Add Crashplan client

[jmelvin]

Have been testing Crashplan (http://www.crashplan.com) on my laptop - pretty slick.

Crashplan has a Linux client, so I suppose someone (not me) could get it running on the readynas? Anyone tried it?

Or maybe a Crashplan client as an official add-on, like the bittorrent client?

-Joe

[evandro]

Aaargh! It's a Java client. You do not want to run Java on ReadyNAS...

[dornquast]

Why shouldn't you run a java vm on it? I only spent a few hours but I didn't find any reason to not run Java on it. It doesn't need much CPU or memory .. and you can run it headless.

[evandro]

Why shouldn't you run a java vm on it? I only spent a few hours but I didn't find any reason to not run Java on it. It doesn't need much CPU or memory .. and you can run it headless.

On the contrary, the JVM requires gobbles of memory and quite some computing power when first executing the application in order to compile it. It also takes up quite a bit of disk-space, so it's not a good idea to install it, if you must, in the same file-system as root.

HTH

[turls]

Its a sloppy workaround, but I'm using SyncBackSE to mirror folders on my NAS that I want backed up to a standalone drive on my WHS server that is running CrashPlan. Then I use CrashPlan to back up the folders on my standalone drive. . .

[jmelvin]

I ended up doing something similar to turls - have a Mac as a crashplan server & client, mounted the folders on the NAS via AFP & use crashplan client to back up to the server on the same mac.

Seems to work so far - up to almost 2 million files on NAS, all backed up to external drive attached to Mac CrashPlan server/client.

Takes a while when it scans what needs to be backed up...

[kevinvinv]

I keep coming back to this... a ReadyNAS CrashPlan add on would be great. You can install CrashPlan Headless so it seems it wouldnt need the Java to run- one of these days I think I'll give it a try... I have it running on a VERY underpowered PC with Ubuntu at the moment....

[getraf]

I too would like to be able to perform automatic online backups to CrashPlan Central servers using a CrashPlan consumer account. It would be great if the CrashPlan Backup Software was capable of running on the ReadyNAS devices themselves. I would imagine this would happen as a plugin and be able to be configured using a web browser.

I personally use ReadyNAS devices at home and work so I'd even like to see CrashPlan Pro as an option. For those with the power and knowledge to get CrashPlan directly running on ReadyNAS devices, keep in mind there are two types of CrashPlan accounts. The regular CrashPlan account for home users and what is called CrashPlan Pro which is intended for businesses and their data backups.

Personally, I vote to prioritize getting the regular CrashPlan and CrashPlan+ software running on ReadyNAS devices since these are the only choices that will let users backup to the paid, online, off site, and unlimited backup CrashPlan Central service. CrashPlan Pro and CrashPlan Central do not work together. CrashPlan Pro clients only backup to CrashPlan Pro servers.

Typically, paid CrashPlan Pro services do not include unlimited storage like the CrashPlan Central service does. For personal uses like backing up your music collection, imported video camera footage, pictures, other data and such off site, the CrashPlan Central service is a real plus. Considering the alternatives, it is affordable too.

I can see this thread is a few years old. At the time of this writing, the CrashPlan Backup Software does not directly run on ReadyNAS devices themselves. I'm looking forward to the day we do not have to run a separate computer to map drives or mount network volumes on just to use the CrashPlan Backup Software and get to the CrashPlan Central service. I hope my vote and thoughts count!

[avpman]

Just one clarification. "CrashPlan Pro clients only backup to CrashPlan Pro servers."
This is not true. CrashPlan Pro Clients can backup to other CrashPlan Clients or folders on the client. These folders can also be mapped drives.

[dkerr]

I have got CrashPlan to work on ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer. The Java JRE that comes bundled with CrashPlan does not work on ReadyNAS. For some reason it does not find the libsl.so.2 file. Solution is to add the java JRE from debian repositories first and not use the one that CrashPlan offers to install for you.

1) Login to your ReadyNAS through SSH as root. Uninstall CrashPlan if your prior (broken) install is still there.

2) edit /etc/apt/sources.list (you can use the vi editor) to add this line to the end...

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deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free

3) execute "apt update"

4) execute "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and select the "Dialog" option (1) and "Medium" prompt level (3) This is necessary so that the sun JRE license agreement can be displayed and accepted by you. When you are done you can put it back to Non Interactive mode.

5) execute "apt-get install sun-java6-jre" and follow instructions.

6) Now you can install CrashPlan... download, unpack, run "./install.sh" it should not prompt you to install the Java JRE because the Sun Java6 JRE is already there.



Your're done. Or at least I was... it worked for me (on a ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer).

DAK

[avpman]

I have got CrashPlan to work on ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer. The Java JRE that comes bundled with CrashPlan does not work on ReadyNAS. For some reason it does not find the libsl.so.2 file. Solution is to add the java JRE from debian repositories first and not use the one that CrashPlan offers to install for you.

1) Login to your ReadyNAS through SSH as root. Uninstall CrashPlan if your prior (broken) install is still there.

2) edit /etc/apt/sources.list (you can use the vi editor) to add this line to the end...

Code: Select all

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free

3) execute "apt update"

4) execute "dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and select the "Dialog" option (1) and "Medium" prompt level (3) This is necessary so that the sun JRE license agreement can be displayed and accepted by you. When you are done you can put it back to Non Interactive mode.

5) execute "apt-get install sun-java6-jre" and follow instructions.

6) Now you can install CrashPlan... download, unpack, run "./install.sh" it should not prompt you to install the Java JRE because the Sun Java6 JRE is already there.



Your're done. Or at least I was... it worked for me (on a ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer).

DAK

How do you specify (enter) the "account" information since there is no web interface?

[dkerr]

How do you specify (enter) the "account" information since there is no web interface?

You run the CrashPlan desktop from another system... see their documentation for how to do this.

[avpman]

How do you specify (enter) the "account" information since there is no web interface?

You run the CrashPlan desktop from another system... see their documentation for how to do this.

It worked! I set up the ssh tunnel using Putty for ports 4242 and 4243, shutdown the CP server and then it connected fine. The instructions regarding changing the CP Desktop port to 4200 and forwarding it didn't work. Maybe it's because I'm using CP+ and not CP Pro. Either way I worked around it and my NAS is happily backing up data from the PC.

[lagreca]

Will this only work on an x86 ReadyNAS? I have a ReadyNAS NV which uses their old processor architecture and would LOVE to do this, but I have a feeling it only works on current x86 variants of the ReadyNAS. Can anyone tell me for sure if this is the case?

[avpman]

I wish I knew. I have a second NAS (NV+) and would like to get it running on that machine also.