CIFS based backup location

theecodedragon

• July 23, 2018 05:30

Hi, We have a central CIFS storage for all the servers, Is there a way we can make it the backup destination without any hack? Thanks, Shawn

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 23, 2018 17:32

  Hello Shawn, Here's information on this topic from our Thank you.

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  theecodedragon

  • July 23, 2018 17:51

  Hi,

  Hello Shawn, Here's information on this topic from our Thank you.

  
  Thanks for the response but the link you sent me makes sense I we are backing up to a nfs. In our case we have redundant cifs which will have a separate set of creds for each server for backup and restore and also separate path. How does this affect and why is this not a beat practice as per cpanel ? Thanks, Shawn

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 23, 2018 18:03

  Hello Shawn, CIFS is still considered a remote filesystem and thus isn't yet supported (we don't test type of configuration internally). Thus while it may work without issue, it's not something we can support at this time. For instance, when creating files or backups on the CIFS mount, you may get a permission error like this: /bin/cp: failed to preserve ownership for `': Permission denied
  We provide a potential solution for this at: Backup Configuration FAQ - Version 72 Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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