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Click . In the page, enter a computer description and enter the IP address or fully qualified domain nameAdd Computer Add Computer
in the field.Computer Name
From the drop-down menu, select .Computer Type Microsoft Windows
Set ; type as the , and enter the password you set up on the page inEnable File Share Backups smb Username ADVANCED > Backup
the Barracuda Message Archiver web interface.
Click to verify access to the file share.Test Credentials
Click at the top of the page.Save
In the page, from the drop-down menu, select .Add Data Source Data Type File Share - CIFS
Verify is turned Enable Backups On.
In the section, enter as the Share Name, and click .File Share Information BMA-SMB Test Share
In the section, specify which folders you want to back up.Folder Selection
To replicate to the cloud, turn on .Replicate to Barracuda Cloud Storage
Click to save your configuration and add the data source.Save
Go to the page, and for the SMB share.BACKUP > Schedules add a schedule
Configuring a Data Partition Mirror
This article refers to the Barracuda Message Archiver release 3.1 or higher, except where noted.
You can add additional storage volumes and enable mirroring for existing storage to provide redundancy of data. Configure a real-time
mirror of the Barracuda Message Archiver's data partition through the page.ADVANCED > Storage Manager
Use the following steps to add the mirror share to your configured network share:
1. Log into the Barracuda Message Archiver as the administrator, and go to the ADVANCED > Storage Manager p
age.
2. If you have an iSCSI or CIFS/Windows share already set up, complete the following step, otherwise go to step 3:
a. Select the desired share from the drop-down menu, and enter the associated details.
b. Click .Add Mirror
3. If you do not have an iSCSI or CIFS/Windows share already set up, complete the following steps:
For more information, go to the go to the ADVANCED > Backup page in the Barracuda Message Archiver, and click the Help button.
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.
You must disable anti-virus scan on the external share that is to be used as a mirror before adding the mirror share to the Barracuda
Message Archiver mirror.
You can use any network share that supports the SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols as the mirror. Additionally, the Barracuda Message
dedicated hardware iSCSI adapter that can be integrated with any iSCSI storage-area networkArchiver models 850 and higher have a
(SAN).
Firmware Release 3.5 and Higher
In firmware release 3.5 and higher, note that while use of the Storage Manager/Mirror capability ( pagADVANCED > Storage Manager
e) will push a real-time copy of raw emails to a customer data share, metadata snapshots . You must back up thisare not mirrored
content by connecting to the Barracuda Message Archiver’s read-only SMB share. Metadata content is available for Mirroring in a future
point release of the firmware.
New Group
Note that you can select the default group, or click to create a new storage group.Add New Group