Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console, you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you add source nodes.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click the Source tab.
  2. If Backup Proxy is already added, select the backup proxy from the Backup Proxy drop-down list.
  3. The proxy server is a node where you install Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).

    4. Add node from Backup Proxy

  4. If the backup proxy is not added, perform the following steps:
    1. Click Add.
    2. The Adding UNC or NFS Backup Proxy Server dialog opens.
    3. Add UNC path backup proxy server
    4. Specify the proxy server details, and then click OK.
  5. To add the UNC or NFS Path node, click + Add, and then select one of the following:

    6. Adding UNC node to Source

  6. Select Sources to Protect in Arcserve UDP
  7. Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the Console.
  8. Add UNC or NFS Path
  9. Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you have not added the nodes and want to manually add the nodes to protect.
  10. If you select the Select Sources to Protect in Arcserve UDP option, perform the following steps:
    1. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

    2. The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes side.
    3. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes side, and then click the Add all nodes (>>) or Add selected nodes (>) icon.
    4. The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes side.
    5. Click OK to close the dialog.
  11. If you select the Add UNC or NFS Path option, perform the following steps on the Add a UNC or NFS Path page:
    1. Select SMB or NFS as a protocol.
      • If you select SMB, do the following:
        1. Enter the UNC Path in the following format:
        2. \\Hostname\share
        3. Notes:
          • While providing Nutanix File share as a source for backup with Nutanix files as a snapshot provider, backups can be performed only at share level but not at sub-folder level.
          • To get the UNC path, do the following:
            1. Select the newly created share in the center pane.
            2. Under the SHARE/EXPORT DETAILS column, from the Summary pane, navigate to Mount Path and then copy the mount path.
            3. If the UNC path is valid, a right arrow and the Browse option gets enabled.
        4. Click the right arrow (>) to validate the UNC Path.
        5. The Connect dialog appears.
        6. Enter the username and password as needed, and then click OK.
        8. The Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog displays the verified UNC Path.
      • If you select NFS, do the following:
        1. Enter the UNC Path in the following format:
        2. \\Hostname\share
        3. Select Encoding from the available options - ANSI, GB2312-80, KSC5601, BIG5, SHIFT-JIS, EUC-KR, EUC-TW, EUC-JP.
        4. The default value is ANSI.
        5. Note: During the backup of an NFS Shared Folder, all such files/folders whose name has an unsupported language encoding are skipped or their name appears as junk.
    2. From the Snapshot Provider drop-down list, select Nutanix Files.
    3. For the Specify Nutanix Files REST Details box, specify the following credentials:
    4. Username
    5. Refers to the user name created by the REST API user using the Nutanix prism.
    6. Password
    7. Refers to password for the username.
    8. Protocol
    9. Specifies the protocol that you want to use to communicate with the destination server. The available options are HTTP and HTTPS.
    10. Note: For a more secure communication, select the HTTPS protocol.
    11. Port
    12. Refers to the port number. The default port value is 9440 to access the REST API calls and Prism.
    13. Click Save.
    14. Note: If the connection to the Nutanix File Server fails, the Error dialog/a notification window displays. Click OK to close the Error dialog.

    The source is specified.