On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion@stcaz.net> wrote:

It's not in the manual, but the "BuffaloLink" mechanism that allows one NAS to backup another is rsync.
You can rsync to the box (to do backups) with the following pattern:
rsync ${OPTIONS} rsync://${BACKUP_SERVER}/array1_${SHARE_NAME}/${DIR_NAME}

In order to create anything on the NAS without rooting the device, you need to go into the web admin screen and setup Samba (i.e. Windows) share's. That creates the directories at the top level of the RAID array (${SHARE_NAME} above). It also creates the rsync endpoints.

I setup a shared folder on the NAS called Hshare. It is setup as a Windows, Apple and ftp shared folder. The ftp is so I can see if the file is there.....yes, I should root the device to ssh into it, but I thought I would give this a try first.

I then tried to rsync a file to the NAS box with this command:

rsync -tlzv file_name rsync://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/array1/Hshare/

and got this error:
unknown module 'array1

I then re-read your post carefully...;-).... and tried this command

rsync -tlzv file_name rsync://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/array1_Hshare/

and got the error: unknown module 'array1_Hshare'

When I ftp into the box, ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, I see two folders, array1 and info. When I drill down into array1 I see the Hshare folder.

Your email said to use array1_share-name, and the rsync man page says array1/share-name as far as I can tell. Neither worked. What am I missing?

Thanks!

Mark

P.S. There is a lot of stuff in the info folder that appeared after I set up the RAID1. Do I need it? Can I delete it?