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rantech
May 25, 2017Aspirant
Disaster Recovery Share Size
Recently setup a new 524 about a month ago. I have 3 shares that have been setup with DR - they take daily snapshots and I've created DR jobs (Instant). However, when I review the share listing,...
crazy_toy
May 25, 2017NETGEAR Expert
Hi rantech
Does readyDR job log has any error?
- rantechMay 31, 2017Aspirant
Log (history) doesn't seem to show any errors ... what is the normal behavoir, if I create a new share, populate it with files but never change the files, should the DR backup be zero size or equal to the original share size?
- StephenBMay 31, 2017Guru - Experienced User
The DR backup should start at the size of the source share (excluding any snapshots on the source share).
- rantechMay 31, 2017Aspirant
I have browsed the snapshots in the DR Shares and the folders and files appear to be there ? How do I confirm for sure whether (1) all the DR Recovery Shares are working properly and have all the DR files and the problem is an error in the share size reported by the NAS or (2) the share size reported is correct and two of the DR shares do not have the disaster recovery snapshots?
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