Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum and new owner of a zimablade.
I have it more as a hobby project with two useful features in use.
I have been using a 2 bay Synology NAS for a long time, as I do not raid the hard drives, I would now like to regularly and automatically copy my important data from the Synology NAS to the ZimaOS NAS.
In principle, I have already tried all possibilities and found nothing suitable or working.
Finally, I tried
Zerotier, as described here in the documentation. However, I stopped the setup when Zerotier asked for a VPN component during setup. My two NAS are right next to each other, so I don’t want to send the data over the internet (also because of data security).
Does anyone know a simple method to automatically copy the data from A to B? I would prefer to use rsync, but I can’t use it to authenticate myself on ZimaOS. I am looking forward to your answers, thank you very much,
Dentist
Thank you for your answer. I had tested syncthing, but again I’m not sure what data is being transmitted beyond my LAN.
But the main reason for not using the software was that I could not set a scheduled job, only a synchronisation interval.
I have already connected my shared drive from the Synology NAS under the zimaos and have write access to it.
I have copied the data manually via this path, there should be a way to copy the data in a time-controlled manner via this path?
Zimaos is also based on linux, would it not be possible to copy
via rsync, I have read that this also works without user login via ssh.
See also these instructions:
https://linuxconfig.org/passwordless-ssh
Do you see a chance that I can do it with this?
In the upcoming ZimaOS v1.4.2, we will add a new app called Backup. I think this is what you want.
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That sounds good, thanks for this info. is there an approximate date when this version will be released?
An onboard Backup function sounds exciting!
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I have already tried the beta version and the new backup feature. However, I don’t understand the mechanics, what exactly does manual and always mean?
Okay, manual probably has to be triggered as the word implies. what exactly does always mean?
Is there a (planned) way to run it scheduled.
And why did the backup rename the first folder in the root and extend it with _1 like XXXXXX_1?
Many thanks for your answers and suggestions.
The manually is that the action will be triggered by the user’s command. It is a single-time operation.
Always is that the backup will run forever. The destination will get the updates after the source has the updates.
We are developing the scheduled task feature in the backup App in the next version. Stay tuned.
