I just upgraded to a RN526X from a ReadyNAS Pioneer Pro. Set it up as X-RAID and RAID 6, then used Rsync to copy all of the data from the PP to the 526X. After many, many hours of first syncing and then copying it all completed without errors. Awesome. Also have my favorite add-ons up and running.
Now I am trying to backup my Windows 10 PC to the 526X and am having issues.
For as long as I can recall I have used Teracopy Pro to do 'incremental' backups to the PP from my PC. I would highlight the folder or drive to backup using Windows Explorer, then drag it to the PP folder or share (also in Windows Explorer) and select "Teracopy here". It would quickly ask if I wanted to overwrite an existing file with the one I am copying there and I would click on "newer only" and "apply to all". Piece of cake. When it completed and did a verify it would report any errors. Not automatic, but it worked well for me.
I tried the same thing using the 526X and I get nothing but permission errors stating that I need admin permission to access the target. It skips anything existing and will not allow me to overwrite any older files or folders. Trying to copy a single folder this way produced >1000 "target access denied" errors.
Using Windows Explorer I attempted to regain permission by right clicking one 526X share folder, then using 'properties', 'security', change access to "Full Control", but it would not allow me to. I am logged into Windows as the Administrator.
How do I get my old functionality back else get ownership of my data back?
Else is there a better way to do my incremental backups? Open to ideas but am comfortable with the method that I have been using.
I am the only user of my PC and NAS, no one else has access to either. Thanks.
Model: RN526X| ReadyNAS 526X 6-Bay with up to 60TB total storage
Did you try accessing the NAS backup destination using the NAS admin credentials?
For instance, run CMD and enter
net use * /delete
net use t: \\nas-ip-address\data /user:admin nas-admin-password
Using the real IP address and nas admin password. Be careful on the spaces and the slash direction.
The first command terminates any open network sessions. The second maps the full NAS data volume to drive letter t. (If your volume isn't called data, you'll need to use your volume name where I put \data above).
I tried the steps outlined above running CMD as administrator. It displayed "The command completed successfully". I then tried to copy newer files from my PC to overwrite the ones on the 526X, still says access is denied.
I tried to simply drag and drop a few files to it, but my new 526X that I am the administrator and sole user of will not allow me to copy files to it after the original RSYNC data copy from my older Pioneer Pro. Says "Target access denied". This is really frustrating.
Your older pro and your new RN526x set up linux accounts using a different range of UID/GIDs.
I use my older NAS for backup, and avoid this problem by making sure the account owner/group isn't guest on any NAS share (primary or backup). Note that on the pro, that means not using nobody and noguest as the owner/group either.
Setting the owner/group to admin/admin works for me - if you use a different local NAS account, make sure the UID and GID matches on both systems.
