Samba Backup Setup

FAQ Title:
How to setup a LONE-TAR backup to a Samba share.
Keywords:
NAS, Samba, samba, ,mount, smbfs
Product Release:
4.3.x
Operating System:
Linux 32bit & 64bit
Set-up

First we will want to go into the LONE-TAR Main Menu.

# ltmenu
Select option 9 (Device Manager)


Select Option 9 (NAS (Network Attached Storage) - NFS / Samba / USB Mount


Please enter an alias nickname for your Samba share.
* This is only relevant to the user, not the software.


Please enter the mount point and sub directory where backups will be placed.
* Note you do NOT have to specify a sub directory if you do not wish to.


Please select which block factor to use during backups. The higher the faster.
* Block Factor is how many '512 K' blocks are being backed up at one time.


Specify capacity of Samba share. (Cascade enabled)
* Linux - Set capacity to what ever size is available on remote side



Please select compression level.
* Compression reduces backup speed.


Specify the mount command LONE-TAR will use to mount device
Mount command example:
Linux:
mount -t smbfs //192.168.0.1/SHARE_DIRECTORY /SAMBAmount
mount -t smbfs //192.168.0.1/SHARE_DIRECTORY /SAMBAmount -o username=?,password=?


Please specify mount point one more time.


Please specify how many backups you wish to keep on your NFS filesystem.
* Daily Rotation = 1 Backup File Stored
* Weekly Rotation = 7 Backup Files Stored
* Monthly Rotation = 31 Backup Files Stored


Do you wish to make this your default device?
* Answer YES if you wish to do Crash Recovery from this device, else answer NO.

YOUR DONE!

FAQ | 4.3 - B3
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