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Luminary

Dec 17, 2015

Remove contents of backup destination option not working

Hi, Problem occcurs on NAS 314, NAS Pro (OS6) and NAS Ultra (OS6) I have a backup I run every day of /data folder (hence all my shares). It is rsynced to a usb drive attached to the NAS to (...

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BrianL2

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 17, 2015

Hi davidr1,

Does this happen using other backup options like Windows Timestamp or Archive Bit? Also, which Firmware is running in your ReadyNAS unit?

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team

davidr1
Luminary
Dec 17, 2015
Hi BrianL,
I use linux - ubuntu 14.02.3:
rsync in linux does delete the folder contents. However, as my PC is not running all the time I need this to work on the NAS.

All nas units are running 6.4.1. Looking at monthly backups I found the same problem was occurring in at least the previous two versions.

I notice the logs sent by email say:
Successfully completed backup job pro_data_backup. -------- Backup Job Information -------- Backup Job Name: pro_data_backup Backup Job Type: Incremental Protocol: rsync Backup Source: [volume:data]/ Backup Destination: [remote:rsync]/192.168.x.x::USB_HDD_1

The backup is definitely set as a Full backup Every time, not Incremental.

Best regards,
David
- davidr1
  Luminary
  Feb 13, 2016
  polite 'bump'
  - BrianL2
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Feb 15, 2016
    Hi davidr1,
    
    Will you give 6.4.2 a try and other USB drives and see if the behavior is the same.
    
    Kind regards,
    
    BrianL
    NETGEAR Community Team