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ReadyNAS V1 Backup schedule not backing up.
Dear community,
Firstly many thanks for the help I have received so far.
I think (hope) I have my final hurdle to overcome. The ReadyNASv1 that I have is now running on RAIDiator 4.1.16 and I have now transferred all my files onto it (hurrah!)
My problem is now backing up on the backup schedule.
I have enabled both:
- NetBIOS Over TCP/IP
- SMB1
Yet this is the error message I have now get:
INCREMENTAL Backup started. Sat Dec 19 12:22:13 GMT 2020
Job: 001
Protocol: cifs-ab
Source: //192.168.1.71/F:\FAMILY
Destination: [Family]/
Anonymous login successful
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
Files copied: 0
Backup finished. Sat Dec 19 12:22:15 GMT 2020
Any advice would really help please.
If you have another PC, you can try accessing the share from that PC. That could give you some clues on what might be wrong.
One thing to check - you need both network access and file access for the NAS. So also right-click on the folder, and look at the file permissions. You might need to set them to everyone access also. After you get it to work, you should back off the share's everyone permissions to read-only.
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It looks like F: is a disk on a family PC. Is that correct?
If so, then you need to share the folder on the PC, and set the permissions on the shared folder so that the NAS can read it. You will need to enable the SMB 1/CIFS server if you are running Windows 10.
Then you'd use \\192.168.1.71\FAMILY (no F:\ in the path).
Another way to do this is to run a backup program on the PC on a schedule, instead of using a NAS backup job. FreeFileSync is one of several options that you can use. This wouldn't require enabling the SMB 1 server on the PC. Plus the backup schedule can be set up to power up the PC (and power it down when the backup is finished) - which can be convenient if the PC isn't on 24/7.
Hi again StephenB,
I can confirm that the SMB 1/CIFS server is enabled (ticked)
I have done away with the F:\
When I now click the GO button on the ReadyNAS Frontview, I get the same message as I got before, yet now it has kicked in the email alerts - so I must be on the right path.
The trouble I think now is the file sharing on the PC.
I am using Windows 10. When I right click on the FAMILY folder on the PC and select properties, then select sharing - the share icon is showing as enabled (blue border). By clicking on this it then populates another pop-up and asks "people to share with". From the drop-down the only options is Jason (me), everyone and new user.
I have tried the everyone selection (as it is only me using the NAS) - but this still causes the backup to fail.
I do feel that I am getting closer though.
Thanks so much for getting me to this stage.
If you have another PC, you can try accessing the share from that PC. That could give you some clues on what might be wrong.
One thing to check - you need both network access and file access for the NAS. So also right-click on the folder, and look at the file permissions. You might need to set them to everyone access also. After you get it to work, you should back off the share's everyone permissions to read-only.
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