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How do I keep multiple backups?
I have a newer ReadyNAS 516 (running 6.2.4) and an older ReadyNAS Pro Business (running 4.2.27). I have backup jobs on the 516 that run daily, backing up to the older machine on the same network.
Can someone tell me what option(s) I need to choose so that the system keeps a separate version of the backup for each day of the week?
Thank you.
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There is no good way to do that with frontview backups - they do not create incremental backup sets. So while you could create a backup job for each day of the week, you'd end up with 7x the storage.
However, if you upgraded to OS6 on the pro, then you could configure daily snapshots on the pro backup shares. That has a similar effect.
Thank you for the reply. When I click on button that asks to check for updates on the 516 it tells me that I'm running the latest version. What is OS6 and how do I upgrade to it? Does it cost anything?
Stephen meant upgrading the Pro to OS 6. This is the firmware version running on the ReadyNAS 516. Upgrading a legacy device (Pro) to OS 6 is not supported by NETGEAR and therefore will have to be done manually. There is a wealth of knowledge regarding this here in the forum.
However, if you are content with achieving only two thirds of your task you may not need to upgrade. What about a combination of daily snapshots on your RN516 and a backup job backing up daily from the RN516 to the Pro.
With this you will have:
+The ability to revert to old versions of the files when needed (through snapshots)
+Lose not more than a day worth of work in case of a failing RN516 (daily backup)
What you will not have is:
-The combination of both. In case of a failure you will not be able to revert to an older versions of the files, only to the latest. This you would have with the seven backups or the incremental backup described.
Bye,
Eskender
EskenderNG wrote:
Stephen meant upgrading the Pro to OS 6. This is the firmware version running on the ReadyNAS 516. Upgrading a legacy device (Pro) to OS 6 is not supported by NETGEAR and therefore will have to be done manually. There is a wealth of knowledge regarding this here in the forum.
However, if you are content with achieving only two thirds of your task you may not need to upgrade. What about a combination of daily snapshots on your RN516 and a backup job backing up daily from the RN516 to the Pro.
With this you will have:
+The ability to revert to old versions of the files when needed (through snapshots)
+Lose not more than a day worth of work in case of a failing RN516 (daily backup)
What you will not have is:
-The combination of both. In case of a failure you will not be able to revert to an older versions of the files, only to the latest. This you would have with the seven backups or the incremental backup described.
Bye,
Eskender
I agree this gets you most of the way there. If the purpose of the daily backups is simply to allow you to revert to older versions of the files, then enabling daily snapshots on the RN516 gets you that very efficiently, and with the least effort.
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