Agentless NAS backup

Preparations

Step 1: Register a NAS instance

To register a NAS instance, perform the following operations:

1. Log on to the HBR console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click NAS Backup.
3. On the NAS Instance tab, click Register NAS Instance in the upper-right corner.
4. In the Register NAS Instance dialog box, specify relevant parameters.
   
   
   • Backup Vault Config: You can click Select Existing Vault. If you have not created a backup vault before, click Create New Vault and enter the vault name and description to create a vault. The vault name can be up to 64 characters in length.
     Note Backup vaults are HBR cloud storage repositories that you can use to store backups. You can back up data from multiple ECS instances to the same vault. Backup vaults are located in different regions. You can only select or create backup vaults in the current region.
   • Please select NAS filesystem to backup: Select the NAS file system you want to back up.
5. Click Create.

   You can create a NAS backup plan after the status of the NAS instance changes from Attaching to Attached.

Step 2: Create a backup plan

To create a NAS backup plan, perform the following operations:

1. Log on to the HBR console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click NAS Backup.
3. On the NAS Instance tab, click Backup in the Actions column for the registered NAS instance.
   
   
4. In the Create Plan dialog box that appears, specify relevant parameters, as described in the following table, and click OK.
   
   

   Parameter	Description
   Plan Name	Specify the name of the backup plan. If you do not specify this parameter, a random name is specified by default.
   Source File Path	Specify the storage path of the files to be backed up.
   Start Time	Specify the start time of the backup plan. The time is accurate to seconds.
   Plan Interval	Specify the frequency of incremental backups. Valid units: day and week.
   Retention	Specify the retention period of the backup. Valid units: day, week, month, and year.

   After the backup plan is created, HBR backs up files on the NAS instance at the specified start time and at the specified intervals. On the Backup Plan tab, you can also perform the following operations:

   • Start a backup job: Find the target backup plan and click Execute Now in the Actions column.
   • Pause a backup job: Find the target backup plan and choose > Disable Plan in the Actions column. To resume a paused backup job, choose > Enable Plan in the Actions column.
   • Delete a backup job: Find the target backup plan and choose > Delete Plan in the Actions column. After you delete a backup plan, HBR no longer runs the plan but retains data that is backed up by using the plan.
   • Modify a backup plan: Find the target backup plan and click Edit in the Actions column.

   Note You can view the progress of backup jobs on the Backup Jobs tab. After the specified backup job is completed, you can restore the backup data of the specified source NAS instance to the current or another specified NAS file system.

Step 3: Create a restoration job

To create a restoration job, perform the following operations:

1. On the NAS Instance tab, click Restore in the Actions column for the registered NAS instance.
2. On the Select Source Instance tab of the New Restore Task dialog box, set Restore Resource to From Current NAS or From Other NAS, and click Next.
3. On the Select Snapshot tab, set Backup Time Frame to Last 3 Months or All Snapshots, select a backup source, and then click Next.
4. On the Config Restore Rules tab, set Restore Path and Restore Rule.
   
   
   • If you set Restore Rule to Include All Files, HBR restores all files on the selected source NAS instance.
   • If you set Restore Rule to Include Files or Exclude Files, you need to enter the directories of files in the Input File List field. HBR restores files on the selected source NAS instance based on this restoration rule.

   In the Input File List field, enter one directory in each line. Ensure that each directory starts with the lowest-level folder in the source directory. For example, if the source directory is /test/data and you want to restore the file.txt and abc files in the data folder, enter the directories as follows:

   /data/file.txt
   /data/abc

5. Click Create.
   After the restoration job is created, you can view the job progress in the Status column on the Restore Jobs tab.

(Optional) Uninstall a NAS instance

When a NAS instance is registered, HBR automatically creates a mount point in the NAS file system. You cannot directly delete this mount point because it is created by the internal service of Alibaba Cloud. If you need to unmount the NAS file system, uninstall the NAS instance on the NAS Instance tab in the HBR console, as shown in the following figure.