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Share Folders Possible for NTFS USB Backup Jobs?
I just set up a series of backup jobs to use the front button backup process. The backups are goign to a USB drive formatted asa NTFS. Thsi is in OS 6.9.3.
I have separate backup jobs for var...
Thanks for the feedback.
I used to use USB backup disks formatted as Ext3 on my old ReadyNAS box, but it was always a pain in the neck to have to mount them on my PC using EXT2FSD to read the files or just verify that the backup data was retrieveable. Even then, the backup file folder structure on the drives was a bit odd when viewed in Windows.
It should be possible to park the backup files from any given share into a folder named after that share. Apparently it's not set up that way, and I may have to live with it as is. All the files are there, which is the most important thing. If I need to rescue something, it justy means I will have to dig around a bit more to find what I'm looking for.
I couldn't find a "feature request" forum, so I'm not sure if there is a formal way to suggest this for the developers.
You may be over complicating this.
How much data is on the NAS and what is the capacity of the USB drive?
The reason I ask is that a very efficient Rsync backup of the entire "data" folder (or selected folders) to a NTFS USB drive (readable by Windows) is simple, I use this myself.
I've got about 1 TBytes of data. I tried backing up through my PC, but I've got 6 different shares with data in them, and multiple users. I don't think I can back up another user's files very easily through Windows because I don't have access to their shares. The one button backup does exactly what I need, it's just that finding specific files gets confusing without any sort of top devel directory structure.
It sounds to me like you have an incorrect path for the backup destination in the backup jobs (writing all the backups to the top level of the USB drive).
The first job erases the drive to remove all the old backup data There is no path to specify, because there are no folders.
The NAS knows that the data is coming from different shares, so I mystified as to why it insists on dumping them all into the top level of the drive. It should be easy to fix, but it sounds like the backup software isn't set up to deal with it.
Is there a formal way to submit this as a feature request?
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