As described here Backing up system settings | QTS 5.2.x system configuration backup should be done only when any change was done. In the meantime my NAS makes the backup every single day. Why?
TS-453 Pro, QTS 5.2.8.3359 Build 20251225
Where do you see you should only do manual backups if changes were done ?
The system does auto backups to give support (or knowledgeable users) a way to restore good configs after they were corrupted
Hi @dolbyman , I meant automatic backups.
The article I’m referring to says in chapter 2 “Configure an automatic backup schedule”:
- “The system will not create a new backup file if it detects no changes between the latest backup and the current system settings”.
My system does. That’s the problem.
Have you compared the backups to ensure no settings were changed?
If-not, suggest running a diff on them to find which parts have changed.
The most interesting is that I was off for 3 days, so didn’t touch my NAS during this time. And now, from all these days I see different backups. There are slight differences in size, but cannot find what. Those are binary files.
Anyone has an idea how to compare the backup .bin files to see the different values?
I use a utility called Beyond Compare, but there is no shortage of free file comparison utilities found via a google search.
Thank you very much for your report! After investigation, our internal team has confirmed that the issue you mentioned does occur under certain circumstances. We have added this to our development roadmap and plan to implement optimizations and fixes in a future version.
Your feedback is invaluable to our continuous product improvement!
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Hi @SteveKo thank you for your reply!
I’m waiting for the software update!