Deleting NAS-to-NAS Backups on TeraStation PRO

[clayn]

   

Hello. Our organization has two TeraStation PRO NAS devices. The first is a stand alone TS-HTGL/R5 F/W 1.26. The second is a rack mounted TS-RHTGL/R5 F/W 1.33. We have configured the first device to backup to the second device. The data set is a full backup of about 80 GB worth of .tif files each day. They end up in a directory on the second NAS with a naming structure like: 200912141800 (year, month, day, time).

 

My problem is that I am unable to delete these folders on the second NAS to make room for future backup jobs. It says that I need permission to delete these folders even though I am a domain admin. I see an area in the web interface called Access Restrictions, but it doesn't seem to do anything. I enable it, and click on the groups and buttons trying to give domain admins read and write rights, but nothing happens (using FireFox 3). It is like the buttons don't do anything.

 

The share rights show rights for Everyone and root, but only as special rights, not full control.

 

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[clayn]

   

Update: I figured out how the buttons in access restrictions work. You have to add the user or group in question to the read only box and then from the read only box to the read/write box. However, I am still unable to delete the backup folders even after giving domain admins (and myself) read/write rights.

[Colin137]

Try temporarily disabling access restrictions on the backup destination folder.

[clayn]

   

I didn't have access restrictions on at all when I started. I've tried turning them off again, but it didn't seem to help. I've tried about every combination of settings in the web interface that look even remotely related. I don't understand why it says that it is syncronized with my domain, but a domain admin can't delete a folder on a share. I've tried logging into it is a local user with write rights, as a domain user with write rights. I get a permissions error when I try to assign rights from AD. Still don't seem to have rights to delete a backup folder from another NAS.

 

If another option doesn't present itself I see no other course then to remove the share and find some other way to copy data from one NAS to another.

[clayn]

   

A fact that may be relevent: The first NAS is not on the domain. The second NAS is.

[michaelln]

   

I've got a similar problem:

 

http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/Can-t-Delete-Files-and-Folders-Created-with-Internal-Backup/td-p/24068" target="_blank">http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/Can-t-Delete-Files-and-Folders-Created-with-Internal-Backup/td-p/24068