Vinchin's NAS backup is an agentless backup solution, it allows users to directly mount the NAS shares through NFS and CIFS protocols and then perform highly efficient backups of the data resides in the NAS shares.
Supported Protocols:
Vinchin supports nearly all NAS brands as long as they are connected via CIFS: v2.0, v3.0 or NFS: v3.0, v4.0, v4.1.
Installation & Configuration
You can get the installation package on the download page and then install it on a virtual machine or physical machine.
After that, upload the license that we send to you in the email.
Add backup storage before creating a backup job.
Add NAS Shares
Before creating a NAS backup job, you need to first add the NAS shares to Vinchin Backup & Recovery and get the NAS shares licensed for backup.
Create NAS Bckup Job
There are 4 steps to create a NAS backup job.
- Select a target NAS share and then select the files or folders you want to back up.
- Specify target backup destination.
- Configure backup strategy. You can setup the backup time schedule, throttling policy, data storage policy, retention policy and some other advanced options.
- Submit the job.
Create NAS Restore Job:
There are 4 steps to restore files from the NAS backup restore points:
- Select a target NAS share and a desired restore point.
- Select the restore destination
- Configure strategies or just skip it
- Submit the job
Demonstration:
For the detailed steps, you can refer to this video:
If you still have questions after referring to our documentations and videos, please start a thread in this section or contact our technical support team at technical.support@vinchin.com for assistance.