/23420/How-do-I-create-a-backup-job-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
For configure backup,
Please backup and restore configure,
open NAS admin GUI, then go to System/Settings/Configuration Backup
evan2 wrote:
Hi Tbob,
For all data backup,
You can backup your volume.
Example: Backup local path select /data (data is volume's name)
http://kb.netgear.com/23420/How-do-I-create-a-backup-job-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
I don't think that backs up hidden folders like .timemachine. Plus restoring that might not be as easy as backing it up. (For instance backing up all home folders is simple, but restoring them all is not so simple).
evan2 wrote:
For configure backup,
Please backup and restore configure,
open NAS admin GUI, then go to System/Settings/Configuration Backup
Yes, but that doesn't restore everything. For instance it doesn't restore volume maintenance schedules. Netgear has never provided a complete list of what is (and isn't) restored.
Thanks for the tips you nerds really rock!!!
Hey,
thanks for all your replies.
What would be your general recommendation then regarding a backup of a ReadyNAS? How do you tackle the issues that you mentioned?
Cheers
tbob
What I do myself is run scheduled backup jobs (rsync) for every share to a backup NAS. I can then simply use the backup instead if the main NAS fails.
But I don't use the home folders, and don't have a complicated account structure for my NAS.
You could use the symbolic link idea to make sure you have the TM backups included when you backup up the data volume. I'd certainly recommend backing up the configuration files, but you should also have a record of all the non-default settings. Also keep records of which apps you have installed, and ideally keep the deb files.
On restoring, reinstall any apps right after you do the initial setup. Then restore the config file. Start restoring the data, and while that is proceeding review the settings and fill in anything that wasn't restored.
For the home folders, the best way is to log in as each user and restore them through drag/drop. Other methods might not restore the right permissions. Alternatively restore then all, and then be prepared to reset owner/group via ssh.
StephenB wrote:
evan2 wrote:Hi Tbob,
For all data backup,
You can backup your volume.
Example: Backup local path select /data (data is volume's name)
http://kb.netgear.com/23420/How-do-I-create-a-backup-job-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
I don't think that backs up hidden folders like .timemachine. Plus restoring that might not be as easy as backing it up. (For instance backing up all home folders is simple, but restoring them all is not so simple).
StephenB at least on my system (RN104, currently OS 6.7.1), a backup job with the data volume as source does backup all of the hidden ".*" folders, including .timemachine. I actually really wish it didn't do that, as I have a separate job that explicitly backs up the Time Machine source to a different external backup drive. For me, this means a big chunk of wasted space wasted on the volume backup destination.
I'd love to find a way to exclude .timemachine from the volume backup. Any ideas?
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