System information

a. In the table, click ; the section displays at the bottom of the page:Group Add Mirror CIFS/Windows Share

b. Enter the share details, and click .Add

c. In the table,Group from the drop-down menu, select the share you want to use to back up the data.

For more information, refer to Storage Manager, or log into your Barracuda Message Archiver, go to the ADVANCED >

Storage Manager page, and click the Help button.

Backing Up the Data Partition Using an External Solution

This article refers to the Barracuda Message Archiver release 3.1 or higher.

In this article:

Drive Partitions

Data Partition Backup

Barracuda Backup

Storage Manager

Archived Data Backup

Use the steps in this article to back up the Barracuda Message Archiver message store using an external solution.

Drive Partitions

The number of shares on the Barracuda Message Archiver can vary. All models have share number 1, while higher model numbers may have

additional shares. If there are additional shares, the share BMA_SMB contains these other directories. For example, a Barracuda Message

Archiver 350 has one drive partition, , which you would select to back up.BMA-SMB-1

Here are the possible share configurations:

share numbers

1, 2

1, 2, 3, 4

Data Partition Backup

You can back up archives using your existing backup solution, such as Barracuda Backup, via SMB access to the

Once you click Add Mirror, the Barracuda Message Archiver synchronizes the data on the existing share with the mirror share. During

this sync, the Barracuda Message Archiver's Storage Manager may be unavailable for use, but will continue to archive mail. Note that a

mirror share can only be added to internal shares.

Message Archiver models (excluding model 150) provide to protect against physical drive failure. However, otherRAID storage

environmental or catastrophic issues may occur that the built-in RAID redundancy cannot protect against.

For this reason, it is strongly recommended that the Barracuda Message Archiver administrator make use of the available mechanisms

to back up the email data to an external location.