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iSCSI Recovery
Using a RN202 for backups on a Windows domain -- trying to decide if I want to use iSCSI so I can configure a hidden drive for use with Windows Server Backup (no judging - I've used it for years in v...
SoZTech wrote:
... trying to decide if I want to use iSCSI so I can configure a hidden drive for use with Windows Server Backup
An alternative is to create a hidden SMB share on the NAS, and restrict the network access to the share to the Windows Server. Then you'd need to mount the hidden share as a drive letter on the Windows PC.
That would make it easier to recover the files (and make secondary backups), and you could also get some rollback using the snapshot feature.
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