Backup to local drive

[Thomas_VDB]

Hi,
I'm not the first to request a how-to for backing up a freenas volume to another local volume.
It used to be easy in Freenas 7 (local rsync), but searching through the forums, I haven't found a
replacement in Freenas 8 which is configurable through the GUI.
I prefer not using the command line.
Any hints?

I also prefer syncing to another local drive in stead of copying snapshots. This makes recovering a single
file or folder easier.

Thomas.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I think there's no local rsync option in the gui. But what I would do is just make a cron job in the gui, and put your rsync command in there.

Something like..

Code:

rsync -az /folderA/ /folderB/

I personnally would try it first in the commandline with..

Code:

rsync -avz --progress /folderA/ /folderB/

EDIT
I also like to setup a snapshot job for the backup volume so I have versioning in my backups as well.

 

[Thomas_VDB]

Hi,

Thanks for your help, i ll try it!

Thomas.