How to Backup the .qkpg folder

[paolomarino]

Hi.

I have two qnap nas and I made every night the backup of the shared folder from nas 1 to nas 2 using the rsync remote replication of the backup station.

I want to backup even the .qkpg folder but I cant' find it in the source folder in the backup station.

Is there any workaround to backup it ?

Thanks.
Paolo.

[pwilson]

I have two qnap nas and I made every night the backup of the shared folder from nas 1 to nas 2 using the rsync remote replication of the backup station.

I want to backup even the .qkpg folder but I cant' find it in the source folder in the backup station.

Is there any workaround to backup it ?

I mitigated this problem by simply creating a "share" that points to my Apps, so that I can actually back them up:

Step 1:

Access the NAS via SSH, login as "admin" and run:

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addshare Apps $(dirname $(getcfg -f /etc/config/smb.conf Public path))/.qpkg
setcfg -f /etc/config/smb.conf Apps comment "NAS Apps/QPKGs"
#done

This creates the share called "Apps" that points to my pre-existing Apps area on my NAS. Check the resulting share with the command: testparm -s -l --section-name=Apps 2>/dev/null, like this:

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admin@NASTY2:~/bin# testparm -s -l --section-name=Apps 2>/dev/null
[Apps]
comment = NAS Apps/QPKGs	
path = /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg
valid users = root
	inherit permissions = Yes
	guest ok = Yes
	smb encrypt = No
	strict allocate = Yes
	oplocks = No

As you can see this creates the share correctly, but doesn't give anyone including "admin" or me ("pwilson") access to it.

Step 2:

We need to restart Samba on the NAS to pickup the change just made:

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/etc/init.d/smb.sh restart

To get this....

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admin@NASTY2:~/bin# /etc/init.d/smb.sh restart
Restarting SMB services:
Shutting down SMB services: smbd nmbd.
Shutting down winbindd services: winbindd.
locks path was set to /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.locks
Shutting down winbindd services: winbindd.
Starting winbindd services:Starting SMB services:.
done.

Step 3:

The "no access" issue can be resolved via a Permissions change on the Shared Folders section of the NAS Admin WebUI:



Don't forget to choose: "Apply and replace all existing permissions of this folder, files, and subfolders":



Apply setting, and confirm the action.

Step 4:
Check the share via SSH:

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testparm -s -l --section-name=Apps 2>/dev/null
[Apps]
        comment = NAS Apps/QPKGs
	path = /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg
	invalid users = guest
	valid users = root, admin, pwilson
	write list = admin, pwilson
	inherit permissions = Yes
	guest ok = Yes
	smb encrypt = No
	strict allocate = Yes
	oplocks = No

NB: Please note that "pwilson" and "admin" have both been added to the "write list" for the newly created Apps share.

Step 5:

Lets also check it from File Station.
I seldom use File Station myself, (as I prefer SSH ), but let's look at if from File Station anyway to show you that this method works. (I'll log into File Station as "pwilson", rather than "admin" just to show off).

Voila: Here is the output promised:



Now that I can actually access my Apps share I can browse though it to copy any file I want back to my PC. Similarly I can now use Backup Station in order to Backup the entire "Apps" share, and therefore be able to "restore" my Apps as well. If I need to setup my NAS again from scratch, I can use these same instructions to re-create the "Apps" share on newly rebuilt system, and my Apps and their settings will be good to go when I restore my "Apps" share backup.

Please consider configuring this on your NAS. My code segments provided in this message are Storage Volume/Storage Pool agnostic. These same instructions should work on 95% of other peoples NAS devices, without needing to modify the code at all.

I hope you find this Tip useful for your future protection of your Apps & their settings.

Please check out fribse's message thread: [HOWTO] Make automatic backup of ALL MySQL databases V3.4 for instructions on backing up your MySQL databases.

[paolomarino]

I want to backup even the .qkpg folder but I cant' find it in the source folder in the backup station.

I mitigated this problem by simply creating a "share" that points to my Apps, so that I can actually back them up:

Works like a charm
Thank you very much.

[QRocks]

Hi,
sorry for necroposting
Is there any chance to update /reupload the images ? I think it could be superuseful.
Thank you!

[dolbyman]

thats why you dont necropost..pwilson died 5 or 6 years ago

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