Another option (that I'm looking into,but haven't tried) is to do rsync over ftp. Many NASs support ftp, so that may work for you.
See: http://serverfault.com/questions/24622/how-to-use-rsync-over-ftp http://fixunix.com/debian/129298-website-backups-using-rsync-via-ftp.html Joe > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Using either rsync over ssh or rsyncd which is what I said in my > original reply. But unfortunately few NAS appliances support those. > > On 04/11/12 18:04, Chris Arnold wrote: >> So what would plan A be? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Korb" >> <k...@sanitarium.net> To: rsync@lists.samba.org Sent: Wednesday, >> April 11, 2012 5:39:31 PM Subject: Re: Rsync to a Remote NAS >> >> You mean mount -t cifs ;) >> >> This is a good plan B if the remote system can't support rsyncd or >> rsync over ssh. But unfortunately it would mean running with >> --whole-file >> >> On 04/11/12 17:36, Greg Deback (rsync) wrote: >>> Hi, >> >>> I don't think rsync natively supports samba shared volumes. You >>> should probably start by mounting your shared volume, using >>> mount -t smbfs, then sync. See >>> http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/backup.html >> >>> Greg >> >>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Chris Arnold >>> <carn...@electrichendrix.com >>> <mailto:carn...@electrichendrix.com>> wrote: >> >>> Forgive me if this has been addressed here before. We have a >>> remote office that we need to backup to our NAS. We have a site >>> to site certificate VPN. The remote site has over 51gb that needs >>> to be backed up to our NAS over that VPN. I have tried this >>> command: rsync --verbose --progress --stats --compress >>> --recursive --times --perms --links --delete /Share/* / >>> smb://192.168.123.6/Backup/EdensLandCorp >>> <http://192.168.123.6/Backup/EdensLandCorp> >> >>> and it just sits there and appears to do nothing. Does rsync >>> make a tarball first and then put it where it is told to put it >>> or does it just copy the files/folders over? Maybe it is the >>> smb://xx.xx.xx.xx/whatever that is breaking it......the bottom >>> line is i need to copy/rsync a directory to a remote server >>> through a VPN. How is this accomplished? -- Please use reply-all >>> for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To >>> unsubscribe or change options: >>> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, >>> read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>> <http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html> >> >> >> >> >> > > - -- > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 > Systems Administrator Internet: > FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) > Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) > Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ > PGP public key available on web site. > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk+GAGcACgkQVKC1jlbQAQcasACgsPL+UdVU4U0k/3ACwvwLcOfy > /MoAnRLSGIgS5Ie378/4RaH7C+RTiLZH > =W6Pf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
