Backing up Windows server 2012r2

[Xana]

Hello,

I am considering purchasing a WD My Cloud Pro Series PR2100 NAS to backup specific shared folders upon a Windows server 2012r2 server. This is not a VM server and purely acts as a File & Printer server. The NAS comes with Acronis True Image, but it does not support Windows Server 2012r2. I also don’t want to use Windows Backup because of its limitations around backing up to remote shares & My cloud OS 5 does not support Windows server. Can some please recommend a backup software that I can install upon Windows Server 2012r2 that will allow for backups to the NAS.

Many thanks

Xana

[Keerti_01]

Hi @Xana,

Firstly please find the manual of the device below:

https://products.wdc.com/nas0s5/nasum/en/

Regarding the backup, as mentioned you can try the Acronis Software https://download.wdc.com/acronis/AcronisTrueImageWD_WIN.zip

or the following article from Microsoft: Set up or customize server backup | Microsoft Learn

Here is also the documentation that we have regarding Windows Server:

How to Enable and Configure Active Directory on Supported My Cloud Devices
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21202

My Cloud Active Directory Prerequisites and Limitations
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6122