Backing Up And Retrieving Files; About Backups; Managing A Usb Device And Usb Backups; Connecting A Usb Drive - Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra User Manual

Backing Up and Retrieving Files

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About Backups

Managing a USB Device and USB Backups

Remote Backups
Internal Backups
Cloud Backups
About Backups
There are various ways to back up your data on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device. These
include:
USB Backup—Allows you to back up My Cloud EX2 Ultra device data to and
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from your a USB device.
Remote Backup—Allows you to back up My Cloud EX2 Ultra device data to and
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from another My Cloud device.
Internal Backup—Allows you to back up data from one storage location to
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another on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device.
Cloud Backup—Allows you to backup My Cloud EX2 Ultra device data to an
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external cloud backup service.
Managing a USB Device and USB Backups
When you attach a USB drive to the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device, you turn it into a network
drive. Once connected, the USB drive has the following capabilities:
When you connect an external USB drive such as a WD Passport, a memory
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stick, or a camera to the My Cloud EX2 Ultra device, you can access it with
Windows Explorer or Mac Finder.
The USB drive can serve as a target for backups.
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You now have the option of mapping the drive as a user share drive.
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If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the My Cloud EX2
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Ultra device, it maintains that security. Using the Dashboard, you can unlock or
re-lock it as desired.

Connecting A USB Drive

Connect a USB hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device
for additional storage and backup capabilities. The USB drive appears as a share on the
My Cloud EX2 Ultra dashboard. (See"About Shares" on page 27.)
The My Cloud EX2 Ultra device supports the following formats for externally attached
USB drives:
FAT/FAT32
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NTFS (read and write capability)
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HFS+J
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Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4
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WARNING!
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Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing an NFS or AFP
file transfer will interrupt the file transfer process.
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