Internal Backup

[DeanNAS!]

Hi All,
I have a Nimbustor 4 AS5304T. I have 2 4TB drives, set on a Raid 1 config. I have added a third drive which wanted to set up as separate disk to backup to internally but I can not initialise the drive. When I look in Storage Manager it shows my 3rd drive as healthy but it is inactive (i assume as its not assigned in anyway).

When i open Back Up and Restore and try to set a back up plan, it does not show this drive as an option for a destination, it only shows me the folders i have set up in my raid 1 configuration (the 2 x $TB drives).

I expect I am doing something wrong or am I being stupid by assuming I can set a third drive up internally as a single backup drive for my current volume? Is it aslso worth noting, that i am just using a spare 2TB drive i have ( i am not storing any more than 2TB on my current 4TB Volume).

I have also set up a external 2TB Seagate SSD, which i have set a back up plan to. I originally set up notifications and i was getting lots of messages saying the backup was showing an error. I had switched off the notifications but now i can ot see what state the backup are in, whether they are successful or not. can someone guide me to see the health of the back up?

Thanks for any responses in advance.

[Nazar78]

You need to create a volume on that inactive disk. In the Storage Manager, click on the left menu volume then click create. After creating the volume, go to the Access Control > Shared Folders to create a share for you to use for data or backup.

[DeanNAS!]

Thank you! I knew i was being a bit stupid. I knew i had to create the volume, i just didn't know where to do it. I now have a internal back up on a separate drive! You are a star!!!!

[Nazar78]

NP glad it helps, we all learn something everyday.