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Netrage2
Feb 07, 2018Aspirant
FTP website backup to NAS issues after OS 6.9.2
I have a backup job setup that uses FTP to backup a website I own to my NAS once a week. It has been working correctly for years and normally takes around 10-15 minutes to backup the entire website. ...
Netrage2
Mar 27, 2018Aspirant
I tested using the details you provided and that worked.
I have done some further testing and the 'path' field seems to be related to the issue. When trying a different website I found that specifying a deeper folder path than the folder that holds all the other folders and files would allow some files to backup.
I think the issue is to do with folders within folders causing the backup to fail. This was an issue several years ago and was fixed at the time.
If I change
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/3b1-faq
to
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers
I get a successful connection test (so the login to the address worked) but when I run the backup I dont get the 3b1-faq folder of any files within it. Nothing further down the structural line is looked at.
When setting the backup in the first place the browse option on the share filed shows the folders as
.
or
..
I ideally want the path to be blank as I want to backup from the root (which is what happens with my ftp software client) but the OS6 does not allow blank field. If I input the root as public_html then as this folder contains other folders the backup fails.
Amidala
Mar 28, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
If I set the "source " as "/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/3b1-faq", run backup job, there are some files being download to NAS.
I set the "source " as "/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/", run backup job, there are no files being download to NAS. I'm not sure if it's a server problem.
However, you said that want to copy all the files under the root directory, do not want to enter the specified path. This problem I have submitted enhancement bug, if fixed, please try it in the next version.
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