Backup DS408 -> Windows Vista

[Manta99]

I'm currently having some difficulties getting a working incremental backup from the DS to a Windows Vista machine. I followed these steps so far:

• On Vista: installed cwRsyncServer (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69227).
• On DS480: configured an network backup job to the vista machine

The first automatic (full) backup went withouth any problems, but the incremental backups keep failing.

This is the rsyncd.conf I'm currently using:

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use chroot = false
strict modes = false
hosts allow = *
log file = rsyncd.log
# Module definitions
# Remember cygwin naming conventions : c:\work becomes /cygwin/c/work
[backupCUBE]
path = /cygdrive/d/RecoverCube/Data
read only = true
transfer logging = no


Rsync gives me the following errors:

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2009/04/07 20:37:36 [4204] connect from CUBE (192.168.0.198)
2009/04/07 20:38:03 [4564] connect from CUBE (192.168.0.198)
2009/04/07 20:38:03 [4564] rsync to backupCUBE/Cube_001132022F30/ from cube (192.168.0.198)
2009/04/07 20:38:03 [4564] ERROR: module is read only
2009/04/07 20:38:03 [4564] rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(866) [receiver=3.0.5]


If I change in rsyncd.conf the read only flag, the backup continues but gives me more errors later on:

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use chroot = false
strict modes = false
hosts allow = *
log file = rsyncd.log
# Module definitions
# Remember cygwin naming conventions : c:\work becomes /cygwin/c/work
[backupCUBE]
path = /cygdrive/d/RecoverCube/Data
read only = false
transfer logging = no


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2009/04/07 20:29:43 [5636] connect from CUBE (192.168.0.198)
2009/04/07 20:29:43 [5636] rsync: read error: Software caused connection abort (113)
2009/04/07 20:29:43 [5636] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(759) [receiver=3.0.5]
2009/04/07 20:30:09 [7952] rsync: rename "/Cube_001132022F30/Photo/100NCD70/@eaDir/DSC_0252.JPG/.SYNOPHOTO:THUMB_B.jpg.NK34h6" (in backupCUBE) -> "Photo/100NCD70/@eaDir/DSC_0252.JPG/SYNOPHOTO:THUMB_B.jpg": Invalid argument (22)


Anyone can help me out here? Is the read-only option not supported? According to the information I've found I would think this option should be set to true (one way backup):

read only :The "read only" option determines whether clients will be able to upload files or not. If "read only" is true then any attempted uploads will fail. If "read only" is false then uploads will be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The default is for all modules to be read only.

I've been trying to get this to work for a week now, so any insights would be appreciated!

[Manta99]

Can anyone help

[laurentauthier]

I have the same problem. Can anyone can explain the problem and is there a solution?

[HarryPotter]

It is a long time since I used rsync to backup from a DS to a Win2k PC. Dont know if this is the problem but in the above rsync.conf the user authentification is missing:

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use chroot = false
strict modes = false
hosts allow = *
log file = rsyncd.log
pid file = rsyncd.pid

# Module definitions
# Remember cygwin naming conventions : c:\work becomes /cygwin/c/work
#
[backup_win2k]
path = /cygdrive/e
read only = false
transfer logging = yes
auth users = windowsusername
secrets file = /cygdrive/c/programme/cwRsyncServer/rsyncd.secrets

content of rsyncd.secrets:

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windowsusername:windowsuserpassword

[laurentauthier]

my rsync program is embeded in DeltaCopy program and running on windows.

Obviously, this type of file belong to Photo Station (even if I don't choose this application for the backup)

Is it because ":" character is not a valid file name character on windows?

The other files (my photos) are saved correctly.

Does anyone have the same problem?

[laurentauthier]

There is an issue using DSM 3.1 and before:
- I have Photo Station activated on my NAS
- I make backup on a rsync server. This server use DeltaCopy/rsync encapsulation and run on Windows

Photo Station generate some files names for example: "SYNOPHOTO:THUMB_S.jpg" , L, XL, ...

The problem is the character ':' is unix compatible but not supported by windows file system.

When you try to back-up your directory, you have allways error '23' and the backup fail.

To resolv this issue, you can do these operations:

- rename all you "SYNOPHOTO:THUMBS_<format>.jpg" by "SYNOPHOTO_THUMBS_<format>.jpg" in @eaDir directories to replace the ':' character
- edit the file /usr/syno/etc.defaults/thumb.conf with root account on sh console, replace ':' by '_' in the file names. It is useful to generate the thumbs
- Search recursively in all files located in '/usr/syno/synoman/phpsrc/photo' this string: grep -r "SYNOPHOTO:THUMB_S" *. replace all ':' by '_' in any reference. It is useful for photostation web application to visualize the generated files.

Last thing: deactivate auto DSM update to prevent lose your modifications with a new update.

After these operation, you can use together photo station and rsync-backup on a windows server rsync.

I hope this modification of the character on the generate files will be included in a future DSM version