FUll pool backup to 2 USB drives

[rampie]

Hey,

i'm relativly new to nas4Free and I'm trying to set up a backup with 2 locally attached USB drives.

I have content of myself and my father on my nas so my backup schematics would look like this:

1/week i would do a full backup on an external HDD. Once it's done, i would disconnect the USB drive and store it at my fathers home. This is where the 2nd USB drives comes in to place.
After the full backup i plug in the 2nde HDD at at tehe following week, the drive is again swapped with USB drive 1.
Like this i have a backup drive attached to the server and one stored at an off-site location.

I've read about some different items, but i'm wondering, could i all do this with Rsync or is this not possible with 2 different drives?

Any other ideas?

Thanks!!

[chrisf4lc0n]

You can do it with Rsync with no problems. Just make sure at least 1 drive is connected when the backup is scheduled to avoid missing it and errors in Rsync log.

[raulfg3]

only have precautions, USB not always assing the same letter (adax) to same device, I use freefilesync to sync folders to/from my NAS and my Desktop PC and do not have USB assing letter sindrome problem.

[chrisf4lc0n]

only have precautions, USB not always assing the same letter (adax) to same device, I use freefilesync to sync folders to/from my NAS and my Desktop PC and do not have USB assing letter sindrome problem.

I was thinking about the same thing, but I am away and cannot verify how does the Rsync synchronize the folders/files... If it uses /dev/adaX file/folder path then you may have to setup 2 different syncs if the other USB drive gets recognized under different adaX...

[rampie]

@raulfg3
Am i correct that you then take a backup to you desktop PC rather than a locally connected USB Drive?

I'm looking for a solution with a locally attached USB. I would need to check wether the devices get the same adaX.

[raulfg3]

@raulfg3
Am i correct that you then take a backup to you desktop PC rather than a locally connected USB Drive?

YES, correct, doing this avoid USB name change in local.

I'm looking for a solution with a locally attached USB

why?, I do not find any benefit, only posible deletion of data if name change.

PD: Copy / move data by hand to/from USB it's normally not a problem because you (human), know the name of your desired destination, and type it correctly if change ( and if type incorrectly is only your fault not N4F fault).

[rampie]

@raulfg3
PD: Copy / move data by hand to/from USB it's normally not a problem because you (human), know the name of your desired destination, and type it correctly if change ( and if type incorrectly is only your fault not N4F fault).

Yes but here lies the point. I want it to have the backup even when i'm not at home. i travel from time to time and the i can just let my dad connect a different USB drive and done.

Also, what's the point of setting a NAS and having to put on my mainstream highpowered PC for the backup?

to bad i can't attach a Tape drive... (costs....)

[ku-gew]

I am also interested in the steps to follow to set a USB full/incremental backup on an external USB disk connected to the NAS. The reason is to have a secondary set of data in case the NAS pc blows up
The external USB disk would have a separate power supply and it would be always on.

[sherman]

Hello

I am invoking a backup of my pool from my PC, too. I am using WinSCP in order to do this. Actually I am syncing or mirroring my Nas4Free pool to my PC.
Problem is that I do not rely on this at the moment since I had to start the process several times to get a full backup though I had no warnings nor error messages.

So, I am looking for a more automatic and professional solution.

Target should be a folder on my PC or a USB hdd that is connected to the nas4free server.

PS:
Is there no way to make the server backup itsself to an external target via rsync or so?

[Southcross]

I was thinking about this, since I want to this very thing with my NAS... it might take some creativity, but can't you in theory, via script "Mount and create a symbolic link to the mount". Use the same symbolic link every time and Rsync to the symbolic link and it doesn't matter what the USB device is?