I would love to be able to use Replicate to remotely backup my Time Machine also! Netgear took that ability away with OS 6 - it was available in OS 4. Imagine my surprise spending all that money upgrading from ReadyNAS Pro 6's to 516 & 716's only to find out it can't be done, but the old machines/OS could!
I did have someone at Netgear do a "custom" Replicate Job that gave me the capability to backup my TimeMachine remotely in OS 6 and it worked perfectly - only to have it disappear when I had one of my new 716's go down (power problem with actual box & since fixed by Netgear) which led to the disappearance of the custom Time Machine Job that was created! UGG! If it can be done by Netgear, why not incorporate it as a feature in OS 6?
Currently I am trying to figure out how to do an Rsync SSH remotely (with two days of my time wasted) in order to try to do a Remote FrontView Backup of my TimeMachine (shares which do show up as an option now in OS 6.2 - thank you Netgear). For some reason, I am unable to get a remote backup of any kind working (Rsync on my LAN from ReadyNAS to ReadyNAS works great, but remote does not). I am also at a loss as to the old method of creating Rsync SSH keys - it is available in OS 6 to create, but where in the world do you actually ADD it on the other NAS in OS 6?
Someone at Netgear - HELP! This is a feature that is terribly needed! I am currently backing up my TimeMachine shares to a USB drive and then moving the USB drive off-site to my home!
I have found a work-around for being able to remotely backup Time Machine sparse bundles. I have 15 sparsebundles at work that I have just confirmed backed up correctly to my home NAS - it involves an extra step, which seems rather foolish and a waste of NAS space (if you have it). You will have to determine if you have enough extra space on your NAS to hold a new share of your TM backups.
-Create a new Share on your local NAS (which contains the Time Machine sparse bundles). -Create a New Backup Job in Front View. Local Backup From: select anything here (you'll be changing this again). Local Backup to: select anything here (you'll be changing this again also). Save the new backup job. -Open the new backup job. You will now be able to change the settings to: Source: Type: Time Machine. Destination: select your new share that you created. Adjust other schedules and options as needed. -Run your new backup job and your Time Machine sparesebundles will now be on your newly created share. -Create a new Replicate Job. Select your newly created share or individual sparesebundles. Backup to your Remote NAS (do this on your local network the first time and after successful Replicate backup, then move your Remote NAS to your remote site and run).
Hope this helps you out temporarily. If you don't have enough room on your local NAS to create a big enough Share for your TM backups, you could always use an older NAS and keep it on your local network and run your Replicate job from that NAS.
