Create backup from Cloud to USB HDD

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If you have a My Cloud, NOT a My Cloud Home you can use the backup feature included in the My Cloud Dashboard (either Safepoint or Backup) to backup the contents of the My Cloud to a USB hard drive attached to the My Cloud… While the initial backup will take a very long time if one has a lot of data on the My Cloud, subsequent backups only backup new/changed files on the My Cloud. See the User Manual for the My Cloud for more information on how to backup the My Cloud to a USB hard drive attached to the My Cloud USB port.

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There are other options using SSH to setup a backup process to another location but its more complicated to setup. Here is one such past discussion on alternatives to the My Cloud Dashboard Safepoint.

Alternative to Safepoint - reposted

I posted an alternative to Safepoint under a previous posting commencing “Happy accident…”. The move to the new forum style corrupted the formatting. Here, for anyone who wants it is my original post, correctly formatted. It’s worked well for me for five months now, including a disaster recovery that went smoothly, I appreciate that some of the scripts could possibly be more elegant to those more experienced than myself, but this does have one advantage - it works! This will back up any shares …