New user: TS-233 can't see my desktop's drive

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  • Linux Mint 22.1
  • TS-233
  • Firmware Version 5.2.4.3079
  • Network Setup: Single Port
  • Single Disk

Just bought this yesterday. QNAP is connected to my router via ethernet cable. I can ping the IP address from the Linux command line. I’ve allowed the ip address of the QNAP through my firewall. The QNAP can be accessed in Nemo under Network. The QfinderPro software finds the QNAP.
However, when I try to mount the NAS with sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.0.32:/public /mnt/BrickStorage, I get this error
/mnt/BrickStorage: mount point does not exist.
Additionally, the LAN indicator on the front is either solid orange or flashing orange (is it EVER supposed to be green?)
On the back, where the ethernet cable is connected, both the orange and green lights are on.
Trying to create my 1st back up of my desktop’s hard drive in HBS Backup Sync, but that’s not available. The only drives showing are the QNAP itself and 2 USB drives I have plugged into the QNAP.

How do I get the QNAP to see the hard drive of the desktop its connected to so I can back it up?

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Through what firewall did you allow access to ? (your desktop ?)

Why don’t you just push the backups to the NAS, why is the NAS supposed to pull them ?

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Yes. The firewall that is built into Linux Mint.

I’m not sure I understand the question “Why don’t you just push the backups to the NAS, why is the NAS supposed to pull them ?”

I guess my first response would be “Why not?”
My 2nd would be is that I’m using the software on the NAS to generate the backups so my definition it would be pulling the backups.

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Client aware backups on the host,that push will avoid conflicts of open files or issues like open databases.(That’s why)

Veeam is my favourite for free bare metal restore (or file level if wanted) backups.

Install this, point this to your NAS via NFS or SMB and push the backups to your NAS… done.

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yep use Veeam agent here too on Linux and Windows. it just works.

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No need to sudo mount.

Open nemo and select network.
The NAS should be available. Click on it.

Type in the username and password of a user you created in:
QTS>configuration screen>users.

Repeat it after a reboot, @Chris6

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@Chris6 did you make a directory to mount the NAS at first? That error message suggests you haven’t. :wink:

You must first create the mount point before running your mount command.

The front panel LAN LED is only amber coloured, it won’t turn green.

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Tried to install Veeam and failed.

cat /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/6.3.1.1016/build/make.log
has a bunch of these errors.

/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/6.3.1.1016/build/sparse_bitmap.c:67:6: warning: no previous prototype for ‘_sparse_block_init’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
67 | void _sparse_block_init( sparse_block_t* block, char level, void* block_state )

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I installed veeam-nosnap and that seems to work.