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Trouble backing up to/from Win7 machines
i have a readynas PRO that has been working fine for quite some time. the environment was mostly winxp machines and one win2000 box, and i could read and write to each from the readynas. i have ...
I took the plunge and installed Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit) to test out how to connect from a ReadyNAS to Windows 7
I have a brand new setup, all defaults selected during the setup. I've left HomeGroup enabled and haven't even looked at things like the firewall settings - just logged in using the admin account created during installation once the install completed
When installation completed, Windows 7 immediately found my NAS (Ultra 4 / Firmware 4.2.17) and was able to write to a CIFS enabled share as shown below:
I then created a new user (sphardy), logged in as that user & shared the home directory of that user via the "Share with HomeGroup (Read)" menu option, resulting in the following:
I then setup a Frontview backup job as follows
Note: I selected the 'Contacts' subfolder purely as a test, and used the IP address as a precaution
After successfully testing the connection I ran the backup job as follows:
As the image shows, the job ran successfully and I can confirm data was properly copied across.
I then changed the backup job to use the hostname of the Windows installation, rather than IP address:
Again the backup completed without issue.
In summary - there doesn't appear to be a fundamental incompatibility between a ReadyNAS running 4.2.17 and Windows 7, in fact this testing couldn't have gone any easier. Maybe there's something here in these results that will help those not able to use Frontview backup to access Win 7 machines.
I have a brand new setup, all defaults selected during the setup. I've left HomeGroup enabled and haven't even looked at things like the firewall settings - just logged in using the admin account created during installation once the install completed
When installation completed, Windows 7 immediately found my NAS (Ultra 4 / Firmware 4.2.17) and was able to write to a CIFS enabled share as shown below:
I then created a new user (sphardy), logged in as that user & shared the home directory of that user via the "Share with HomeGroup (Read)" menu option, resulting in the following:
I then setup a Frontview backup job as follows
Note: I selected the 'Contacts' subfolder purely as a test, and used the IP address as a precaution
After successfully testing the connection I ran the backup job as follows:
As the image shows, the job ran successfully and I can confirm data was properly copied across.
I then changed the backup job to use the hostname of the Windows installation, rather than IP address:
Again the backup completed without issue.
In summary - there doesn't appear to be a fundamental incompatibility between a ReadyNAS running 4.2.17 and Windows 7, in fact this testing couldn't have gone any easier. Maybe there's something here in these results that will help those not able to use Frontview backup to access Win 7 machines.
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