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How to add local folders to backup job Mac
Im having trouble to understand and find the correct option when im going to create a backup job on my local computer. E.g If i want to backup selected folders under drive D: What backup source do i...
Have you tried running the backup job anyway even though it gave an error? You need to know what the path is. e.g. if the user on your Mac is "daytonabeach" you might put "daytonabeach/NASBackup"
A problem though is that in 10.8 (I think) Apple updated it's implementation of sharing with Windows machines which has probably broken compatibility with old versions of the samba client.
In 4.1.9 NetGear updated the samba service (i.e. when you are on your Mac - the client in this case - in the Finder you connect to the NAS over CIFS - the protocol that would also be used accessing the NAS from a Windows machine) however they didn't update the samba client (which is used by backup jobs which use the Windows/NAS option. In this case the Mac would be the server).
If running the backup job anyway doesn't work you could try the following:
1. Install EnableRootSSH: http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203 (you need the Sparc add-on)
2. Install the APT add-on: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/4.00/APT_1.0.bin
3. SSH into the NAS and do
4. Try running the backup job again.
These are advanced steps though.
A problem though is that in 10.8 (I think) Apple updated it's implementation of sharing with Windows machines which has probably broken compatibility with old versions of the samba client.
In 4.1.9 NetGear updated the samba service (i.e. when you are on your Mac - the client in this case - in the Finder you connect to the NAS over CIFS - the protocol that would also be used accessing the NAS from a Windows machine) however they didn't update the samba client (which is used by backup jobs which use the Windows/NAS option. In this case the Mac would be the server).
If running the backup job anyway doesn't work you could try the following:
1. Install EnableRootSSH: http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203 (you need the Sparc add-on)
2. Install the APT add-on: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/4.00/APT_1.0.bin
3. SSH into the NAS and do
# apt-get update && apt-get install smbclient
4. Try running the backup job again.
These are advanced steps though.
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