OS5 Remote BackUp Odd Directory Creation

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I have used my PR4100s for Remote BackUps for a long time. With OS5 I had to recreate all the backups and now I have bizarre directory trees and multiple copies of the same backup. I have wiped it all out and started again and still the weirdness persists:

BackUp name: BU
Source name: Daily
Source Directory: My Stuff (with 5 subdirs under it holding files).
Target Directory: BackUp

On Target I end up with:

  • Daily
  •  Backup

  •       Backup

  •            My Stuff

  •                 Sub Dir 1

  •                 Sub Dir 2

  •                 Sub Dir 3

  •                 Sub Dir 4

  •                 Sub Dir 5

  •                 My Stuff

  •                      Sub Dir 1

  •                      Sub Dir 2

  •                      Sub Dir 3

  •                      Sub Dir 4

  •                      Sub Dir 5

I have multiple copies of every file and no idea which is the most recent back up.

Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a cure?

Running firmware: 5.06.115 and FRemote Back Up 1.18

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@WDTraveler Thanks for reporting the issue with Remote Backup directory structure.
Are you using Copy or Synchronize backup type?

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Copy, using Remote BackUp One set is within the same network on a different PR4100, the other my offsite storage PR4100. Same behavior.

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@WDTraveler The Backup → Backup issue has been duplicated and will be fixed in a future Remote Backup apps release. I cannot duplicate the Subdir → Subdir that you have indicated using COPY or SYNC backup but I have logged a case with dev.

Can you give me more details of your Remote Backup job?
IE: are you doing single SOURCE selection or Multiple SOURCE selection?
If multiple, can you give me some idea of that that looks like?

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Both. The same behavior exists both ways.
Multiple: 5 shares, each with multiple sub dirs.