(SOLVED) Backup Flash to Unassigned Device by a Schedule

[SmokeyColes]

Hello

 

I am wanting to backup key folders to a backup drive from my cache drive and array disk4 - these are appdata, system, www, domains, isos, flash.  This is to an unassigned device backup SSD.  I have done all of them successfully except flash.

 

 

Is there any way to mount the flash device as a share within a docker app?

 

I have selected to share my flash drive as a SMB with private and read only access through UNRAID webGUI.

 

Or is there a plugin which can backup the flash drive daily or weekly?

 

Thanks

Chris

 

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by SmokeyColes

[Squid]

54 minutes ago, SmokeyColes said:

Is there any way to mount the flash device as a share within a docker app?

 

No need to since you're backing up shares in Unraid, not folders within the app.

 

55 minutes ago, SmokeyColes said:

Or is there a plugin which can backup the flash drive daily or weekly?

 

Unraid.net will automatically backup the flash drive to the cloud as it changes.  You can also use the appdata backup plugin to backup the flash and appdata to a destination of your choice.

[SmokeyColes]

thank you @squid

 

I actually have unraid.net set up although I didn't realise that was what it was called. 

I also didn't appreciate that the depreciated method meant it had been superseded by the net functionality - I had figured somewhere that the plugin was an older version.

 

Anyway I have both backups .net and unassigned working and tested.  Thank you

[Squid]

Deprecated, but not being removed

[Bulletoverload]

Does the USB backup within CA Appdata backup still work? I would like to have USB dated/versioned USB backups, instead of just 1 backup on unraid.net. Is this possible or another way of doing this?

[ChatNoir]

16 hours ago, Bulletoverload said:

Does the USB backup within CA Appdata backup still work?

Yes.

 

16 hours ago, Bulletoverload said:

I would like to have USB dated/versioned USB backups, instead of just 1 backup on unraid.net. Is this possible or another way of doing this?

I think the plugin does not offer that.

 

But you should probably ask that on the plugin support thread :

 

 

[Kilrah]

I got rid of Appdata Backup and just do it myself in a daily scheduled user script. 

 

echo "Flash backup..."
cd /boot
datestring=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
zip -qr "/mnt/user/backups/flash/flash-$datestring.zip" *
find /mnt/user/backups/flash -mtime +7 -type f -delete # Keep 7 days

 

Edited July 24, 2022 by Kilrah

[Bulletoverload]

On 7/24/2022 at 3:36 PM, Kilrah said:

I got rid of Appdata Backup and just do it myself in a daily scheduled user script. 

 

echo "Flash backup..."
cd /boot
datestring=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
zip -qr "/mnt/user/backups/flash/flash-$datestring.zip" *
find /mnt/user/backups/flash -mtime +7 -type f -delete # Keep 7 days

 

This is for USB backup? I might just steal it then.

[Kilrah]

Yep