LUN Backup to usb attached disk

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rfbjr
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LUN Backup to usb attached disk

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Is there a straightforward way to backup a LUN to an externally attached USB drive? F4-223 is that matters.

What I am doing presently (well just figured it out today) is taking a LUN snapshot, then copying (for now) the snapshot file to the USB drive.
Copy done presently by SSH in and then doing the copy. Next attempt would possibly be scheduling the snapshot and then using a custom scheduled task to just copy the snapshot file to the USB. Robocopy if I get the options correct. :)

What would really be ideal is the option to add a line or command to scheduled snapshot job entry.
F6-424 & F4-425 Plus at 7.0.0777
F4-424 Pro also at 7.0.0777
D4-320
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Re: LUN Backup to usb attached disk

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I don't know about the LUN side, but you can select 'Customize' in scheduled tasks and write it as a shell script. I have a simple one with 3 or 4 lines of 'find' commands to clean out old pictures. Runs every night, reliably, (under Tos5.1). Keeps a log and emails me the results using built in options.
F5-221 TOS7.0.0777 - 4x4TB (Ironwolf) Traid
F2-424 TOS7.0.0777 - 2x500GB nvme (P3) Traid, 2x6TB HDD (HGST) Traid
F2-221 TOS7.0.0777 - 1x3TB Ext4, 1x4TB Btrfs
F2-425+ TOS7.0.0777 - 2x500GB nvme (P3) Traid, 2x6TB HDD (EXOS) Traid
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Re: LUN Backup to usb attached disk

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Gremlin wrote: 23 Nov 2024, 06:27 I don't know about the LUN side, but you can select 'Customize' in scheduled tasks and write it as a shell script. I have a simple one with 3 or 4 lines of 'find' commands to clean out old pictures. Runs every night, reliably, (under Tos5.1). Keeps a log and emails me the results using built in options.
Thank you for sharing
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