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2 Contents Introduction 3 Remote Target Setup 4 Full Backup 5 Custom Backup 11 iscsi Backup 17 Remote NAS' Full Backup Target Folder 23 Remote NAS' Custom Backup Target Folder 24

3 Introduction Data Guard is the powerful backup solution that Thecus provides. Remote backup solutions on the market usually are expensive and requires a complicated setup. Thecus introduces a remote backup solution that allows you to set up different backup solutions in 1 minute; and of course, it s free and built in to ThecusOS. In particular, a Full backup, Custom backup or iscsi backup, can be set to real-time or scheduled backup according to demand. In this How-to, we will back up data to a N5550 (demo IP: ) to N4800 (demo IP: ) Let s get started! Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 3

Thecus introduces a remote backup solution that allows you to set up different backup solutions in 1 minute; and of course, it s free and built in to ThecusOS.

4 Remote Target Setup Step 1 - Setup Target NAS - Open N4800 ( ) web UI - Click Backup > Rsync Target Server - Select Enable - Key in Username and Password - Press Apply - Setting is now finished and you may close the browser Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 4

Username and Password - Press Apply - Setting is now finished and you may

5 Full Backup Step 2 - Setup Source NAS - Open N5550 ( ) web UI steps below are all in N5550 UI) - Click Backup > Data Guard, and you will see the work area right behind, all Data Guard backup tasks will be listed here. - Click Add to add backup task Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 5

you will see the work area right behind, all Data Guard backup tasks will be

8 Full Backup Step 5 - Connect to target NAS - Key in IP address to Remote Target column and keep 873 as port number. - Key in the Account and Password that you set up for the N You will find the button below still shows Previous. You have to press the Connection Test first, then the Next button will show up. - Press Next button Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 8

- You will find the button below still shows Previous.

11 Custom Backup Previously, we have already setup N4800 Rsync target server, so we don t repeat it here and will demo the custom backup. Step 1 - Custom backup (In the solution, you can select individual folders to backup) - Select Custom Backup Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 11

Step 1 - Custom backup (In the solution, you can select individual folders

12 Custom Backup Step 2- Connect target NAS - Key in Remote Target s IP address, Account and Password. - Type Target Folder name. Please note that the letter case are consistent. - Press Connection Test - Press Next Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 12

Please note that the letter case are consistent.

- Double click RAID Volume s name, here is RAID5

14 Custom Backup Step 4 - Select folder s you want to backup - You may click the check box directly or double click the folder s name to its sub folders. Here we check the _NAS_ Picture_and _NAS_twonky_... - Press Previous Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 14

sub folders. Here we check the _NAS_ Picture_and _NAS_twonky_.

18 iscsi Backup Step 2- Connect remote target - Key in the IP address, Account and Password. - Type Target Folder name. Please note that the letter case are consistent. - Press Connection Test - Press Next Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 18

22 iscsi Backup Step 5 - iscsi backup task list - Now we can find the iscsi backup task on the list. * When iscsi backup is in processing, the iscsi LUN will disappear on client end in 1 minute; but if you terminate the task iscsi LUN will recover immediately Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 22

23 Remote NAS Full Backup Target Folder After you demo the 3 remote backup solutions, let s check the file directory in Windows file explorer. About the full backup part, you will find that the directories are totally the same besides the Recycle folder Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 23

24 Remote NAS Custom Backup Target Folder For the custom backup part, we can find custom backup task named CustomBackup right in the NAS_Public folder, and the sub folders you selected are within. On the other hand, the iscsi backup folder named iscsi_backup is also under the NAS_Public. The end Thecus Technology Corp.. All Rights Reserved. 24

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