On 2020-12-10 12:45, Bob Goodwin wrote:


On 2020-12-10 11:21, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
       IF by "I can connect via ssh from my desktop workstation" you
mean you can ssh from desktop to the NFS server,  why not use rsync
from the desktop (assuming it is a Linux/Unix/OSX box):
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There was a power outage and when I switched back on the NFS server was no longer available on the LAN. /t is still accessible using ssh and I would like to back up the data and re=install Fedora on it./
rsync -avz --partial --progress
user@nfs-box:/path/to/stuff/you/want/to/copy
/mountpoint/where/you/mounted/USB/drive

Can add the bwlimit option to keep it from using up your con
I can copy data m rsync should work. What I can not do now is access r=the external USB drive since it must be mounted on the NFS server and I don't know how to do that from the command line. Usually it pops up on the desktop Thunar file manager display where it can be mounted ans unmounted how to do that from the command line via ssh is my question?
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Ok, I found it, when the external drive was plugged in to the NFS server it shows up as /dev/sdc. I mounted that and copied  the files: 101G    /mnt/test/NFSdata/nfs4exports/home  to the my-book external drive.

Thanks for the help,    Bob

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