NSA325-V2 Backup Planner

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  • Jason1
    Jason1 Posts: 16  Freshman Member
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    Thank you I will look at that

    The dropbear definitely did something. before I installed it, the Synology backup was not able to connect to the NSA310. Directly after installing dropbear, the Synology backup connected with no problem.

    I now have a separate issue while installing the Samba upgrade, but I will create a separate thread for that.

  • Jason1
    Jason1 Posts: 16  Freshman Member
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    So I can see these

    BackupPlanner_001_arm_008.zpkg
    BackupPlanner_001_arm_009.zpkg
    BackupPlanner_001_arm_010.zpkg
    BackupPlanner_001_arm_011.zpkg
    BackupPlanner_001_arm_012.zpkg
    BackupPlanner_001_arm_013.zpkg

    Which one do I download and how do I install it?

    Sorry for such a basic question

  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,763  Guru Member
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    Did you exchange the repo url in the MetaRepository webinterface? It should handle all for you.

  • Jason1
    Jason1 Posts: 16  Freshman Member
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    edited February 17 Answer ✓

    Ahhhh. Thank you. I was being very stupid. I was replacing the url in the web_prefix file

    OK all sorted and backup is now working on the NSA325-V2 Thank you soooooooo much😁

    OK so for idiots like me, this is what to do . . .

    How to configure a an NSA325-V2 to act as an rsync target to back up a Synology NAS

    1. Install the Mijzelf amazing wonderful repository 😊
      To do this . . .
      Make a txt file and put the following url in it
      http://zyxel.diskstation.eu/Users/Mijzelf/zypkg-repo/
      save it as "web_prefix" and make sure there is no file extention (no.txt)
      log into the Zxel nas on your web browser as admin
      go to Sharing - Shares
      Select the the admin Share and click on the Share Browser icon at the top
      click on the zy-pkgs folder icon to go into that folder
      Click on the Upload icon and upload the web_prefix file you just made
      Click close button at the bottom
      Go to Firmware/Packages and click on the Package tab
      Click on the Retrieve List from internet icon
      The MetaRepositary package should appear
      Click on the line and click the Install/Upgrade icon to install it
      When it is installed the status should say "Enabled"
      Click on the Retrieve List from internet icon again
      You should now see a list of packages
    2. Install Dropbear from the list of packages that appeared
    3. Install BackupPlanner
      To do this . . .
      Find the MetaRepository Package in the list
      Click on the Http:// link you can see on the end of that line
      find this line ftp://ftp2.zyxel.com/+
      replace it with this line http://zyxel.diskstation.eu/Users/Mijzelf/zypkg-repo/fw4_stock_packages/
      Click the Apply button
      Go back to the packages list
      Click on the Retrieve List from internet icon
      Select the BackupPlanner package
      Click on Install/Upgrade to install it
    4. That's it. All done. (I had to reboot the NSA325-V2 before the Synology NAS could connect)
    5. If it works, celebrate with the drink of your choice :)

    Some notes on the Synology side. I used Synology's Hyper Backup. For some reason I had to choose the "single version" option. I couldn't get it to work using the "multiple versions" option, I will look into that some day. I selected rsync-compatible server, entered the IP and login credentials, Transfer encryption off, and then the storage volume of the Zyxel should appear in the dropdown for "Backup Module"

    Once again thank you Mijzelf.

  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,763  Guru Member
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    find this line

    http://zyxel.diskstation.eu/Users/Mijzelf/zypkg-repo/fw4/ Mijzelf

    replace it with this line

    http://zyxel.diskstation.eu/Users/Mijzelf/zypkg-repo/fw4_stock_packages/

    Wrong. The idea was to exchange the line ftp://ftp2.zyxel.com/+, which points to the (for the NSA series) not working stock repository. Now your MetaRepository still tries to read the ZyXEL repo, and doesn't read my repo anymore.

  • Jason1
    Jason1 Posts: 16  Freshman Member
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    My apologies. I have corrected the instructions, Thank you

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