1. Introduction
Storix System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) provides the ability to backup, from an SMB Host (currently supported on Linux), data that is shared from a Windows or MAC OS X system. This is because both Windows and MAC OS X support the SMB network protocol, which can be used to share folders on the system.
On a Windows or MAC system, a user account is created. The files created by this account, accessed using a username and password, can be made available to SBAdmin for backups and restored.
There are some differences between Windows and MAC SMB
1.Windows allows you to turn on or off sharing for each folder on the system. MAC will only allow you to share the user’s home directory.
2.Windows also provides administrator shares. This will include the ability to share the entire disk, which will appear as a share such as C$. Note, however, that some files are system files that no user has read access to. These files will be reported, but skipped during the backup.
3.Windows will only allow one user to log on at a time, while multiple MAC users may be logged on simultaneously. The files for a user may only be accessed from SBAdmin while the user is logged on.
4.Although MAC allows multiple users to log on at one time, SBAdmin only provides the ability to configure one user account for each SMB client configured for backups. This limits backups of a MAC system to a single user, unless multiple client licenses of SBAdmin are configured – one for each user. The same applies to Windows, however, this is not likely an issue since Windows will let you share all files on the system, not just a single user’s folder.
How to Use this Guide
The information in this guide is intended to assist the user in enabling shared folders or files on the Windows and OS X systems. It may be expanded to support other systems, such as various UNIX systems, that also support the SMB protocol.
It is important to note, however, that Storix does not provide knowledge and support of such systems, as they are not actually running any Storix software. If configured properly, SBAdmin should have no problem accessing the data within, however SBAdmin performs no configuration tasks nor runs any software on these systems.
Information provided herein is therefore provided on an
SBAdmin Windows (SMB) Backup Feature
In order to backup SMB client data, you must install an SBAdmin license key for the Windows (SMB) Backup Feature. This requires an additional license, which must be purchased from Storix. the feature is only available for use with a Network Administrator license. The network administrator is the system from which all backups are configured and performed.
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