Back Up Data Stored on a Network-Attached Device. Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ v2, RND4475 - ReadyNAS NV+ NAS Server, Home RAIDiator 5.3, ReadyNAS Duo v2

ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3

Back Up Data Stored on a Network-Attached Device

You can use Dashboard to create jobs to back up data that resides primarily on a network-attached device to your ReadyNAS device.

The following figure illustrates the backup process described in this section.

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Figure 11. Backing up data from a laptop computer to a ReadyNAS system

1. Laptop computer serving as backup source

2. ReadyNAS system serving as backup destination

3. Backup process

By default, all backup jobs are scheduled to automatically run every day. You can edit these settings after you create each backup job. For more information, see

Edit a Backup Job

on page 96.

Before trusting your backup job to a schedule, it is a good practice to manually perform the backup to make sure that access to the remote backup source or destination is granted, and that the backup job can be done within the backup frequency you selected. You can do this after you create each backup job. For more information, see

Manually Start a Backup Job

on page 98.

Backup and recovery jobs using Time Machine require different procedures. For more information, see

Time Machine

on page 100.

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To back up data stored on another network-attached device:

1.

Select Configure > Backup.

The Backup screen displays.

2.

Click the New Backup Job icon.

The New Backup Job dialog box displays.

3.

In the Name field, enter a name for the new backup job.

The name you choose can have a maximum of 255 characters.

4.

From the Source drop-down list, select a destination that is not part of your ReadyNAS system.

Select a USB device that is attached to your ReadyNAS system or a remote device.

5.

From the Destination drop-down list, select a backup source from your ReadyNAS system.

Depending on how your ReadyNAS system is configured, these options vary.

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Click the Create button.

The job is added to the list of backup jobs in the left pane.

If you selected a remote source, complete the fields in the Backup Source section.

If necessary, enter the remote host name, the folder path, and any login credentials required to access that path.

If you select a backup destination that requires a path, use a forward slash (/) to separate directories, for example:

/<share name>/<folder name>

Do not use a backslash (\) in paths.

If you select a USB device that is connected to your ReadyNAS system, you can leave the path blank to put the data at the top level of the USB device’s directory, or enter a folder path to place the backed-up data in a specific folder.

7.

(Optional) Click the Test Connection button to determine if your ReadyNAS system can access the remote destination.

In the left pane, the status LED icon for this job changes from gray to red or green to indicate test results. Red indicates connection failure and green indicates connection success.

8.

(Optional) In the Backup Schedule section, adjust the new job’s schedule.

If you clear the Enabled check box, the job does not run automatically. Instead, you must

manually start this backup job. For more information, see

Manually Start a Backup Job

on page 98.

If you select the Enabled check box, use the drop-down lists and check boxes to set a schedule for when this backup job automatically runs.

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(Optional) In the Backup Options section, adjust option settings.

a. From the Schedule full backup drop-down list, select how frequently you want a full backup to be run.

b. From the On completion send drop-down list, select what type of logs to send when the recovery job finishes.

You can send a log that lists only errors encountered during recovery, full logs consisting of file listings (can be large), or status and errors (status refers to completion status).

Log email messages are restricted to approximately 10,000 lines. For more

information about viewing full logs, see

View a Backup Log

on page 98.

c. (Optional) Select the Remove the contents of the backup destination check box.

Selecting this check box erases the destination path contents before the backup is performed, which NETGEAR does not recommend for recovery jobs.

WARNING!

When using this option, ensure that you have correctly identified your backup source and backup destination. If you reverse them, you might permanently delete your source files. NETGEAR recommends not enabling this option unless your destination device is very low on storage space.

Best practice is to experiment with this option using a test share to make sure that you understand how it works.

d. (Optional) Select the After backup is complete, change ownership of files in the

backup destination check box.

Your ReadyNAS system attempts to maintain original file ownership whenever possible. However, you can automatically change the ownership of the backed-up files to match the ownership of the share. This allows anyone who can access the backup share to have full access to the backed-up files.

10.

Click the Apply button.

Your settings are saved and this job displays in the left pane.

If you cleared the Enable button in

step 8

, you must manually start the job.

If you selected the Enable check box in

step 8

, this backup job will run according to the

schedule you established.

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