Store Disk Safes on a Windows network share

With Server Backup you can store and archive Virtual Full Backup replicas onto any disk-based storage and Network Shares.

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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 Windows Network Share

{info:title=Reference: CIFS}CIFS is an abbreviation for Common Internet File System. It is a protocol that defines a standard for remote file access. CIFS is used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, communications between nodes on a network, etc. CIFS are mostly run on Windows.
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For instructions on network sharing, refer to: [Windows File Sharing (SMB/SAMBA/CIFS)|http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Windows_File_Sharing_%28SMB/SAMBA/CIFS%29] (external link).

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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:

{{\\ServerComputerName\ShareName}}

where ServerComputerName is the WINS name, DNS name or IP address of the server computer, and ShareName may be a folder or file name, or its path.
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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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