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R102 Netgear backup Fail: destination is read-only.
All the backup jobs succeed on a new usb hard disk, but on the other of the same type, the same jobs ran a few times, and then started failing.
They are NTFS formatted, and when I plugged the offending one into a WIn7 PC it asked for the error check and proceeded to find some errors about 20 in Stage 2 of CHKDSK (verifying indexes).
They are both new disks and I have reformatted the disks NTFS previously when this happened and that fixed it for a while....
I have read all the similar posts, but the Post search unbelievably shows: "No posts were found because the word 'read-only' is not contained in any post."!
External Storage USB Front
Eject after is turned OFF
Firmware 6.1.6
(on a side note, clicking the (Check for updates) link does nothing (Chrome on Win7)
Here is the log summary which shows some services restarting !? Is this normal?
Thu Jul 31 2014 9:23:57
System: External storage device disconnected.
Thu Jul 31 2014 6:05:05
Backup: Error backup job 'Tutors': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 5:05:21
Backup: Error backup job 'AllHomes': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 2:06:17
Backup: Error backup job 'Office': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:16
Backup: Error backup job 'Confidentail': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:02
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302447' from share or LUN 'tutors'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302446' from share or LUN 'students'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302445' from share or LUN 'office'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302444' from share or LUN 'ies'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:00
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302442' from share or LUN 'confidential'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:00
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302441' from share or LUN 'Backup'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:05:34
Backup: Error backup job 'IES': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:16
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721616' is successfully created for share or LUN 'tutors'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:15
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721615' is successfully created for share or LUN 'students'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:14
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721614' is successfully created for share or LUN 'office'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:13
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721613' is successfully created for share or LUN 'ies'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:12
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721612' is successfully created for share or LUN 'confidential'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:11
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721611' is successfully created for share or LUN 'Backup'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:58:00
System: External storage device connected.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:57:59
System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:57:57
System: ReadyNASOS service or process was restarted.
Wed Jul 30 2014 6:05:10
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Tutors'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 5:09:56
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'AllHomes'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 2:27:15
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Office'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:21
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Confidentail'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:54
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216037' from share or LUN 'tutors'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:54
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216036' from share or LUN 'students'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216035' from share or LUN 'office'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216034' from share or LUN 'ies'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216033' from share or LUN 'confidential'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:52
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216031' from share or LUN 'Backup'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:05:46
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'IES'.
Here are some selected entries from the logs to give an indication (The same thing happens with the other backup jobs - I created separate jobs for each share to try and isolate the issue)
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:08
Backup Finish Time: Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:16
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
<CHANGED BACK TO THE OFFENDING USB HDD>
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:10
Backup Finish Time: Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:21
Backup Status: Success
<CHANGED TO A NEW USB HDD>
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Sat Jun 28 2014 1:05:06
Backup Finish Time: Sat Jun 28 2014 1:05:14
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Fri Jun 27 2014 1:05:04
Backup Finish Time: Fri Jun 27 2014 1:05:11
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Wed Jun 25 2014 1:05:07
Backup Finish Time: Wed Jun 25 2014 1:05:17
Backup Status: Success
They are NTFS formatted, and when I plugged the offending one into a WIn7 PC it asked for the error check and proceeded to find some errors about 20 in Stage 2 of CHKDSK (verifying indexes).
They are both new disks and I have reformatted the disks NTFS previously when this happened and that fixed it for a while....
I have read all the similar posts, but the Post search unbelievably shows: "No posts were found because the word 'read-only' is not contained in any post."!
External Storage USB Front
Eject after is turned OFF
Firmware 6.1.6
(on a side note, clicking the (Check for updates) link does nothing (Chrome on Win7)
Here is the log summary which shows some services restarting !? Is this normal?
Thu Jul 31 2014 9:23:57
System: External storage device disconnected.
Thu Jul 31 2014 6:05:05
Backup: Error backup job 'Tutors': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 5:05:21
Backup: Error backup job 'AllHomes': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 2:06:17
Backup: Error backup job 'Office': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:16
Backup: Error backup job 'Confidentail': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:02
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302447' from share or LUN 'tutors'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302446' from share or LUN 'students'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302445' from share or LUN 'office'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:01
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302444' from share or LUN 'ies'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:00
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302442' from share or LUN 'confidential'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:58:00
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404302441' from share or LUN 'Backup'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:05:34
Backup: Error backup job 'IES': destination is read-only.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:16
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721616' is successfully created for share or LUN 'tutors'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:15
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721615' is successfully created for share or LUN 'students'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:14
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721614' is successfully created for share or LUN 'office'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:13
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721613' is successfully created for share or LUN 'ies'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:12
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721612' is successfully created for share or LUN 'confidential'.
