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Grunbay111
Jul 27, 2015Aspirant
ReadyNAS Rsync to FreeNAS
I have a ReadyNAS running RAIDiator 4.2.27 (the latest version) that is attached to my home network. I have installed the latest firmware updates to the NAS. My home network has no directory service ...
siigna
Jul 28, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
I didn't have an old RAIDiator NAS handy to test this out with, so I used the RAIDiator VM with v4.2.23. Should be about the same. FreeNAS is at 9.3 STABLE.
Here's how I configured:
On the FreeNAS side:
- Created a ZFS volume called "tank"
- Created a CIFS share called "test" to point to "/mnt/tank/test"
This also created the directory for me. - Permissions on "/mnt/tank/test" defaulted to being owned by root:wheel.
I popped open a shell via the UI and did a "chown nobody:nogroup /mnt/tank/test". - Configured an rsync "module" called test pointing to /mnt/tank/test
An rsync "module" is basically a share.
User and group are set to nobody:nogroup, just like the permissions above. - Ensure that "rsync" is enabled under "Services"
On the ReadyNAS side:
- Create backup job:
- Source: Share (backup)
- Destination: (Remote: Rsync Server)
Host: IP address of FreeNAS
Path: test (same as the rsync module)
Hit "Go" on the ReadyNAS side to start the backup job and I had a successful run.
Just going on the information you provided I'd say you're probably running into a permissions related issue.
User/group "Grunbay", as you set in your initial post, needs to have permission to this folder.
Without changing the ownership on the "test" folder I created in FreeNAS I got the following message back from the ReadyNAS backup log:
Reason for failure: Error encountered copying data from source path /backup/ ==> 10.200.101.159::test due to permission denial on one or more files.
- Grunbay111Jul 28, 2015Aspirant
Very helpful post, I was able to get the job to run, but it fails. I will play with it a bit and get back to you.
Thanks a million!
- mdgm-ntgrJul 28, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Which version of Rsync is running on FreeNAS?
When the job fails do you get an error message or a log explaining why?
- Grunbay111Jul 28, 2015Aspirant
I am running the Rsync version that came with my Stable FreeNAS download. I don't know what version that is. How do I confirm?
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