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Backup to USB

Post by anyway »

Is there a log file of the backup?
How do I see that the last backup was ok or faulty?
powerQ
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Re: Backup to USB

Post by powerQ »

A new application call "USB Copy" just released in the applicatoin market. you can get all such info in this new app.
With this new app, you can monitor the backup status, set backup schedule and select different backup way.
it is a pretty cool new app, but it is a just beta version now.
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Re: Backup to USB

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What to do in the meantime?
I get the message displayed "backup failed (directory does not exist or space of destination is insufficient)"
There is enough space on the drive. It seems that data has been backuped. But all?
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Re: Backup to USB

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Deal all!
I still need a response! It is more urgent than ever!
- Yesterday I wanted to carry out a new backup.
- The USB drive was not recognized by the backup program,
- I first had to reformat the drive!
- Over night the backup hung at 72%. I didn't get any error or status message.
Please help!
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Re: Backup to USB

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Hi, are you using the "backup from TNAS to USB" at "Backup" of TOS webpage? There is no log files for it about the finished task.
It's suggested to use Rsync to backup from TNAS to USB.
You should set your TNAS as Rsync server at TOS Control panel - Network service -File service first, and set the authorized folder.
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Re: Backup to USB

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Dear all!
Unfortunately, when I create Rsync backup task at Backup -Rsync backup Destination path usbshare1 is not offered.
Any idea?
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Re: Backup to USB

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Re: Backup to USB

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I just setup USB Copy backups for all of my important files and volumes on my F4-210. The process was fairly simple to setup and seems to be working as expected with incremental backups.

I suspect that it is actually using Rsync in the background to perform the backups with the ability to use a USB drive as a destination. I've been watching the processes and Rsync has spun up a bunch of processes that were not there prior to using USB Copy, they are all running as my user account. I have never setup Rsync on this NAS nor do I have a Rsync server on my network so it is a fairly good bet TNAS is leveraging the Rsync service to perform the backups and simply gives you an easy to use web interface to configure and monitor the backups.
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Re: Backup to USB

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{L_BUTTON_AT}snapperheadjoeTM

Thanks for this insight. I've been doing full copies for my backups which is time consuming and requires a lot of disk space. It wasn't clear that usbcopy would do incrementals. Over 90% of my data are static records that will never change so space saving is important.
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Re: Backup to USB

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{L_BUTTON_AT}snapperheadjoeTM
titanrx8 wrote: 12 May 2021, 23:55 Thanks for this insight. I've been doing full copies for my backups which is time consuming and requires a lot of disk space. It wasn't clear that usbcopy would do incrementals. Over 90% of my data are static records that will never change so space saving is important.
i guess it all depends on how you have it set up, but i have mirror set for mine, it doesnt do a "full" backup every time, it knows what files have changed and only does those so it doesnt spend a huge amount of time performing the backup, the HDD in my nas drive is a 6TB and i have a 5TB USB backup (im aware i will have problems if i use more than 5TB etc) at the moment i have 4TB used but it doesnt transfer 4TB worth of data every night
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