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@partimers: I think the dns could handle your backup method, but it seems to me that there is no way to automate it.  Instead of setting up a scheduled event as this thread describes, you would be manually issuing the rsync command after swapping out drives.

As for JBOD, I don't have any experience with it.  But if the implementation behaves anything like RAID, then you will likely run into issues with the concatenation breaking once you remove a drive.

Maybe you should consider either the DNS-343 or external drives.

Actually if i do this: 

$ vi /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/start/editcron.sh

There is no data saved in that file.

To get out of Vi, I am doing an escape, then ":wq" but I dont think anything is getting saved.

So I login as root:

root@DNS:~# vi /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/start/editcron.sh
#!/bin/sh

CRONTXT=/mnt/HD_a2/crontab.txt

# start with existing crontab
/bin/crontab -l > $CRONTXT

# add the Rsync job to execute at 2:05 am - also create a logfile (append to any existing log file)
# note: use a single > after /mnt/HD_b2 if you want to a create a new log file each night with no append
/bin/echo "04 11 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/rsync -av --delete /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >> /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1" >> $CRONTXT

# install the new crontab
/bin/crontab $CRONTXT

# clean up
/bin/rm $CRONTXT
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"/mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/start/editcron.sh" No such file or directory


I thought that when you Vi that file, it makes it as well.  Is the step that I need to make editcron.sh first, then VI into it?  I thought Vi'ing would do it once saved.  Though I cant seem to save it using the :wq command.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Rich

ive been messing with fun_plug for a little while now but im still new to the code stuff.

i have telnet working as well as fan_control, but i cant get the data backup to work... it seems.

one part of the first post confuses me:

5 2 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/rsync -rlptDv --delete /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >> /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1

i dont have the bold part when i type crontab -l

ill post my /ffp/start editcron.sh

#!/bin/sh

CRONTXT=/mnt/HD_a2/crontab.txt
/bin/crontab -l > $CRONTXT

# add the Rsync job to excute at 10:00 pm - also create  a logfile (append to any existing log file)
# note: use a single > after /mnt/HD_b2 if you want to create a new log file each night with no append
/bin/echo "0 22 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/bin/rsync -av --delete  /mnt/HD_a2 mnt/HD_b2 >>
/mnt/HD_a2/ffp/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1" >> $CRONTXT

# install the new crontab
/bin/crontab $CRONTXT

# clean up
/bin/rm $CRONTXT

i wanted it to run at 10:00pm, so i changed the time to "0 22 * * *

i hope thats right.

i typed in chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/start/editcron.sh

and i created /ffp/log

any ideas?

roth140 wrote:

ive been messing with fun_plug for a little while now but im still new to the code stuff.

i have telnet working as well as fan_control, but i cant get the data backup to work... it seems.

one part of the first post confuses me:

5 2 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/rsync -rlptDv --delete /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >> /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1

i dont have the bold part when i type crontab -l

ill post my /ffp/start editcron.sh

#!/bin/sh

CRONTXT=/mnt/HD_a2/crontab.txt
/bin/crontab -l > $CRONTXT

# add the Rsync job to excute at 10:00 pm - also create  a logfile (append to any existing log file)
# note: use a single > after /mnt/HD_b2 if you want to create a new log file each night with no append
/bin/echo "0 22 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/bin/rsync -av --delete  /mnt/HD_a2 mnt/HD_b2 >>
/mnt/HD_a2/ffp/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1" >> $CRONTXT

# install the new crontab
/bin/crontab $CRONTXT

# clean up
/bin/rm $CRONTXT

i wanted it to run at 10:00pm, so i changed the time to "0 22 * * *

i hope thats right.

i typed in chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/start/editcron.sh

and i created /ffp/log

any ideas?

yes, I've got a few:

First -rlptDv is the same as the "a" of the "-av" part if you do the crontab -l part. It's some sort of shortening the command.

