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Toddman214's avatar
Toddman214
Level 6
10 years ago

CIF as a backup target

Windows 2008r2 Master and Media servers, Isilon storage   Hello again, all.   Im trying something that I never have yet, and am having little luck. Yet, I cant imagine this being a compli...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    10 years ago

    Your opening and subsequent posts were for Basic Disk specifically.

    Yes. To use SLP, you need Advanced Disk.

    You will need to go through the process of adding Storage Server and then add the CIFS share as disk pool.
    Delete existing BasicDisk STU and duplicate and expire backups if any were written to this STU.

    See in Chapter 3 of NetBackup AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide  :
    Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
10 years ago

Your opening and subsequent posts were for Basic Disk specifically.

Yes. To use SLP, you need Advanced Disk.

You will need to go through the process of adding Storage Server and then add the CIFS share as disk pool.
Delete existing BasicDisk STU and duplicate and expire backups if any were written to this STU.

See in Chapter 3 of NetBackup AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide  :
Configuring credentials for CIFS storage and disk storage units