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iearmand
Jan 09, 2012Aspirant
Crashplan on Duo/NV+ v2? [SOLVED + TUTORIAL]
UPDATED: See filzip77's post below for a guide\Tutorial on how to install
I’m new to the forums so please be gentle ….
I’m looking to venture into having a dedicated/off the shelf NAS rather then the DIY version I have been running for a while. The ReadyNAS Duo\NV+ v2 (ARM version) definitely sticks out as the top runner.
The one thing that is stopping me taking the plunge is I’m unclear on if it can cope with running Crashplan.
I understand that Crashplan is java based and that the older “sparc” Duo cannot run it. But is there a way to get Crashplan running on a newer Duo v2? I’ve searched then forums but it’s a little unclear. I have seen comments around the web stating folk have done it but not with any detail that gives me any confidence so splash my cash.
Any help on this matter would be much appricated.
I’m new to the forums so please be gentle ….
I’m looking to venture into having a dedicated/off the shelf NAS rather then the DIY version I have been running for a while. The ReadyNAS Duo\NV+ v2 (ARM version) definitely sticks out as the top runner.
The one thing that is stopping me taking the plunge is I’m unclear on if it can cope with running Crashplan.
I understand that Crashplan is java based and that the older “sparc” Duo cannot run it. But is there a way to get Crashplan running on a newer Duo v2? I’ve searched then forums but it’s a little unclear. I have seen comments around the web stating folk have done it but not with any detail that gives me any confidence so splash my cash.
Any help on this matter would be much appricated.
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- mpdeglauAspirantI'm getting this error when I try to install libjna-java
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.11.3-4) but 2.11.2-10 is to be installed
libjna-java : Depends: libffi5 (>= 3.0.9-2) but it is not going to be installed
tzdata-java : Depends: tzdata (= 2012g-0squeeze1) but 2012c-0squeeze1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
I've tried using -f to correct it, but it doesn't work. Does anyone know what I need to do?
Thanks - mpdeglauAspirantI finally got it to work.
If anyone ever comes across this, this is what I did. I ended up breaking the apache server somehow doing some random debian updates and installs.
Reinstalled the OS on the NAS and uninstalled crashplan.
Followed the directions on the first page from the beginning.
Once I was installing libjna-java I got the error:Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cifs-utils : Depends: libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
libjna-java : Depends: libffi5 (>= 3.0.9-2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
I then triedapt-get -f install libtalloc2
This error came up:dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libtalloc2_2.0.1-1_armel.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libtalloc.so.2', which is also in package samba 2:3.5.15-njnetgear1
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libtalloc2_2.0.1-1_armel.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
This was fixed bydpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libtalloc2_2.0.1-1_armel.deb
I was then able to install libjna-java. From there everything worked as expected and I'm in the process of backing my server up to CrashPlan - cmcloughlinAspirantI am an experienced Windows (and to some extent DOS) user but have absolutely no knowledge of Linux. I would like to get Crashplan tunning on my NV+ v2 and my Ultra but am not at all sure how to enter the instructions in the guide. I would really appreciate it if someonw would post a 'Dummie's Guide' giving simple step by step instructions to help people like me add these to a clean ReadyNAS.
Thanks - cmcloughlinAspirantI have managed to get Crashplan running on my NV+ v2 and can backup across my network from 9 out of 10 PCs. The PC which will not back up is the one that I used to set CP up on the ReadyNAS. I can PuTTY into the NAS from it with root access, I can edit the CP settings and access the headless CP on the NAS and when I change the settings back I can access the CP desktop on the PC. I can telnet to the NAS from it
The problem is that when I try to activate the backup on this PC the NAS is greyed out in Computers and when I attempt to connect, I get a 'waiting for connection' message. I have made sure the PC firewall is allowing ports 4242 and 4243 as well as Crashplan (the same as I have done on the other PCs) but still I cannot connect.
Has anyone any ideas what might be causing this? - StephenBGuru - Experienced UserDid you undo the edits you made to C:\Program Files (x86)\CrashPlan\conf\ui.properties when you set up the system?
- cmcloughlinAspirantYes, they are changed back and I can access CP on the PC.It's just that the PC can't backup to the NAS even though all the others can.
- StephenBGuru - Experienced UserThat seems odd. I suppose you could try uninstalling-reinstalling CP on that PC.
You could also try submitting the issue to crashplan (or post it in their forums), though if you are only using the free version they might not give you too much help. - cmcloughlinAspirantThanks Stephen
I originally set up the NV+ at home before taking it to the office where I want to use it and noticed that the address CP was reporting was the one (192.168.1.124) that the NAS had during setup and not the office address (192.168.1.6). Unfortunately before I realised that this was still showing in the ReadyNAS Dashboard, I uninstalled CP and reinstalled it.
Now however things have moved on a bit.
I can access CP on the NV+ from a PC using PuTTY and the CP GUI on the PC and have it logged in to my account. On the PCs I want to back up to the NV+ the 'button' is green and I can setup a backup but it seems to connect, says synchronising and then immediately get a message 'Destination Unavailable - backup location not available'. I also noted that though the internal and external addresses are correct, the external one doesn't show a port number
The NV+ is setup to save the backup files in /backup/CrashPlanData/ and this folder has Read Write and Execute permissions and I can see the folder and create new sub folders from Windows but it does feel like a permissions issue
I would appreciate any suggestions to get the backups running.
Thanks - StephenBGuru - Experienced UserIs there anything useful in the log files? (/usr/local/crashplan/log and also /usr/local/crashplan/bin)
- cmcloughlinAspirantI can't find any logs in /usr/local/crashplan/bin and in /usr/local/crashplan/log there are 6 logs. 3 have no data in them (backup_files.log.0, engine_error, restore_files.log.0), app and engine_output have abou 4kb each and service.log.0 is over 3MB. I'm pretty good with Windows but am a complete newbie with Linux so I haven't made much sense of the log contents. Is ther anything particular I should look for?
Thanks again
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