Add a "/" and it will work!
/bin/echo "0 22 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/bin/rsync -av --delete  /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >>
/mnt/HD_a2/ffp/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1" >> $CRONTXT


Watch out when you use ffp or fun_plug.d! Are you using funplug 0.5? If so please use this command to execute the editcron.sh:
chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/start/editcron.sh

Last edited by bvsteyn (2009-03-12 09:43:48)

Thanks, I just changed everything: 

vi /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/start/editcron.sh


#!/bin/sh

CRONTXT=/mnt/HD_a2/crontab.txt

# start with existing crontab
/bin/crontab -l > $CRONTXT

# add the Rsync job to execute at 2:05 am - also create a logfile (append to any existing log file)
# note: use a single > after /mnt/HD_b2 if you want to a create a new log file each night with no append
/bin/echo "45 9 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/bin/rsync -av --delete /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >> /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1" >> $CRONTXT

# install the new crontab
/bin/crontab $CRONTXT

# clean up
/bin/rm $CRONTXT


chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/start/editcron.sh

It all looked like it worked! 

I guess I will find out soon.

RichTJ99 wrote:

Hrmm, 9:45 came & went but nothing happened & there is no file in my log.  I did the date command & it seems ot be the correct date & time. 
When I check the crontab -l

32 2 * * * /usr/sbin/rtc -s
30 2 2 * * /usr/sbin/rtc -c
59 1 * * * /usr/sbin/daylight &
45 9 * * * /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/bin/rsync -av --delete /mnt/HD_a2 /mnt/HD_b2 >> /mnt/HD_a2/ffp/log/rsync.last.log 2>&1


Any ideas what I did wrong?

Did you use the 24 hour time notation? Ddi you mean 21:45 pm? (don't know where you're from). Please check if you time setting is ok through the webinterface. First time I used this I found out that the time setting were wrong..

Also did you use mkdir to create the "log" dir manually?

Last edited by bvsteyn (2009-03-12 16:41:36)

still no auto transfer

i think it has something to do with the time to execute it.  besides vi on editcron.sh is there anywhere else the info needs to be.  i see fun_plug, crontab, and ffp in my root.  should there be any reference to the events im trying to launch added to those files?





i know the command line works, heres the dry run with some Docs i tossed in, new since i manually ran the job.




something has to be broke with the * * * * * or rsync... i dont know enough yet.

Last edited by roth140 (2009-03-13 06:41:44)

roth140 wrote:

still no auto transfer

i think it has something to do with the time to execute it.  besides vi on editcron.sh is there anywhere else the info needs to be.  i see fun_plug, crontab, and ffp in my root.  should there be any reference to the events im trying to launch added to those files?

http://home.comcast.net/~roth.scott/telnet/editcron.JPG

Please try this: /bin/echo "00 20 * * * /mnt/.....

or try /bin/echo "0 20 * * * /mnt/....

Right now it should work at 20:00 (or fill in another time). I think that the time notation you are using is wrong.

Last edited by bvsteyn (2009-03-13 10:08:23)

roth140 wrote:

its 8:30 am here, lets shoot for 11am backup.

http://home.comcast.net/~roth.scott/tel … ab11am.JPG

Why wait that long? You can schedule it now to run in 5 minutes..
You don't have to wait that long.

Let me know what happens!

haha, i have to head in to work for a little bit this morning.  its sad to check HD_b2 and see theres no copying   thanks again for checking in on the posts here bvstyen.  i thought i had it fixed with the "/" you found missing.  i know it has to be in the scheduling part.  i uninstalled fun_plug and ffp last night and started clean.  do you know if there are supposed to be any files created outside of start/editcron.sh?  i keep seeing crontab.txt in the code, but i dont see it in any folders.  and do i need to add anything to the actual fun_plug itself?

i know im missing something small here.  thats what makes it frustrating.

qryptiq:  once you setup fun_plug with a computer, a task like this thread will run on its own with no computers on the network running.  its a automated backup from one vol. to the other.

yea, that last time code you helped with ran at 11:00am here.  i had to stare at the screen until it hit me my test files made it into HD_b2.  i checked the log file on HD_a2 and its all accounted for.

thanks for the help!

thanks roth140