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Storix System Backup Administrator - 4 - Enabling Backups for Windows and MAC OS X
1. Introduction
Storix System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) provides the ability to backup, from an SMB Host (currently
supported on Linux), data that is shared from a Windows or MAC OS X system. This is because both Windows
and MAC OS X support the SMB network protocol, which can be used to share folders on the system.
On a Windows or MAC system, a user account is created. The files created by this account, accessed using a
username and password, can be made available to SBAdmin for backups and restored.
There are some differences between Windows and MAC SMB file-sharing:
1. Windows allows you to turn on or off sharing for each folder on the system. MAC will only allow you to
share the user’s home directory.
2. Windows also provides administrator shares. This will include the ability to share the entire disk, which will
appear as a share such as C$. Note, however, that some files are system files that no user has read
access to. These files will be reported, but skipped during the backup.
3. Windows will only allow one user to log on at a time, while multiple MAC users may be logged on
simultaneously. The files for a user may only be accessed from SBAdmin while the user is logged on.
4. Although MAC allows multiple users to log on at one time, SBAdmin only provides the ability to configure
one user account for each SMB client configured for backups. This limits backups of a MAC system to a
single user, unless multiple client licenses of SBAdmin are configured – one for each user. The same
applies to Windows, however, this is not likely an issue since Windows will let you share all files on the
system, not just a single user’s folder.
How to Use this Guide
The information in this guide is intended to assist the user in enabling shared folders or files on the Windows
and OS X systems. It may be expanded to support other systems, such as various UNIX systems, that also
support the SMB protocol.
It is important to note, however, that Storix does not provide knowledge and support of such systems, as they
are not actually running any Storix software. If configured properly, SBAdmin should have no problem accessing
the data within, however SBAdmin performs no configuration tasks nor runs any software on these systems.
Information provided herein is therefore provided on an as-is basis, with no warranty. Storix would appreciate,
however, any reports of incorrect or confusing information, or information we can add to provide better
assistance to our customers.
SBAdmin Windows (SMB) Backup Feature
In order to backup SMB client data, you must install an SBAdmin license key for the Windows (SMB) Backup
Feature. This requires an additional license, which must be purchased from Storix. the feature is only available
for use with a Network Administrator license. The network administrator is the system from which all backups
are configured and performed.