I've got two old Readynas ultra 2's which I am replacing with 2 new Synology DS224's mainly due to age and the declining support. In order to migrate the data I want to run some Rsynch routines via SSH but I can't seem to find out how to enable SSH access on the Net admin page. Various sites say go into the services page but enabling SSH is not available in any of the tabs. I
I'm obviously missing something.
please help
btw I wanted to "PULL" the data from the Readynas but it seems the Synology DSM224s don't allow you to do that. I've tried pushing an Rsynch job to the synology but just can't get it to connect despite Rsynch working between the two Netgears for years.
ok, downloaded the add as instructed, installed it restarted the readynas, checked the logs which tell me that SSH root access has been enabled with the same password as my admin account.
From the same pc which I've logged into the management page I then try an SSH connection. It initially warns me about the lack of keys and gives option to continue, it then permanently adds the IP address to the list of known hosts.
I try and login it requests the password I enter it then it appears to open the connection I can see the name of the server and the ip address of the pc I,m trying to access it from. but then it closes the connection.
I've checked the Rsynch config on the Synology, edited the Rsynch account and then checked the share destination settings so that the Rsynch account has full read write access to it. I can't see any other settings or permissions here.
When I create the back up job on the Readynas, using the Synology share above as the destination and specifying the server by IP address and the Rsynch account and password, I can't get the "test connection" to work says it always fails.
not getting any other useful information. both on the same network, can see each other. I'm at a loss for next step
When I create the back up job on the Readynas, using the Synology share above as the destination and specifying the server by IP address and the Rsynch account and password, I can't get the "test connection" to work says it always fails.
Have you tried running the job anyway? It's been a while since I used 4.2.x firmware, but my recollection is that sometimes test connection failed but the backup job still worked.
I'm not familiar with Synology, but I wonder if it's not a case of properly specifying the share name. For example, on a ReadyNAS, you specify the backup share as just Backup in the GUI, not data/Backup, but from SSH, you have to specify data/Backup. Maybe the same, maybe different, on a Synology.
Have you tried running the job anyway? It's been a while since I used 4.2.x firmware, but my recollection is that sometimes test connection failed but the backup job still worked.
Oooooh yes ... wonderful, now why didn't I think of that. brilliant thanks.
So I have two identical Readynas Ultras which I've used for 8 years as main and back up, the project is to migrate everything from them to a pair of DS224s in an identical set up. Main and Backup.
I tried all your brilliant advice on my Readynas backup box and got the above rsync connection to work with a small test job to the new Synology main box.. So tried exactly the same on the main Readynas server but its failing with this error.
I've been through all the permissions on the shares, have both instances of frontview to each box on my screen side by side but on the box I want to back up from I can't seem to get round this error.
if you have any more wisdom it would be greatly appreciated.
hi, yes thanks I'm aware of that, but tried all manner of permutations just in case. I have managed to run a small test job from one machine as per my answer above but sods law I'm getting a failure which I can't seem to overcome on the machine I need to back up.
Have you tried running the job anyway? It's been a while since I used 4.2.x firmware, but my recollection is that sometimes test connection failed but the backup job still worked.
Oooooh yes ... wonderful, now why didn't I think of that. brilliant thanks.
So I have two identical Readynas Ultras which I've used for 8 years as main and back up, the project is to migrate everything from them to a pair of DS224s in an identical set up. Main and Backup.
I tried all your brilliant advice on my Readynas backup box and got the above rsync connection to work with a small test job to the new Synology main box.. So tried exactly the same on the main Readynas server but its failing with this error.
I've been through all the permissions on the shares, have both instances of frontview to each box on my screen side by side but on the box I want to back up from I can't seem to get round this error.
if you have any more wisdom it would be greatly appreciated.
I've given up on the rsync, so switched to SMB and after faffing around with settings on the synology I finally got it to work. The old Readynas has now done a full back up of the most important data to the new server. I still can't quite believe how fiddly it is. ah well. Thats the trouble with doing these things on an ad hoc basis, it feels like your inventing the wheel every time. Once you know its easy...
I'm happy that although the journey was painful I resulted in getting SSH access to my old netgears. so I can now have a play around with them. Thanks again Stephen I really don't know how I would have found that out without your help, I recall you have helped me a number of times over the Netgears life for which I am very grateful.
Now the pressures off and we have new live servers I would like to discover what the rsync issue was .... just because I don't want to be beaten. 😉
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