Add CIFS Share as Vinchin Storage
Before adding a CIFS share as Vinchin storage, make sure Vinchin server/node has read and write permissions to the CIFS share, otherwise you'll fail to add the CIFS share.
To add a CIFS share to Vinchin server or node, please go to Resources > Storage > Storage List page and click on Add button.
Select CIFS Share in the Storage Type dropdown list.
Select the node (if any) from the Node IP/Domain dropdown list on which you wish the CIFS share to be added to.
Type the CIFS share path in the Shared Folder field. The path format should be "//nas_server_ip/path/directory" (without quotes), e.g., //192.168.1.10/path/directory.
Provide the CIFS share user credentials in Username and Password fields.
In the Storage Name field, give the storage a custom name for identification.
Select from Backup, Copy & Archive according for which purpose the storage will be used.
The Auto Detect option allows you to auto import backups according to the auto import time interval. If you enable the Auto Assign option, the imported backups will be automatically assigned to the user who added this storage device.
Setup storage usage alert as per your requirements.
Click on OK to add the storage.
By default, Vinchin will connect to the CIFS share using SMB protocol version 3.0, if your CIFS server runs other protocol versions, please click on config the mount params and type the protocol version in the Custom Mount Options field, e.g., "vers=2.0" (without quotes). If any other parameters required, please also specify them here and separate each with a coma.
Adding an CIFS share to Vinchin, the existing data in the CIFS share will remain unmodified, but it is not recommended to share the same CIFS directory with other services and applications, it might impact on the backup and restore efficiencies.
If the CIFS share was once been used as Vinchin storage and which contains backup data, you'll get a dialog asking either to import the backups or not.
If you choose to add storage without importing old backups, Vinchin will skip the backups and add the CIFS share as storage, the old backups will still reside in the CIFS share but unable to be managed or used for restoration from Vinchin web console.
If you choose to add storage and import the old backups, after adding storage and importing backups, you'll be able to manage the old backups or use the backups for restoration purpose from Vinchin web console. If you had enabled the Auto Assign option, the backups will be automatically assigned to your user account. If the Auto Assign option is disabled, you'll have to manually assign the impoted backups, please refer to Import Backups to get to know how to assign and manage the imported backups.