BACKUPMON BACKUPMON installation instructions / tutorial

[KrautHolg]

So, okay, looks like I will have to learn to do better. What is the next step I should read about or what should I do next? Sounds like this is actually worse than not having embarked on the whole project. My goal was to *reduce* risk instead of actually increasing it.

 

[Viktor Jaep]

So, okay, looks like I will have to learn to do better. What is the next step I should read about or what should I do next?

Probably experiment with network shares would be my next step.

 

[KrautHolg]

OK, I will try my best. Do I need additional equipment for this or can I do it with what I have?

 

[Viktor Jaep]

OK, I will try my best. Do I need additional equipment for this or can I do it with what I have?

If you're willing to use your Win 10 laptop (which needs to be on during backup times), then you have everything you need. Alternatively, if you own a NAS, that could do the trick too.

 

[KrautHolg]

Glad it's working. Yeah, just a visual que to let you know that one bad flashdrive could take down your router and all your backups all at once. It's a high risk scenario from which there is no recovery.

Can I just eject the USB-Stick at via http://asusrouter.com/index.asp or will that have negative consequences for my router? I don't like the "could take down your router" at all...

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Can I just eject the USB-Stick at via http://asusrouter.com/index.asp or will that have negative consequences for my router? I don't like the "could take down your router" at all...

Kinda depends on what you're running. If you've installed entware or established a swap file, those are both on your USB drive. Depending on what scripts and the level of complexity. Typically it's advised just to keep things in place.

You might be able to use a USB extender to add more ports for another external drive, but that comes with issues as well such as power. Up for debate.

 

[CaptainSTX]

Probably experiment with network shares would be my next step.

Currently I Have two USB drives attached to my AX88Pro using a hub and backup from one USB to the other and this works fine. I would also like to have a secondary backup to my NAS and but I'm having any success getting it to work.

Network Drive Name: Backup3 LAN IP: 192.168.216.25

Folder created on Backup3 for AX88Pro backups: Backups

I can't seem to get a mount that Backupmon accepts. Tried various options

Settings for secondary backup and the results from one of many tests are shown below.

(1) : Test Target Media Type : Network
(2) : Test Target Username : V..........
(3) : Test Target Password : R...........
(4) : Test Target UNC Path : \\\\192.168.216.25\\Backups
|--- Test NFS Mount Options : N/A
(5) : Test Target Backup Mount Point : /tmp/mnt/Backup3/Backups
(6) : Test Target Dir Path : /router/Backups
(7) : Test CIFS/SMB Version : 2.1
|
(t) : Test your Network Backup Connection
(p) : Import your Primary Backup Settings
(s) : Import your Secondary Backup Settings
(e) : Exit Back to Setup + Operations Menu



Selection: t

Messages:
INFO: Backup Target (192.168.216.25) reachable via PING.
WARNING: External test drive mount point not set. Created under: /tmp/mnt/backups
mount: mounting \\\\192.168.216.25\\Backups on /tmp/mnt/backups failed
WARNING: Unable to mount to external network drive. Retrying...
mount: mounting \\\\192.168.216.25\\Backups on /tmp/mnt/backups failed
WARNING: Unable to mount to external network drive. Retrying...
mount: mounting \\\\192.168.216.25\\Backups on /tmp/mnt/backups failed
WARNING: Unable to mount to external network drive. Retrying...
ERROR: Unable to mount to external network drive [/tmp/mnt/backups]. Please check your configuration. Exiting.
Press any key to acknowledge...


I would much appreciate it if you can tell me what I'm missing and offer my any suggestions.

Thanks.