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Network Share - Any Windows or SMB network share may be used as Repository storage
Amazon AWS Storage Gateway - if an AWS Storage Gateway is available, it can be used as a Repository backend.
Azure Storage Account - if Azure storage is exposed as an SMB share in Azure, it can be used as a Repository directly.
Local Repository - Storage which is directly attached to a managed computer can be used as a Repository

Adding a Repository

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Repositories are managed by selecting the 'Repositories' link from the main interface under the 'Setup' main category. Initially the Repository interface will have no saved repositories and show some quick help notes.

To create a new Repository, click the 'New Repository' link in the upper left, as seen in the image above. This will display the 'Add Repository' wizard shown below:

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The initial repository wizard page allows the type of Repository to be selected. Once the appropriate type has been selected, click 'Next' to move to the next step.

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Option

Description

Path

This option will let you select the path to the network share in Windows UNC format.

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Example: \\SERVERNAME\Share

Authentication

Here you will input the authentication credentials that are needed to access the repository.

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The user requires to have Read and Write access to the repository so that the backup may be created and retention rules can be applied. If the field is left blank anonymous access will be used.

Note

When performing a backup, this authentication information is transmitted to managed Agent computers so that they can directly access the share. To avoid problems at the client end, it is recommended that the Domain part of the authentication is always filled in. If the share is on a computer or NAS which is not joined to a domain, the host name of the computer or NAS should be used instead.

The Site Manager server will resolve IP addresses for the share and send these IP addresses to the Agent when backing up. This allows computers which cannot resolve the SMB server name to an IP address to connect and perform backups

Once this step has been completed, the next step is the final configuration page, described here.

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Once Repositories have been created, the interface shows the Repository list, as seen below

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