- Create a user on the NAS device with read/write access to the share.
- Make sure the share is accessible from the backup server by mapping a drive using the account above. This does not need to be a persistent drive. You could just try accessing it too.
- Create credentials in Backup Exec to match the user created on the NAS.
- Select those credentials for the restore.
- Set the destination as \\[ip address]\share (if desired).
I am currently a DBA working on MS SQL Servers. I have also been a BI and SharePoint Admin and I have managed VMware, Nimble Storage, and Veeam. This blog shares quirky things which should be simple, but are not.
April 02, 2013
Restore to NAS using Backup Exec 2012
It is possible to restore files to a nfs share on a NAS device without an Backup Exec agent. I'm sure a backup source (or storage destination?) would work the same way, but I haven't tried that. Some noted differences from a typical file-level restore: