External hard drive for photo backup

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Hi all,

I´m using my nextcloud on a local PC in windows. Most of the items are stored virtually in the cloud and are downloaded on demand, if I really need them. In additon I would like to mirror all my photos from the same cloud to external hard disk to back up them. The hard disk I also connect from time to time via USB. This approach was working fine for a while, but now I can’t find the option to configure it again. Was there a change to avoid it? In the past it worked well for me, so I would regret it. There is a error message popping up, that “photos” is already part of a synchronisation. If there is another tool to be used, please let me know, what to use. I appreciate your help.

Thanks and best regards

Andreas

Hello @Andfirst1,

welcome to the Nextcloud community! :handshake:

you are looking for a “real” server-side backup described in detail in 101: backup what and why (not how) in opposite to client-side files copies this is the best solution covering all data like shares and contacts and different situations