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NV+ v2 backup to USB drive (Seagate 5TB)
I am feeling a bit lost with getting USB drive ready for backups. In the past I just backed up to a RN Duo v1 (my old unit), but it does not have sufficient space anymore. I have a RN NV+ v2, and...
Hi aks,
For ReadyNAS 5 or v2 units, it is recommended that you use FAT32 or NTFS file system. For USB backup and permission pointers, check the device software manual and turn to pages 83-85.
Hope this helps!
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the tips. I'll use NTFS and give it a try.
I haven't experimented yet with USB backup yet, but NAS-to-NAS (my NV+ v2 to Duo v1) I could get the ownership permissions across. Actually I set up the Duo to pull because (from memory) the NV+ v2 does not have NFS support. I will try USB later and check whether permissions are maintained.
Thanks
So I formatted the drive as NTFS and tried a backup to USB from my NV+ v2, and all the files in the backup become owned by root. It does not seem possible to save permissions?
Checking the Duo v1, a backup with NFS retains permissions/ownerships.
Time to have a dig at the command line via SSH.
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