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NAS protection using CIFS/NFS

To backup data stored on a CIFS or NSF device, you must create NAS storage in the backup system. Data is then backed up through the network connection, as if it were another internal directory or volume. Data is transferred more quickly than if the device is mounted on one of the Unitrends appliance’s clients. Once storage has been created, the CIFS and NFS devices are seen as regular clients of the backup system.

Use the following topics when working with CIFS/NFS NAS clients:

• Prerequisites and considerations for CIFS/NFS clients
• Working with CIFS/NFS clients
• Backing up CIFS/NFS clients
• Restoring backups of CIFS/NFS clients
• For more information about archiving NDMP backups, see Archiving Overview and the applicable archive media chapters. For instructions, see Archiving Procedures.
• For more information about replicating NDMP backups, see Replication and To replicate file-level backups.