Store Disk Safes on a Windows network share

You can only use NAS appliances that support NFS locking; this includes most commercial-grade NAS appliances, but not all.
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This article will provide instructions on how to store Disk Safes on a Windows Network (CIFS) Share.


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h3. Creating a Disk Safe

While creating a Disk Safe, specify a Windows Network Share in the Path field. The share must be available for the user account under which the Backup Manager is running.
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{note:title=Notice}Windows network share should always be specified using a UNC style path (e.g. {{\\server\share\folder}}) convention.
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{info:title=Reference: UNC}UNC is an abbreviation for Universal Naming Convention which implies that a network share can be addressed according to the following:

{note:title=Notice}The target share directory must be empty. The Disk Safe cannot be created in a folder that is not empty. 
{note}See also [Create Disk Safes].

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h3. Creating a Policy

While creating a Policy, select the Disk Safe linked to the network share.
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See also: [Create policies].

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h3. Closing and Detaching the Disk Safe

You can close the Disk Safe located on a network share as usual. See [Close Disk Safes].

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The closed Disk Safe can be detached as usual. See [Detach Disk Safes].

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h3. Attaching Existing Disk Safe

You can attach an existing Disk Safe located in a Network Share. Define the path in UNC format. See [Attach Disk Safes].

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