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TSEP
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8 years ago

thecus N8800PRO NAS is identified as windows computer by backupexec 16

Hello, I'm using an evaluation version of BackupExec 16, trying to do a backup of a cifs share located on a thecus N8800PRO NAS. When i added the NAS to the default "All Servers" group, i've selecte...
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pkh
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BE will always identify the NAS as Windows if you add it as a CIFS file server.  It does not matter what OS is used on the NAS and this identification does not affect your backups.

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TSEP
Level 2
8 years ago

Thanks for the reply.

Meanwhile i've found the reason why the backup job didn't work. I had set the networkinterface to a fixed interface instead of any interface in the network configuration dialog of the job. That made the backup job fail.After switching back to any interface the backup worked.