Step 6. Specify NAS Access Options

[This step is available if you have selected the NAS filer check box at the Specify Lenovo ThinkSystem Server Name or Address step of the wizard.]

At the NAS Filer step of the wizard, specify options for accessing the storage system.

  1. In the Protocol to use section, select check boxes next to protocols over which you want to work with the storage system.
  2. During storage rescan, backup and restore operations, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically creates required NFS and SMB export rules on the storage system. If you do not want Veeam Backup & Replication to create export rules, clear the Create required export rules automatically check box.
  3. If you plan to work with specific storage volumes, you can limit the storage rescan scope. In this case, Veeam Backup & Replication will rescan only the volumes that you select. Limiting the rescan scope reduces the amount of time required for the rescan operation.

To select volumes to rescan, click Choose to the right of the Volumes to scan field. In the Edit Volumes window, select volumes you want to rescan:

  • To exclude volumes from rescan, select All volumes except and click Add. Click From infrastructure to select volumes from your storage infrastructure, or By wildcard to select volumes using a wildcard character.
  • To rescan only specific volumes, select Only the following volumes and click Add. Click From infrastructure to select volumes from your storage infrastructure, or By wildcard to select volumes using a wildcard character.
  • If you leave All existing volumes check box selected, Veeam Backup & Replication will rescan all volumes in the storage hierarchy.

After you finish working with the wizard, you can change the rescan scope and start the rescan process manually at any time. For more information, see Rescanning Storage Systems.

Important

[For VMware integration] If you plan to use Backup from Storage Snapshots, you need to make sure that you include in the rescan scope volumes on which file share disks reside.

  1. To rescan storage systems and perform Backup from Storage Snapshots, you need to configure a proxy. On the right of the Backup proxies to use field, click Choose and define proxies that you want to use for these operations.
    • Select Automatic selection to let Veeam Backup & Replication pick a proxy automatically. Veeam Backup & Replication will check which proxies have access to the storage system, and automatically assign an optimal proxy for rescan and Backup from Storage Snapshots.
    • Select Use the selected backup proxy servers only to explicitly select a proxy that must be used for rescan and Backup from Storage Snapshots. It is recommended that you select at least two proxies to ensure that rescan and Backup from Storage Snapshot are performed if one of proxies fails or loses its connectivity to the storage system.

Important

To back up file shares residing on this storage system, do not forget to do the following:

  1. Run the storage infrastructure rescan to discover file shares. You can either select this option at the last step of the wizard, as described in section Finish Working with Wizard, or manually start the storage discovery, as described in section Rescanning Storage Systems.
  2. Add the storage system or its part as a file share to the inventory of the virtual infrastructure, as described in the Adding Enterprise Storage System as NAS Filer section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Step 6. Specify NAS Access Options 

Step 6. Specify NAS Access Options