Timeshift Backups to Local NAS

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

On 7/19/20 1:18 PM, Mark Hummel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there any way to save a Timeshift backup to my local NAS?  The NAS is 
> running Ubuntu Server 18.04LTS and has 5.46TB of drive space using the 
> BTRFS.  The NAS is also cited in my main computer's fstab.
> 
> Excert from fstab file:
> 
> # This is the NAS entry.
> # Mount script was added to GUI System Settings>startup>Autostart to 
> mount only when NAS is online.
> 192.168.1.105:/nas                        /media/NAS       nfs 
> rw,hard,noexec,noauto,user,retrans=1,retry=0          0   0
> #
> 
> I move files to and from the NAS daily so why can't Timeshift "see" and 
> use the NAS?  Is there anything I can do to configure Timeshift to use 
> my NAS?  Do you plan to add this ability to future versions of 
> Timeshare?  Please advise.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Mark A. Hummel
> MSgt, USAF(ret)
> 
> 
> 
> 

I gave up on timeshift for that very reason and have gone for good old 
luckybackup.

Kind regards
Carl Friis-Hansen