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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...
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!!!
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