Vero 4K+: ‘Failed to copy the Backup Tar file’

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My Vero 4K frequently fails to copy the Backup file. My Backup file is only around 6MB and I have plenty of space on the Vero. I started a thread before including logs but got virtually no answers.

I’m confused as to whether I should be setting the Backup location on my NAS or can I just use /home/osmc/Backups ?

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Ran a Backup with Debug Logging and of course it worked ! Aaaah !

Anyway, here are the logs https://paste.osmc.tv/letixiraco

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You can use a location on the Vero but it won’t do you much good if you have to re-install OSMC as that will completely re-write the internal memory.

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Ah yep, forgot about that situation. I presume you have to use
smb://user_name:password@server_name/dir

Is there a settings file I could edit through SSH to make it easier to type it in ?

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Yes, it is

/home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.osmcsetting.updates/settings.xml

item <setting id="backup_location">...</setting>

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Solution:-

So I started looking at copying the Backup Tar file to my NAS but had issues using this format:-
smb://user_name:password@server_name/dir
that I think may have been due to using symbols in the password.

Instead, I used this guide to setup SMB and NFS to my NAS:- Mounting network shares with autofs (alternative to fstab)

After that I could now use Browse to set the Backup location to:-
/mnt/<server1>/<share1>

Now I’m no longer getting any ‘Failed to copy the Backup Tar file’ messages

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