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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring and using universal shares
  4. Mounting a Universal Share created from the NetBackup web UI
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Mounting a Universal Share created from the NetBackup web UI

Choose the mounting procedure that matches the type of Universal Share you created.

Mount a CIFS/SMB Universal Share

To mount an SMB Universal Share using Windows Explorer

  1. Log on to the Windows server, then navigate to the Map a Network Drive tool.
  2. Choose an available drive letter.
  3. Specify the mount path as follows:

    \\<MSDP storage server>\<export path>

    For example, \\server.example.com\3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9

    You can find the MSDP storage server name and the export path from the Universal share details page in the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Universal Share

  4. Click Finish.

To mount an SMB Universal Share using Windows command prompt

  1. Log on to the Windows server, then open a command prompt.
  2. 2. Specify the mount path using the following command:

    net use <drive_letter>:\\<MSDP storage server >\<export path>

    For example: net use <drive_letter>:\\<MSDP storage server >\<export path>

  3. Specify the mount path as follows:

    \\<MSDP storage server>\<export path>

    For example, \net use Z:\\server.example.com\3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9

    You can find the MSDP storage server name and the export path from the Universal share details page in the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Universal Share

Mount an NFS Universal Share

To mount an NFS Universal Share

  1. Log on to the server as root.
  2. Create a directory for the mount point using the following command:

    #mkdir /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>

  3. Mount the Universal Share using the following command:

    #mount -t nfs <MSDP storage server>:<export path>-o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=3,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>

    For example:

    #mount -t nfs server.example.com:/mnt/vpfs_shares/3cc7/3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9 -o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=3,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>

    You can find the MSDP storage server name and the export path from the Universal share details page in the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Universal Share

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