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Aspirant

Jul 31, 2016

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Excluding files from backup

I have several backup jobs scheduled on my 102. The backups copy an entire share, or a subfolder within a share to a second ReadyNAS (a Duo v1). I started getting a lot of backp errors caused by ...

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StephenB
Aug 01, 2016
Digsy wrote:

Ah. I get you now. the box you are referring to is only called "Protocol" when you first create the job. After that for some reason it changes to "Name". It is "WIndows/NAS (Timestamp)". I assume I should have chosen something different?

Yes - you should choose "rsync server" since you are on your local LAN. If you were backing up over the internet, you'd want rsync over ssh. Here's a guide you might find helpful: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29741/~/how-do-i-back-up-data-between-two-readynas-os-6-systems-(using-the-backup?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 01, 2016

Digsy wrote:

In the Advanced tab of the backup job there is an option to exclude fils and folders which sounds like exactly what I need, but this is greyed out so I cannot use it to exclude "*.db". What am I missing?

The web ui includes all options for all backup methods, and unfortunately none of the advanced options are available when you use the windows backup method.

Digsy
Aspirant
Aug 01, 2016
Hi,

Not sure what you mean by the "Windows backup method". I am using the web UI to view and change the backup job settings. I can see the + and - buttons for adding and removing file and folder exclusions, but clicking on them does nothing.
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Aug 01, 2016
  Digsy wrote:
  
  Not sure what you mean by the "Windows backup method".
  
  You picked the backup method (e.g. protocol) when you created the backup job. Since you are backing up a windows share, you must have picked Windows (that is, SMB/CIFS).
  - Digsy
    Aspirant
    Aug 01, 2016
    Hmmm. I am not backing up from a remote share. I am backing up from a share on the same NAS. Maybe share was the wrong term to use in this case. Put simply, I am backing up from a folder on the same ReadyNAS as the backup job, to a remote NAS.