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Author Topic: Cannot get folder on PC to be recognized for backup  (Read 4162 times)

lordradish

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Cannot get folder on PC to be recognized for backup
« on: March 17, 2014, 07:19:05 AM »
I've looked through the forums for a solution on this, and I followed some of the suggestions to no avail...

I'm trying to backup some folders from my PC to a drive on my DNS-320.

The backup setting is LAN Backup, and folder is selected in the dropdown. Anonymous. I'm trying to back up my pictures folder on my E: drive (windows 8).

In the url, I have what I think is the right address, based on what I read, but when I test, here's what I get (I x'ed out the last 2 numbers of my IP add before pasting):

URL    \\192.168.0.1xx\E\Pictures
Test Result     Fail
File Size     Unavailable

What am I doing wrong? I don't want to have to buy backup software if this is already built in. I even tried mapping it as a network drive.

Thanks!
« Last Edit: March 17, 2014, 07:31:56 AM by lordradish »
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ivan

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Re: Cannot get folder on PC to be recognized for backup
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 02:35:16 PM »
Get a copy of HoverIP off the net and use it to find the IP of the computer you have your files on.  If the IP is from a DHCP server in your router you may not have the same IP for the PC every time.

Since I and my staff have no experience with win 8 I can't advise you what to do but I would think the simple way would be to just copy your pictures folder to the NAS.  Here we use a simple Rexx script to do the daily backup from the computers to the various NAS boxes run as a cron job

One of our clients with a win 7 laptop uses a batch file to backup 2 directories to his DNS-320 based on the information about the NAS taken from Network Places (in his case 'Volume_1 on DNS-320 (Dlink-xxxxxx)' with the xxxxxx being assigned by the NAS).  Assuming win 8 has Network Places then open Entire Network and find your DNS-320, open Volume_1 and copy your Pictures directory by drag and drop. 

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lordradish

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Re: Cannot get folder on PC to be recognized for backup
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2014, 06:27:29 AM »
I'll look into that, I was hoping to have something that did incremental backups so I didn't have to copy/paste. Thanks.
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ivan

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Re: Cannot get folder on PC to be recognized for backup
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2014, 05:28:49 PM »
If you need to do full incremental backups you should be using RSYNC.  Unfortunately that is not part of the DNS-320 firmware or applications but it is available iy you use FunPlug.

There is a way to use RSYNC without installing FunPlug but it does require either a separate partition or an additional hard disk.  With the additional hard disk it also automatically gives you a backup.  To use it you install RSYNC on your PC and use it to backup what you want to the additional drive, then you use a simple copy command to copy the contents of that drive to the NAS.  We have a client that has used this method to backup their accounts daily for the last 3 years without any problems, in fact my service manager recommended it because it saves the client having to remember to make a separate backup.
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