Enable Network Backup Server; Backups Between Seagate Perso Nal Clo Ud And O Ther Netwo Rk Sto Rage Devices - Seagate SRN21C User Manual

location (offsite).
Backups between Seagate Personal Cloud and other network
storage devices
Backups to and from your Personal Cloud and other Seagate network storage devices require a unique
destination share called
Backups to and from your Seagate Personal Cloud and a third-party network device can use an existing
shared folder.
For example, the owner wants to back up shares on Seagate Personal Cloud A to Seagate Personal Cloud B.
Seagate Personal Cloud A is the source network device and Seagate Personal Cloud B is the destination
network device. To receive the backup data from Seagate Personal Cloud A, the destination device,
Seagate Personal Cloud B, must enable its Network Backup server. Refer to the table below for examples of
backups to and from Seagate and third-party network devices.
Type of Source device
network
backup
Backup to a Seagate Device A on the local network
Seagate
network
storage
device
Backup to a Seagate Device on the local network.
third-party
network
storage
device
Backup Third-party network device on the local
from a or remote network (offsite). The device's
third-party shared folders must support a
network compatible network protocol (see
storage below).
device

Enable Network Backup server

Before configuring network backups between Seagate devices, the administrator must enable the Network
Backup server on the destination device.
1. Go to Backup Manager > Network Backup server.
2. Choose Enable.
3. At the prompt, enter and confirm a password. The password can be different from the password you
Seagate Perso nal Clo ud
server.
Destination
device
Seagate Device
B on the local or
remote network
(offsite).
Third-party
network device
on the local or
remote network
(offsite).
Seagate Device
on the local
network.
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Destination folder
Network Backup server
Shared folder on the third-
party network device that
supports a compatible
network protocol (see
below).
Shared folder on the
Seagate network device.
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