This article describes how to use the ReadyNAS backup job manager to back up data from an external disk connected via eSATA cable to your ReadyNAS. The disk connected via eSATA cable is referred to here as an eSATA disk. This process can be useful if you have an eSATA disk with a lot of data that you want to copy to a share in your ReadyNAS.
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- Connect the eSATA disk to an eSATA port on the ReadyNAS. Once connected, the eSATA disk should appear under System - Overview:
- Go to Backup and press Add Backup:
- Enter a name for the backup job:
- In the left-hand side of the backup configuration settings, choose Local and then click Browse. It is local because the eSATA disk is connected "locally" to the ReadyNAS.
- Scroll down to USB/eSATA Ports and then select the eSATA port to which the eSATA disk is connected. In this case, the eSATA disk is connected to the eSATA port on the back of the ReadyNAS. Then click Select.
- If you wish to have the eSATA disk cleanly ejected when the job is done, then select the checkbox " Auto eject device when the job is done":
- In the right-hand side of the backup configuration settings, choose Local and then press Browse.
- Navigate through the directory structure of the ReadyNAS and select the folder that you want to copy the eSATA disk data to. Then click Select:
- Press Next.
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At the next screen, set the schedule as needed:
Some common examples are below. Days in blue are enabled; days in gray are disabled.- To run the backup job Monday to Friday after 7PM, the required configuration is:
- Backup Every: 24 hours
- Time: 19:05 and 20:05
- Repeat: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- To run the backup job every Saturday night after midnight, the required configuration is:
- Backup Every: 24 hours
- Time: 00:05 and 01:05
- Repeat: Sat
- To run the backup job Monday to Friday after 7PM, the required configuration is:
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Choose to remove the contents of the backup destination before full backup. This should be used with caution.
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Press Finish.
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The backup button prompt appears. Choose Yes if you want this backup job to run when the backup button on the front of the ReadyNAS device is pressed (note this applies to ReadyNAS desktop units only and does not apply to ReadyNAS rackmount units).
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Run the backup job by doing any of the following:
- Wait for the defined scheduled time to arrive.
- Press the backup button on the front of the ReadyNAS device (only applies to systems with a backup button when a job is assigned to the backup button).
- Run it manually by clicking the gear icon on the job and pressing Start:
