Thund3rDuck
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Hello all,
I am still having a hard time finding an exact answer on how to backup my FreeNAS box to a local USB Drive. I have posed the question before (https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/backup-dataset-to-usb-hdd-local.16013/) and got some really helpful info but no solid solution. I need a simple but proper DR solution to backup/restore the box before I can put it in production in my home.
I don't have the resources to build a separate FreeNAS box at this time. I would like to be able to take a weekly full backup and daily incrementals with a month retention. I would also like to be able to take a drive to an offsite location in case of theft, flood, fire, etc. Please help me in hashing this out to completion.
I would like to use the usb ports on the box vs using another box with a 3rd Party program to sync the shares. Also because the local USB ports would be far faster then sending everything to another machine, with a usb drive connected, over the network.
The current machine I am working with is an older HP Microserver with 8GB of RAM (N45L I think.) It was free so I'm not complaining. I would like to create CIFS/SMB shares and populate the data but have a scheduled FULL backup on Sunday and INCREMENTALS (hourly would be nice, but once a day is fine) Monday through Saturday. At that point I'd like to be notified when the backup finished and if it was successful. Then I can switch out the drives for the next week etc. I would also like these drives to be ENCRYPTED.
If I'm wrong in my thought process here then please enlighten me.
I am still having a hard time finding an exact answer on how to backup my FreeNAS box to a local USB Drive. I have posed the question before (https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/backup-dataset-to-usb-hdd-local.16013/) and got some really helpful info but no solid solution. I need a simple but proper DR solution to backup/restore the box before I can put it in production in my home.
I don't have the resources to build a separate FreeNAS box at this time. I would like to be able to take a weekly full backup and daily incrementals with a month retention. I would also like to be able to take a drive to an offsite location in case of theft, flood, fire, etc. Please help me in hashing this out to completion.
I would like to use the usb ports on the box vs using another box with a 3rd Party program to sync the shares. Also because the local USB ports would be far faster then sending everything to another machine, with a usb drive connected, over the network.
The current machine I am working with is an older HP Microserver with 8GB of RAM (N45L I think.) It was free so I'm not complaining. I would like to create CIFS/SMB shares and populate the data but have a scheduled FULL backup on Sunday and INCREMENTALS (hourly would be nice, but once a day is fine) Monday through Saturday. At that point I'd like to be notified when the backup finished and if it was successful. Then I can switch out the drives for the next week etc. I would also like these drives to be ENCRYPTED.
If I'm wrong in my thought process here then please enlighten me.
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