Linkstation Pro backup to external USB HDD

[rich_e]

Hi,

I have a linkstation pro LS-WXL/R1 2TB server and I want to back it up onto an external USB drive (HD-LBU2). I have hooked it up, set up both drives to have back up enabled and then set up a scheduled back up. The problem is that the back up fails pretty quickly. The error log indicates that the file system on the USB drive is read only - I enclose the error log below.

 

 

-------- BEGIN BACKUP 2013/04/25 05:37:24 array1/share -> ABC@usbdisk1 --------
sending incremental file list
rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
rsync: mkdir "/mnt/usbdisk1/201304250537" failed: Read-only file system (30)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(576) [receiver=3.0.3]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (9 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(635) [sender=3.0.3]
-------- END BACKUP 2013/04/25 05:37:25 array1/share -> ABC@usbdisk1 --------

 

Can anyone advise on how to proceed and solve this issue?

 

All help would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Rich

 

 

[davo]

You have the USB HDD formatted to NTFS, you need to reformat it to XFS via the web gui (system -> Storage)

[rich_e]

Hi Davo,

 

Thank you so much for the suggestions - it's really appreciated. I have tried loading the system->Storage page and it comes up totally blank. I  can't see either the NAS or the USB HDD to format.

 

I think I'm doing something stupid. Do you have any further ideas?

 

Rich

[rich_e]

Hi

 

Can anyone help me on this - how to format the external USB HDD? If I can't do it via the NAS then can I do it by plugging it directly into a PC?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

[davo]

Reset the NAS (System -> Restore/Erase -> Restore Linkstation) and see if the USB HDD appears in the Storage section. Have you tested the USB HDD on a PC? You can format it to XFS if you have a Linux OS available.

[rich_e]

Ah ha - some success. I did the system restore and am now able to view the USB drive on the System -> format page. Thanks for your help and I'll let you know if the back up works when the format is complete.

 

:)

[rich_e]

Success!

 

All of my backups are now fully working - Thanks Davo.