Windows Auto Backup To SMB?
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Jeffmeister69 · 2023-09-29 23:04

I'd like to automatically sync files from my usual machine to a
locally hosted SMB server, Windows File History is fairly
straightforward but very lacking in flexibility. I've tried Kopia and
Duplicati, but both of them encrypt your files and break them into
smaller packages, or at least as far as I can tell.


What software should I try if all I want is to keep a current copy (or
two) of a local file on my network attached drive? I use said machine
to run my discord bots, so I need to be able to access files normally
from both machines.


Any suggestions are appreciated, as I am a newcomer.

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clach04 · 2023-09-30 01:09

If you want a mirror of files (rather than a backup) take a look at;
rclone, freefilesync, JFileSync (version 3 is out, but I've not used
that).

I've never got syncThing to work (locally, with firewalls) properly
but it works for many of the people here.

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IceOleg · 2023-09-30 09:52

Rsync should be all you need. Is your SMB server a Linux computer, or
a commercial NAS device?

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Jeffmeister69 · 2023-09-30 13:36

It's just an old PC with a bunch of drives running Debian

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-SPOF · 2023-09-30 16:27

Veeam Community Edition? [https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsp
here/smb\_share.html?ver=120](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup
/vsphere/smb_share.html?ver=120)