Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How can you save images to SMB (Samba) and NFS drives?

There are two ways to save images to a network drive (via smb or nfs).

The first way is to mount (please see 'man mount' for the reference) your share and then specify the mounted folder as a target for your image.

The second way is to back up directly to the NFS or SMB share.

• 'trueimagecmd' transparently supports NFS and Samba network access.
• To get NFS network access the filename must be specified as follows:
  nfs://hostname/share name:/remote filename

For example:

trueimagecmd --list --filename:nfs://dhcp6-223.acro-nis.com/sdb3/nfs_root:/mike/md1.tib

shows list of /mike/md1.tib archives. /mike/md1.tib is located on dhcp6-223.acronis.com node in /sdb3/nfs_root directory exported by NFS.

To get Samba network access the filename must be specified as follows:

smb://hostname/share name/remote filename

hostname may be specified with the username and password as follows:

username:password@hostname