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Configuring jobs with the upload type Network (UNC)

  1. Create a job with the Network (UNC) upload type.

    Figure: Job configuration, Network (UNC) settings and Advanced sections

  2. Go to the Network (UNC) settings section.

  3. In the Username and Password fields, enter the credentials of the user under who is to access the network resources. The user must have the necessary access rights.

  4. In the Resource field, enter the computer name or IP address of the computer that you want to access via the network.
  5. To ensure that the the login to the computer is possible with the specified credentials, select the Check button. If the check is not successful, the job will also fail.

  6. If the data is stored in a subdirectory of the network resource, enter the path of the subdirectory in the Subdirectory field. Access to the subdirectory must be possible with the specified credentials.

    versiondog supports up to 10 subdirectories per job.

    If only one subdirectory is specified, the entire path on the server is not displayed in the backup, but only the last directory in the path:

    Example: Path on the server: /Folder1/Subdirectory1/\* Structure of the backup: Archive.zip/\*

    If several subdirectories are specified, the entire directory structure is included in the backup.

    Example: Path on the server: /Folder1/Subdirectory1/Subdirectory2 and /Folder1/Subdirectory1/1234 Structure of the backup: Archive.zip/Folder1/Subdirectory1/Subdirectory2 and Archive.zip/Folder1/Subdirectory1/1234

  7. Go to the Advanced section.

  8. You can reduce the network load caused by the job by increasing the Sleep interval between data packets and reducing the Maximum size of data packets.

    Higher values for the waiting time and lower values for the maximum packet size mean that the job execution takes more time.

  9. Select the Upload only when timestamp is different (reduces network load) checkbox to ensure that the timestamp instead of the content of the files is checked during the upload. This means that only new and edited files are uploaded for a backup. Files without changes are transferred from the previous backup, which further limits the network load.

  10. The Make offline project available to scripting interface checkbox enables upload scripts started by the job to access the latest checked-in version.

FAQ

How do I eliminate the error message Error when connecting to the target system [ID384]?

FAQ59 Error message

When setting up a UNC job, an error may occur under the following conditions:

  • Upload source: PC with operating system WinXP SP3 or older
  • Resource: ..\\AlterXP-PC\Dokufile
  • Upload destination: versiondog Agent/server with Windows 10 Version 1709 or Windows Server 2016 and newer

The reason for this is that the WinXP SP3 operating system uses the SMBv1 protocol. The SMBv2 protocol was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and the SMBv3 protocol was introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. For new Windows installations, the SMBv1 protocol is disabled by default, Microsoft has discontinued support for SMBv1 due to security issues. More information can be found on the Microsoft website. Vulnerabilities in SMBv1 allow attacks through the network and the execution of malicious code on machines that can be reached through the network.

Suggested solutions

  • Update the operating system of the source computer to Windows 7 or newer
  • If this is not feasible for technical reasons, support for the SMBv1 protocol can be activated on the server/agent. This means that the outdated and insecure SMBv1 protocol is supported again and an upload can be carried out.

Procedure

Call up Windows features and functions

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Activate SMB1 protocol

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Download the required data from the Internet

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A restart is required.

Info

For the UNC upload, you should create a user on the source PC who has read-only authorization to the source folder. This user should not have any other authorizations on this PC, in any case you should not use an admin account.