Set time plan for Backupjob NAS to USB - MyCloud Gen. 2

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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Hi Community,

is in the Gen. 2 Model the opportunity to set a time plan for the backup job to a USB-HDD?
In my Gen. 1 Model there was a time plan.

Thank you very much!

Best regards
Zuendapp

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Try looking here and in the User Manual for your generation of My Cloud.
https://support.wdc.com/product.aspx?ID=904&lang=en

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For what ever reason is appears WD didn’t include that option in the 2nd Gen v2.x single bay My Cloud units. There have been multiple requests in the Cloud Ideas subforum for WD to re-add the scheduled backups option similar to what the 1st gen single bay My Cloud unit has.

https://community.wd.com/t/schedule-queue-usb-backups/96993/

More requests here: https://community.wd.com/search?q=schedule%20backup%20category%3A107%20order%3Alatest

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Hi Bennor,

I don’t understand why WD cannot include this feature again :frowning: ! Greatly inexplicable!

Is there a way via cronjob?

Best regards

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Maybe. Search the subforum (magnifying glass icon upper right) for “cron” and you’ll find numerous past discussions on using cron on the second gen v2.x single bay My cloud units. One of those past discussions may provide additional tips or suggestions.