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Migrating From Windows Home Server: Questions
I have been a Windows Home Server user since circa 2007 with a HP MediaSmart Multimedia Server and later a HP DataVault Server. The nice thing about both of these is the console software was very tr...
TheDoctor165 wrote:
If I have share folder "bu" that backs up all backups nightly and a subfolder under "bu" called "buimages" can I set up a snapshot schedule that both saves the entire "bu" share nightly, but also the "buimages" weekly?
No. Snapshots apply to the BTRFS subvolume, and the "bu" share is the relevant subvolume. So if you want a different snapshot schedule for the buimages folder it needs to be it's own independent share.
However, if buimages is only updated weekly, you can use a daily snapshot schedule. Snapshot space only grows when files in the main share change, so if the images are updated weekly, the snapshot space needed for those images will also grow weekly. For your specific use case, the snapshot space for images grows when Microsoft Backup deletes the current backup.
Hello TheDoctor165,
I do understand the frustration, If you have questions or concerns you may always raise it here however it will take few exchanges before we can reach coclusion. For real time support you may always contact our phone support line since the NAS is still under its warranties and hopefully this time you could reach support person more familiar with the device.
Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi.. thanx... i think you misunderstand... I think the forums community is great. It is the live support by phone that I was complaining about. 4+ hours to get through... only to reach someone that did not know the system (despite a long phone menu that is suppose to get you to someone who does know the system)? Also, 90 minutes to get 5 basic questions answered,.... between language challenges and having to run off to someone to get the answer to each question, ugh. 90 Days for free live support is worthless with that kind of support! I would have done better to just come back to the forums to ask my questions... on top of that... at least one of his answers were wrong. I wanted to know how to stream multimedia files and he said that the ReadyNAS has no native capability to do that... He refered me to Plex.tv. However, I have more recently discovered that ReadyNAS has both an ITunes server that can be configured and something called ReadyDNLA or something like that. A total loss of half a business work day!
Hello TheDoctor165,
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Regards,
Marty_M
NETGEAR Community Team
Sorry, this is a spare time project for me and I got busy in the last week or so... do you know if anyone in the community keeps a library of Windows 10 powershell scripts for backing up to the readynas? As I understand the Windows 10 backup facility, it first deletes the existing backup before writing the new one; therefore, if a problem occurs with the new backup, you end up with no backup. I want to alternate between two backups and send an email if an error occurs to one of them so I can take action before the other backup is potentially lost. The WIndows backup program creates a log file, but it appends the date to the file name. If it was always the same name, I know how to do it, but because the name changes with the date, it is beyond my scripting knowledge and I have not found anything workable by searching the internet. I get close, but not close enough.
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