Hence the question about formatting before backup, instead of just deleting files. I then format the drive with that "Storage and Snapshots" app, it then shows all 3.5TB free +\- Creating an External Backup Job Select Use this drive for backup Click Next Specify the external drive, select From external storage to local. Obviously, there are files/etc still sitting on the drive, because if So, the file deleting task isn't actually deleting.everything. If, after the file deletions task runs, I check the external drive with QNAP's "Storage and Snapshots" app, it will typically show, 800GB free +\-, out of 3.5TB total.(nothing is in the recycle bin), even though I can not see ANY files present on the USB drive. I created a Scheduled task on a 2012 Server, to delete files on the external USB drive prior to backup, to ensure there's adequate space available for the backup. I have a QNAP Hybrid backup task that is supposed to back up things from the QNAP, to an External USB(format: NTFS, 4TB), plugged into front USB of the QNAP. ![]() QNAP Model: TS-453 PRO|Current firmware: 4. antivirus/ drwxrwxrwx 4 admin administrators 16384 12:02 Backup 1. The problem: external USB drive is running out of space(connected to a QNAP NAS) I can create a shared folder to the external USB drive by adding the path manually in shared folder tab.
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