Storing Disk Safe on a Windows Network Share

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

This article will provide instructions on how to store Disk Safes on a Windows Network (CIFS) Share.
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In CDP 2.0, the Disk Safes could not be saved on CIFS mounts. But with the Archiving function, users could stream archived files to FTP / CIFS / SFTP / or local directory. The archive is .tar or .zip dump of all or selected files and directories in a Disk Safe's most recent recovery point. The archiving can be scheduled. See also: [R1D:Archiving Add-On User Guide] (CDP Server 2.0 Documentation).
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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 CDP is running.

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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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{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 [CDP3:Creating 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: [CDP3:Creating 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 [Closing Disk Safes|http://wiki.r1soft.com/display/CDP3/Closing+Disk+Safes].

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The closed Disk Safe can be detached as usual. See [CDP3:Detaching 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 [Attaching Disk Safes].

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