The second Seagate Personal Cloud, Seagate network storage device or third-party network storage device can
be located on the same network as the primary Seagate Personal Cloud or, on a network at a different location
(.(offsite
Backups between Seagate Personal Cloud and other network
storage devices
Backups to and from your Personal Cloud and other Seagate network storage devices require a unique
.destination share called
server
Backups to and from your Seagate Personal Cloud and a third-party network device can use an existing shared
.folder
For example, the owner wants to back up shares on Seagate Personal Cloud A to Seagate Personal Cloud B.
Seagate Personal Cloud A is the source network device and Seagate Personal Cloud B is the destination
network device. To receive the backup data from Seagate Personal Cloud A, the destination device,
Seagate Personal Cloud B, must enable its Network Backup server. Refer to the table below for examples of
.backups to and from Seagate and third-party network devices
Type of
network
backup
Source device
Destination
device
Destination folder
Backup to a
Seagate
network
storage
device
Seagate Device A on the local network
Seagate Device B
on the local or
remote network
(.(offsite
Network Backup server
Backup to a
third-party
network
storage
device
.Seagate Device on the local network
Third-party
network device
on the local or
remote network
(.(offsite
Shared folder on the third-
party network device that
supports a compatible
network protocol (see
(.below
Backup
from a
third-party
network
storage
device
Third-party network device on the local or
remote network (offsite). The device’s
shared folders must support a compatible
(.network protocol (see below
Seagate Device
on the local
.network
Shared folder on the Seagate
.network device
Enable Network Backup server
Before configuring network backups between Seagate devices, the administrator must enable the Network
.Backup server on the destination device
.Go to Backup Manager > Network Backup server .1
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