Backup to USB when connecting the device

Is it possible to have usbbackup perform a (incremental) backup as soon as the device is connected and unmount it after ready?

thanks.

what about automatic start when connected?

Quote from macom

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USB backup plugin (openmediavault-usbbackup)

The purpose of the USB backup plugin is to provide a simple workflow to backup shared folders to an USB drive (or eSATA/SAS/SD) that is not permanently connected to the server (for safety reasons the drive is not connected to the server and can be stored in a separate location).

Setup a job:

• there must be only one partition on the USB drive
• filesystem on the USB connected drive must not be mounted
• go to the page of the plugin in the GUI of OMV in Services >> USB plugin
• add a job by clicking the plus

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macom

Dec 7th 2024

Unfortunately the backup is not started when inserting the usb device

a manual start issues error :

Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8; export LANGUAGE=; mount -v --source '/dev/disk/by-uuid/b8ae040a-afb2-4fc5-9a42-9a556a159122' '/srv/00014cd7207db2459665ae27b42d6821' 2>&1' with exit code '32': mount: /srv/00014cd7207db2459665ae27b42d6821: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs cleaning.

dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

OMV\ExecException: Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8; export LANGUAGE=; mount -v --source '/dev/disk/by-uuid/b8ae040a-afb2-4fc5-9a42-9a556a159122' '/srv/00014cd7207db2459665ae27b42d6821' 2>&1' with exit code '32': mount: /srv/00014cd7207db2459665ae27b42d6821: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs cleaning.

dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call. in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/process.inc:247

Stack trace:

#0 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/filesystem/filesystem.inc(728): OMV\System\Process->execute()

#1 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/usbbackup.inc(252): OMV\System\Filesystem\Filesystem->mount()

#2 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceUsbBackup->execute()

#3 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(124): call_user_func_array()

#4 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod()

#5 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(544): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call()

#6 {main}

Quote from macom

Run a filesystem check or wipe the drive (data will be deleted) and create a new filesystem.

Enable email notification so that you know when the rsync job is completed. You must not interrrupt the rsync job by pulling the drive too early.

I indeed ended up doing a scrub of the device although I had previously remove the partion table with a fedora installation this apparently was not enough. It now starts and ends a backup unmounting it at the end.

Interestingly, if I remove the device and attach it to the fedora it cannot mount or read the device. (bad fstyp, bad option, bad superblock) is there a way to tell if the backup went through properly?