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1stpastthepost's avatar
Jul 11, 2017
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Issues backing up readynas 214 to external USB device

Model: ReadyNAS 214 Current Firmware: 6.7.2   I have a readynas 214 that I previously had backing up the full nas volume to an external usb3 docking bay to 4 TB Seagate hard drives using the built...
  • 1stpastthepost's avatar
    Jul 13, 2017

    I have managed to get the backups to complete. I did a hardware factory reset from the boot menu, updated to most recent firmware, reconfigured my backup jobs to backup individual shares rather than the full volume and reformated my backup media to NTFS rather than EXT4 and the backups have now completed successfully twice in a row. 

     

    Fingers crossed the issue is resolved. Thanks for the help.

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