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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 ...
lets get back on track here. any new/different issues deserve their own threads.
if i try 'test connection' right this second on the jobs that connect to a win 7 machine, it fails. however, last night the backup went fine, even though the other day it didnt. NOTHING changed as far as configuration. So there is something else going on. Not saying it is the readynas, but it has to be either the nas or the win7 permission system. i get the exact same result with the nv+ and the pro when i do 'test connection' - in other words i get error when trying to connect to win7 machines, but they connect ok to winxp machines. the setup/permissions dont change from day to day, so im focused on the nas.
also, i discovered that periodically the home shares go off line on the pro box. this is when all the other shares continue on line.
when that happens i only have access to a few files/directories, presumably the ones that are cached locally. No telling what is causing this.
Note I have two readynas boxes, one sparc one pro x86, that have been running more or less flawlessly for several years (3 years for the x86, about 4 yrs for the sparc, without a single hardware failure). most all issues i have had with them were traced to flawed add-ons, as everything else has worked well. there are NO addons currently installed other than the Netgear default ones. i wonder if there is some remnant from one of these old addons still causing issues (i have never defaulted/reloaded the nas's as that would be a big pain, but may be my only option if i cant figure this out).
so if anyone can explain to me how the configuration/setup could cause this intermittant problem, im all ears.
in the meantime, lets get this thread back on track; ewok/mdgm, is there anything, logs etc. that might help in figuring out this issue? im willing to try anything to figure out what is going on. especially now that it seems intermittant.
mark
if i try 'test connection' right this second on the jobs that connect to a win 7 machine, it fails. however, last night the backup went fine, even though the other day it didnt. NOTHING changed as far as configuration. So there is something else going on. Not saying it is the readynas, but it has to be either the nas or the win7 permission system. i get the exact same result with the nv+ and the pro when i do 'test connection' - in other words i get error when trying to connect to win7 machines, but they connect ok to winxp machines. the setup/permissions dont change from day to day, so im focused on the nas.
also, i discovered that periodically the home shares go off line on the pro box. this is when all the other shares continue on line.
when that happens i only have access to a few files/directories, presumably the ones that are cached locally. No telling what is causing this.
Note I have two readynas boxes, one sparc one pro x86, that have been running more or less flawlessly for several years (3 years for the x86, about 4 yrs for the sparc, without a single hardware failure). most all issues i have had with them were traced to flawed add-ons, as everything else has worked well. there are NO addons currently installed other than the Netgear default ones. i wonder if there is some remnant from one of these old addons still causing issues (i have never defaulted/reloaded the nas's as that would be a big pain, but may be my only option if i cant figure this out).
so if anyone can explain to me how the configuration/setup could cause this intermittant problem, im all ears.
in the meantime, lets get this thread back on track; ewok/mdgm, is there anything, logs etc. that might help in figuring out this issue? im willing to try anything to figure out what is going on. especially now that it seems intermittant.
mark
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