NovaBACKUP PC Agent/Server Agent (for newer versions, 21.x)

How to backup data from a Network Share to another Network Share with NovaBACKUP 21.

Contents

1. Map the network share.

2. Configure the Destination Device.

3. Define your Backup Job.

4. Ensure correct permissions for source data.

1. Map the network share

First use Windows Explorer to create a mapped network drive letter for the Network Share (UNC path) that you want to backup from; and be sure to utilize "Connect using different credentials" checkbox.

2. Configure the Destination Device

Next you need to configure the device you are going to be backing up to.  In this case it will be another Network Share on a NAS that we want to backup to.  You will want to create a ‘Local Backup’ device in NovaBACKUP and then put the UNC path to the share you want to backup to, along with configuring the Network Credentials that need to be used to get to that share (which you will be required to do for the new 'Local Backup' device type that was added in NovaBACKUP 21, that step is not optional, read below on that "Network Credentials" dialog).

The "Network Credentials" tab is where you will be required to define the credentials to have write access to the target Buffalo NAS device (which utilizes the new 'Local Backup' device type that was added in NovaBACKUP 21). For additional information and help with this prompt please read the "Creating a Local Backup device" section, on Page 5, of the "NovaBACKUP 21 Quick Start Guide" here and the separate KB article regarding "Workaround for unable to create a new UNC based Local Backup device type in NovaBACKUP 21.x (if there is an open connection/mapping to that path)" here:

3. Define your Backup Job

Now it’s time to setup your backup job.  If the backup client was already running prior to you creating the new mapped network drive in Step 1 you will be required to exit the backup client and run the client again in order to see the mapped network drive letter be listed in the "Select Backup Source" section of the Backup tab dialog. You should now see the Mapped Network Drive letter in the file selection tree view ("Select Backup Source" section of the Backup tab dialog), and then you need to select and files/folders on that mapped network drive letter to use for the source selection for what to backup from that network share, then you will need to specify the device you want to backup to.  In this case the "Local Backup" device named "Buffalo NAS" that we created earlier in Step 2.

4. Ensure correct permissions for source data

Since we are backing up from a network share, we need to make sure that the user that is running the backup job has access to the source network share (to get access to the mapped network drive as the source).