NO errors AND data lost when 2 files of same name backed up

HERBIEO wrote:
hi rc3675 i use Usb drive to back up my shares all you need to do is create seperate folders on the USB drive, and set the path to that folder. but like sphardy says you will have to create a separate backup job for each share. allso would it not be easier if you plugged the USB drive directly into the back of your duo.

Hi HERBIEO, I appreciate your time and advice. Please continue to contribute :)
(sphardy, I didn't properly thank you for your contribution earlier - I was feeling rather like your avatar when I replied :lol: - hope it didn't come across as rude as I'd appreciate all the assistance I can get)

The 2nd aspect you mention (plugging the USB drive directly into the Duo) may be an option later, however I'm really using the USB drive to test how backup works to another NAS. By connecting the USB drive to the back of the Netgear Router It's basically acting as another NAS drive, and ultimately my back ups will be to my old NAS drive (a NetworkSpace) which I don't want to fiddle with until I have the Duo properly running. Both options have the same pathing issue and when the NetworkSpace becomes my back up I will hence have the same problems.

I'll try and state the problems again, in a different way and hence hopefully make it clearer.
I can see 2 seperate issues, both of which think will need software updates, although I do hope that won't be the case.
The 1st problem is the inability to add pathing details to the backup, see below.
The 2nd problem (error reporting) is compounded by the inibility to add a path, see problem 1, but is also a potentially disastrous* issue as if it happens to anyone, they will not be aware of the problem as there is no error reported and the implications could be huge. This I see as definitely being a Netgear issue which i would appreciate some response to so that i know it will be actioned sometime.

Problem 1)
It seems impossible to add a folder into the Path when using a backup type of "remote:Windows/NAS (Timestamp)" as the "Host" option becomes the name (or IP) of the device connecting to, and the "Path" option is actually the Share name, not a path to a folder.
If I can get both the Share name AND the folder into the same field then this problem will be sorted and will be my ideal backup strategy.
Question for anyone - Is it possible to put both the Share name and Pathing details into the "Path" option? If so how?

Problem 2)
Since I cannot send seperate shares to seperate folders, All my backups will be directed to the same device/share and same root folder. As such there is a risk of duplicate file names.
I see this as a necessary issue that I will have to accept due to the current limitations of the Frontview software (and hope that it will be updated in the future to be more user friendly). As such it's a risk I'm willing to take.
Having said that, I do need to know if a file has not been backed up due to this. Having done some tests I find there is NO error reporting around this, only corruption of data. This I find totally unacceptable as the impact of any errors could be extremely high.
Question for Netgear especially - Can we have some error reporting around this so that the impact of any issue is manageable? Perhaps in the next firmware release.