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Site Manager 8 includes Macrium Image Guardian (MIG), which provides ransomware protection for backup files that are stored on the Site Manager server.
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Any process which cannot be cryptographically authenticated as a Macrium process will be denied access to delete or write to backup image files:
View and Control MIG Status through Site Manager
The status of Macrium Image Guardian is visible in Site Manager within the Repositories page for the repository types that support it.
Site Manager can control the status of Macrium Image Guardian for Network Share and Amazon AWS Storage Gateway repositories if they're hosted by the Site Manager server. In these scenarios an additional toggle icon is available to enable or disable the product.
Limitations
Any share protected by Macrium Image Guardian must be accessed by SMB version 2 or greater so that the client can securely send identity information to the MIG driver. Platforms that are unable to use SMB2 due to age (Windows XP) or configuration will be unable to backup to a MIG protected repository.
Advanced Usage Scenarios
Protecting a Repository hosted on a NAS or other external system
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Once the iSCSI target has been created on the NAS, it can be connected to the Site Manager server by using the Windows iSCSI initiator:
Once the initiator has connected to the iSCSI target, the target LUN can be mounted in the Volumes and Devices tab. In the simple case here, using the Auto-Configure option is suitable.
We recommend using CHAP or other authentication to the iSCSI backend to ensure that no malware, ransomware or other malicious software can gain access to the iSCSI target directly.
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In this configuration, all backup traffic will be channeled channelled through the Site Manager server instead of going direct from Site Manager Agent to NAS. If the Site Manager server has poor network connectivity to either the Agent computer or the NAS, backups may be slower than a direct connection. |
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