Source cannot be mounted on the system

Is the source folder shared with Windows File Sharing?

What do you mean by peer-to-peer network? I don't think your network meets the normal definition for that.

Has the source folder to be shared? I provided the username and the password in the backup job definition. If the folder is shared other users can see the data, correct? I don't want others to see the data.

Regarding the network: Its just some Windows computers connected through a router and switches. No server.

(a) your network is not peer-to-peer, and the RN102 is a server.

(b) Frontview backup cannot access the files on a the windows machine unless the folder is shared. What you can do is run a different backup utility on the PC with a NAS share as the destination. That can be a robocopy cmd script, or a backup program. In a pinch you can use drag-and-drop, but I don't recommend it for normal use.

(a) your network is not peer-to-peer, and the RN102 is a server.

(b) Frontview backup cannot access the files on a windows machine unless the folder is shared. What you can do is run a different backup utility on the PC with a NAS share as the destination. That can be a robocopy cmd script, or a backup program. In a pinch you can use drag-and-drop, but I don't recommend it for normal backup use.

thanks!

Hi Stephen B,

I'm on ReadyNAS 102 with firmware 6.2.4.
I'm trying to backup from a linux machine to the ReadyNAS.
When I configure the back up and test the connection, ReadyNAS says connection succeeded. But when I run the backup I get a 'source cannot be mounted' error.
Can you help?

Jp

What backup options are you using (esp. the protocol)?

I'm using nfs.
I don't know how to upload an image, If I knew I could send a screenshot.

Here is the log entry for the error.

-------- Backup Job Information -------- Backup Job Name: Jp Docs Backup Job Type: Incremental Protocol: nfs Backup Source: [remote:nfs]/192.168.1.11:/192.168.1.11/home/jp Backup Destination: [home:jperode]//home/jperode Backup Start Time: Sat Jun 13 2015 0:05:03 Backup Finish Time: Sat Jun 13 2015 0:31:31 Backup Status: Fail: source cannot be mounted on the system.

Are you including 192.168.1.11 in the path? You shouldn't be.

That was only an attempt to put the IP in the path. It does not work otherwise too.
Netgear support looked into it with Teamviewer and couldn't do much.
I lost patience and did not follow it through.
I'm bringing in a guy who teaches networking at a local college to figure it out.
Will come back to you, hopefully with a solution.

Thanks.