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Recipe: Adding Enterprise Storage System as NAS Filer

Expected deliverables:

A new Enterprise NAS Filer added to Veeam Inventory which can be used as source in File share backup jobs.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• A Windows Server or Linux Server to be used as a Cached Repository located as close to the NAS filer as possible.
• An enterprise NAS system already added to Veeam Infrastructure: NetApp Data ONTAP, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Dell PowerScale or Nutanix File Storage.
• If required to access the storage system, a user account that has Full Control permissions on the storage system must be provided.

Before you start:

Make sure the Enteprise NAS meets requirements listed in Platform Support

Assumptions:

It’s assumed that the Enterprise NAS System has been already added to Veeam Infrastructure with proper privileges and Proxy configuration.

Method:

1. Open the Inventory view. In the inventory pane, right-click the File Shares node and select Add File Share.
2. In the Add File Share window, click NAS Filer.
3. At the NAS Filer step:
   • Choose the NAS device where file shares you want to protect reside using the Select NAS filer drop-down list.
   • If you must specify user credentials to access the storage system, select the Use the following account to access the NAS filer check box and select the proper credentials from drop-down list.
   • If you have not set up credentials beforehand, click the Manage accounts link at the bottom of the list or click Add on the right to add the credentials.
4. At the Processing step:
   • From the Cache repository drop-down list, select a cache repository where temporary cache files must be stored.
   • Use the Backup I/O control slider to define how fast the backup proxy can read data from the source file share or leave the default.
   • For Dell PowerScale and Nutanix Files, select the Use native changed files tracking check box if you want to use the file change tracking technology provided by the storage vendor.
5. At the Apply step, wait until Veeam installs and configures all required components. Click Next.
6. At the Summary step, review details of the storage system added as a NAS filer and click Finish to exit the wizard.

Method in Video:

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums
• Veeam Best Practices

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