Synology NAS - Can't delete
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High Points:
- Using Veeam.
- Synology onsite NAS.
- Synology offsite NAS is in a building about 200 feet away, with an air gap.
- Owner of files is "User" << obfuscated.
- "User" has read/write on the parent folder, and all subdirectories and files/objects.
- Logged in as "User".
- Trying to purge an older backup chain in offsite backups results in a permissions error.
- Using rsync, user account is "User".
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Which of the two NAS are you looking at that you cannot delete?
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@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
Which of the two NAS are you looking at that you cannot delete?
Offsite
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What method are you using to make the offsite copy? Is it just an RSYNC?
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@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
What method are you using to make the offsite copy? Is it just an RSYNC?
Yes. Onsite is fine, still a lot of storage available. Offsite is 95% full.
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@bbigford said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
What method are you using to make the offsite copy? Is it just an RSYNC?
Yes. Onsite is fine, still a lot of storage available. Offsite is 95% full.
And RSYNC is syncing as that user, not as root?
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@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
@bbigford said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
What method are you using to make the offsite copy? Is it just an RSYNC?
Yes. Onsite is fine, still a lot of storage available. Offsite is 95% full.
And RSYNC is syncing as that user, not as root?
Correct
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Deleted offsite backups shared directory and now seeding; will take 12 hours. Hope there is no environmental hazard during that time with onsite.
Not sure what I could have done better in this case.
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Worth a shot anyway.
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@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
Worth a shot anyway.
It's seeing in a healthy state after monitoring constantly. I just don't understand what I could have done better to remove a backup chain and just free up space. I initially tried to delete the link and just re-establish it with the same name; couldn't do that though since it looks for the same name and -if it exists- it creates a new folder.
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Could someone have logged in as administrator on the Offsite NAS and (accidentally) changed permissions on the "User" account?
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If you're using rsync to sync the 2 NASs then there's no air gap. The systems are obviously networked together. What about using Backup Copy from Veeam instead of rsync. Just wondering is rsync may be the cause here.
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@nashbrydges said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
If you're using rsync to sync the 2 NASs then there's no air gap. The systems are obviously networked together. What about using Backup Copy from Veeam instead of rsync. Just wondering is rsync may be the cause here.
Using rsync is pretty good at preserving permissions unless one forget to include option
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@bbigford said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
@scottalanmiller said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
Worth a shot anyway.
It's seeing in a healthy state after monitoring constantly. I just don't understand what I could have done better to remove a backup chain and just free up space. I initially tried to delete the link and just re-establish it with the same name; couldn't do that though since it looks for the same name and -if it exists- it creates a new folder.
Do you have rsync set to delete files that have been removed from the source?
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@nashbrydges said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
Could someone have logged in as administrator on the Offsite NAS and (accidentally) changed permissions on the "User" account?
No, I'm the only one who works with them at this time.
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@nashbrydges said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
If you're using rsync to sync the 2 NASs then there's no air gap. The systems are obviously networked together. What about using Backup Copy from Veeam instead of rsync. Just wondering is rsync may be the cause here.
Air gap as in if one building was lost, the other is fine. I should have been more clear. Not two separate networks using wireless point to point.
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@nashbrydges said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
If you're using rsync to sync the 2 NASs then there's no air gap. The systems are obviously networked together. What about using Backup Copy from Veeam instead of rsync. Just wondering is rsync may be the cause here.
I'll probably go that route for long term. I love rsync but I may keep it only for specific cases.
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@black3dynamite said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
@nashbrydges said in Synology NAS - Can't delete:
If you're using rsync to sync the 2 NASs then there's no air gap. The systems are obviously networked together. What about using Backup Copy from Veeam instead of rsync. Just wondering is rsync may be the cause here.
Using rsync is pretty good at preserving permissions unless one forget to include option
-a.I used the GUI on this one.
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As an aside question, do you have it that it recycles the storage after certain time with Synology to Synology backuP?