Thu Jul 31 2014 0:00:11
Miscellaneous: Snapshot 'c_1406721611' is successfully created for share or LUN 'Backup'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:58:00
System: External storage device connected.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:57:59
System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Wed Jul 30 2014 12:57:57
System: ReadyNASOS service or process was restarted.
Wed Jul 30 2014 6:05:10
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Tutors'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 5:09:56
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'AllHomes'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 2:27:15
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Office'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:21
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'Confidentail'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:54
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216037' from share or LUN 'tutors'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:54
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216036' from share or LUN 'students'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216035' from share or LUN 'office'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216034' from share or LUN 'ies'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:53
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216033' from share or LUN 'confidential'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:46:52
Miscellaneous: Smart Snapshot successfully delete snapshot 'c_1404216031' from share or LUN 'Backup'.
Wed Jul 30 2014 0:05:46
Backup: Successfully completed backup job 'IES'.
Here are some selected entries from the logs to give an indication (The same thing happens with the other backup jobs - I created separate jobs for each share to try and isolate the issue)
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:08
Backup Finish Time: Thu Jul 31 2014 1:05:16
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
<CHANGED BACK TO THE OFFENDING USB HDD>
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:10
Backup Finish Time: Wed Jul 30 2014 1:05:21
Backup Status: Success
<CHANGED TO A NEW USB HDD>
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Sat Jun 28 2014 1:05:06
Backup Finish Time: Sat Jun 28 2014 1:05:14
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Fri Jun 27 2014 1:05:04
Backup Finish Time: Fri Jun 27 2014 1:05:11
Backup Status: Fail: destination is read-only.
----------------------------------------
Backup Job Name: Confidentail
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: local
Backup Source: [confidential]/
Backup Destination: [USB Front]/
Backup Start Time: Wed Jun 25 2014 1:05:07
Backup Finish Time: Wed Jun 25 2014 1:05:17
Backup Status: Success
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Google "read-only" site:readynas.com/forumbruceM wrote: I have read all the similar posts, but the Post search unbelievably shows: "No posts were found because the word 'read-only' is not contained in any post."! - Bruce,
4 points.
(a) Is Continuous protection on, for the Share being backed up?
Could you try hourly/ daily?
(b) Latest F/ware is V6.1.8 http://support.netgear.com/product/RN10200#wrapper
(c) Can you advise manufacturer and model # of USB.
(d) You can't rule out a hardware issue with 2nd HDD.
Regards, Marto Marto73 wrote: Bruce,
4 points.
(a) Is Continuous protection on, for the Share being backed up?
Could you try hourly/ daily?
(b) Latest F/ware is V6.1.8
(c) Can you advise manufacturer and model # of USB.
(d) You can't rule out a hardware issue with 2nd HDD.
Regards, Marto
Thanks Stephenb - I found the myriad posts on read-only - and have been wading through them narrowing things down.
One useful outcome is to attempt to prevent spin down - which I will try next.. as indicated here amongst others http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=71608
The WD Knowledge base reports that Smartware may be able to change this setting:
WD external hard drive spins down after several minutes of inactivity
Answer ID 1376 | Last Updated 02/25/2014
Most WD external hard drives will spin down (enter into power saver mode) after 10 minutes of drive inactivity. Once the drive is accessed again, the drive will exit from the power saver mode and spin back up.
Note: This is a permanent feature of most of our external hard drives and cannot be disabled. WD externals that include WD SmartWare 1.6.X can use the software to change and/or disable this feature.
Marlo73:
a) I believe I turned this on recently, I'll try turning it off (but the backup succeeded on the other drive so not sure this would cause it on only one of the two..
b) Haven't yet been brave enough to update firmware on a production system - specially with backups not 100% !
c) 1TB USB3 WD Elements WDBUZG0010BBK-PESN
d) True Dat. Might try formatting it and backing up a different nas, and/or running the diags on the disk - but difficult/impossible? without cracking open the case?
In the past on this same machine I had the issue of the drives rapidly flling to capacity... so I agree the frontview backup functionality is still woeful (or is this just because its a "low" non-business model)?
I don't want to have to manually create rsync jobs to the usb as described here http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74531 (and so be able to control things such as excluding snapshots)
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