Linkstation pro - backup woe

[stravers]

   

Guys, I really hope you can help me out. I've had two Linkstation pro 500Gb disks in our company for two years now. They are superb and have proved extremely reliable. I used to use a PC backup software to copy data from one to the other.

 

I have recently moved to Vista and decided that I would like to get the built-in backup utility to do this as I could never get it to work before.

 

I am sure this has been covered but I would really appreciate it if someone could post the steps to go through to get this to work. Both units are on firmware 1.10 and in the same workgroup with static IP adresses. I've followed the instructions which should work but I never get any files created in the destination folder.

 

Any help gratefully appreciated. I'd really like to do a differential backup once a day if possible.

 

Ta

Stu

 

 

EDIT: This is the log entry I currently get when attampting to do a backup

 

building file list ...
rsync: read error: Connection timed out (110)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(614) [sender=2.6.8]

 

 

Message Edited by stravers on 12-02-2008 05:08 AM

[Paul]

please try this first

Can't connect at all with Vista

Causes: Vista defaults to only send the more secure NTLMv2 protocol, which these NAS devices / Samba do not support.

Fixes: Go to Start -> Run -> "secpol.msc". Then goto Local Policies -> Security Options. Find "Network Security: LANManager authentication level". Change the setting from "Send NTLMv2response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security ifnegotiated". Save the setting and then reboot the computer.

Note: Buffalo has a download that does the same thing,but it involves messing with the registry by incorporating a ".reg"file. It is much better (and probably easier) to just use the abovesteps.

New Note: Seems some copies of Vista do not have"secpol.msc", probably the Home versions(Home Basic and Home Premium).These users will either need to use the http://www.buffalotech.com/support/getfile/?Buffalo_NAS_Vista_Support.zip" title="http://www.buffalotech.com/support/getfile/?Buffalo_NAS_Vista_Support.zip" class="external text" target=_blank>download from Buffalo or go into their Registry editor.

Regedit instructions:

1. Start->Search Bar or Run and enter "regedit"
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control->Lsa
3. Right-click on "lmcompatibilitylevel" and choose Modify
4. Set the Value Data to 2 (default is 3) and click OK
5. Exit regedit and reboot
6. Try to connect again

Can't login using a user name on a restricted share

Causes: Possibly due to cached passwords or different password/name resolution in Vista.

Fixes: Try connecting to "\\IPAddress" instead of"\\NASName". Also, try using "WorkgroupName\UserName","\\NASName\UserName", or "\\NASIPAddress\UserName".

Fixes: Try going into the command prompt and entering(without quotes) "NET USE \\[IP or NetBIOS name of NAS]\[folder that isbeing restricted] /d" and then try logging into the share again.

[Mondongo]

   I am having the exact same problem between a LinkStation Pro and a Linkstation Mini. I am using a Mac. I have researched this extensively and am nowhere near a solution. I want the units to backup independent of the computer. Isn't that what the internal backup utility is for?:smileymad:

[Mondongo]

   

**UPDATE**

 

I was using 9K Jumbo Frames with my router (Apple Airport extreme). I reset the frame size back to normal and this solved the problem for me. You might want to check your Ethernet frame sizes to see if this fixes it for you. In my case, there seems to be something funky in either the router's handling of Jumbo Frames (although everything else works fine) or in the implementation of rsync in the device. :smileyvery-happy:

 

BTW, Vista is not a factor in the equation because you are using the built-in backup utility between two LinkStations. This is independent of the O/S. Check your Ethernet frame sizes and your router settings and post back the result if you can. 

Message Edited by Mondongo on 01-24-2009 02:51 PM