I have a Seagate Black Armor NAS 220 that has Seagate's proprietary unix interface, I have found articles from symantec that instruct how to setup the NAS as a storage location but they are far from detailed -
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/299622.htm ,
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280021.htm.
Does anyone know how to create a storage location on a nas from backupexec?
I have an all windows network, BackupExec is located on a Windows 2003 Server. Any help would be greatly appreciated and if this can't be done please tell me how I can install a windows os on the nas so that I can get the functionality I would like, thanks.
"Backup of mapped network drive is not supported with Backup Exec. Although, you can try adding the NAS server directly under selections through "user defined selections". Create a user defined selection by machine name or IP address of the target server and then try expanding it, provide the logon account credentials with permissions on the share on NAS being backed up. Please note that you will need a license for "Agent for Windows Systems" to backup a remote NAS server. Although, on the NAS box, no software needs to be installed, but a license would be required to backup a remote server."
Try this:
1) Make sure you can see the device in your "Network Neighborhood". Since it has integraded AD Authentication, it should play well with your DC and be visible on the network under your domain.
2) Verify the Administrative credential required to administer the NAS and touch the data (at least read). That credentail may be different than your domain admin. If it is, enter it into your credential set under Backup Exec - Tools, Wizards, Logon Account wizard.
3) Start a new backup job and browse to the network place where the SAN is, and test the credentials under the backup job under the "Resource Credentials".. You may have to muck with this a little to get it working, such as choosing and unchoosing the credential you want to use.
4) Test a small job using that credential to see if you can grab a few files off the NAS. It wont be as fast as the remote agent...but it will work.