Showing posts with label Backup Exec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Backup Exec. Show all posts

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:
  • 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).
Getting matching credentials between Backup Exec and the NAS took the longest for me to get figured out.