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Vembu Virtual Drive and NFS Share Settings

Vembu Virtual Drive (NFS Share)

Vembu Virtual Drive is an exclusive feature of BDR Backup Server, that allows instant access backup data. With the help of the VembuHIVE file system, Vembu Virtual Drive virtual mount backup data and allows instant access for users.

Vembu Virtual Drive will make following file format types available for any image-based backups mounted in it:

VHD
VMDK
VHDX
VMDK-Flat
RAW image files

These files can be used based on your requirements. For example, a VHD file can be mounted in Hyper-V or a VMDK file can be mounted in an ESXi server or a RAW image file can be mounted in KVM to create a virtual machine. VHD file can be mounted in Disk Management to access file-level backup data.

Manage Vembu Virtual Drive (NFS Share)

Go to the Management tab, select and choose Virtual Drive option. This page lists all image-based backups stored in the backup server. You can virtually mount any backup data you wish to access instantly.

To virtually mount your backup data, click the Mount option alongside a specific backup job to be accessed.
You can access the backup data by viewing VembuVirtualDrive displayed in My Computer. Once done with the requirement, unmount data by selecting the Unmount option.

Enable NFS Service on Vembu Virtual Drive

Vembu Virtual Drive can be shared within a network area by enabling NFS service on Vembu Virtual Drive.
NFS service for Vembu Virtual Drive is available on both Linux and Windows servers.

Note: For enabling the NFS feature in Linux servers, it is necessary to have the NFS Kernel server installed in the backup server machine. You can install NFS Service by using the "apt-get install nfs-kernel-server" command. You need to run VembuBDR with root/administrator privileges to save NFS settings.

Enable NFS Service on Linux Screenshot

Enable NFS Service on Windows Screenshot

NFS Share service allows you to add VembuVirtualDrive as an NFS datastore in ESXi servers.

Note: Before enabling the NFS Share service in Vembu Virtual Drive, make sure Microsoft or other third-party NFS services are disabled for uninterrupted service.