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Using Rsync
Hello. I want to use Rsync to make a backup or replication of a Synology NAS. I have done this before but not to a Netgear ReadyNAS. So the source is a Synology NAS and the destintion is a Read...
Thank you Stephen. I will try it and let you know.
This is the setting on my ReadyNAS.
I have created a shared folder called BACKUP_NAS3 and set the network protocol as shown.
This is infact all I have done on the destination NAS.
Is this all I need to do on the destination ?
If you are running the backup job on the ReadyNAS, then you shouldn't need to enable rsync on the share (but it does no harm).
If you are running the backup on the Synology then you do (and I think you've done all that's required).
Okay...thanks.
So what you are saying is that if the ReadyNAS is the destination then I do not need to spesify Rsync on the ReadyNAS ?
My problem is that when I from my Synology backup setup search for a Rsync device (server) it does not find it. It only discover two other Synology devices I have which I use as replication for other (QNAP) devices, I can put in the IP address for the ReadyNAS directly and then it finds the shared folder on my ReadyNAS. But when I define a scheduled backup or if I test the connection from my Synology to the ReadyNAS it failes.
Penge58 wrote:
Okay...thanks.
So what you are saying is that if the ReadyNAS is the destination then I do not need to spesify Rsync on the ReadyNAS ?
Not exactly. You have source (Synology) and destination (ReadyNAS). But what you need to enable depends on whether the backup job is being run from the Synology or the ReadyNAS. It can be run on either machine. So one share is the "local" share, and the other is the "remote" share. You could have a local source, or a remote source. Likewise, you could have a local destination or a remote destination.
If you are running ReadyNAS backup, then the source is remote, you need rsync enabled on the Synology share. If you are running the backup on the Synology, then the destination is remote and you need rsync enabled on the ReadyNAS.
My problem is that when I from my Synology backup setup search for a Rsync device (server) it does not find it. It only discover two other Synology devices I have which I use as replication for other (QNAP) devices, I can put in the IP address for the ReadyNAS directly and then it finds the shared folder on my ReadyNAS. But when I define a scheduled backup or if I test the connection from my Synology to the ReadyNAS it failes.
Do you know what version of rsync the Synology is using? Did you try using Frontview backup?
You could also try using the admin credentials of the remote NAS in the backup job.
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