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Aspirant

Sep 21, 2018

ReadyNAS DR

So for the last three years, I have been taking advantage of the ReadyNAS Replicate service. After updating to v6.9.4 it caught my eye that this service is being discontinued on 12/31/2018. I underst...

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tupson

Aspirant

Sep 22, 2018

I opened a WinSCP session to the NAS and saw the /apps/ directory you made mention of. But I guess, since that repository is not available when I setup ReadyDR shares, by default NetGear isn't allowing config/databases and such of these apps to be in the backup rotation. Why?

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 23, 2018
tupson wrote:
by default NetGear isn't allowing config/databases and such of these apps to be in the backup rotation. Why?

Netgear's backup jobs (ReadyDR and all other protocols) are intended to back up shares. They don't have any facility to backup/restore the OS itself or the apps.

I don't know why they've set it up that way.
- tupson
  Aspirant
  Sep 23, 2018
  I just swapped from ReadyDR to RSync as I was having various issues with ReadyDR as it was very dependant on snapshots.
  
  But, what is the best method to backup the BaiKal database since you made mention they dont backup apps.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 23, 2018
    tupson wrote:
    
    But, what is the best method to backup the BaiKal database since you made mention they dont backup apps.
    
    I outlined a way. Use ssh to move the BaiKal folder to a folder on a share, and then replace the original folder with a soft link to the share.
    
    Then you can back up the share using the Netgear backup jobs.