Network archives are files on NAS (network attached storage).

To create a network archive, do as follows:

  1. Go to the Server object and click the Create button.
  2. Set the archive type to Remote (1).
  3. Specify the name and color of the archive (2).

  4. Enter a path to the archive network destination (3).

    If a particular PC is used to access a particular network archive from multiple user accounts, do the following:

    1. Launch text editor and open the file: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts ,then add the following string: "192.168.1.1 DNSname1", where 192.168.1.1 − IP address of the NAS, DNSname1 − domain name of the NAS.
    2. The name of a newly created network archive must include the actual domain name.

    If you need to add several network archives under different user accounts, do the following:

    1. Launch text editor and open the file: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts, and add IP addresses and domain names of all necessary NAS. 
    2. The names of newly created archives must include actual domain names.

    In a backup Server-driven failover system (see Setting up a configuration with the backup Server), if domain names differ from one Server to another, the hosts file on the backup Server must include records from all Servers.


  5. Enter the user name and password (4). The user must have permissions to access the NAS. 

    The login should be specified with a prefix of the domain (domainname\username) or name of the computer (computername\username) where this account is located.


  6. Click the Add storage button (5).
    This will connect you to the NAS. When you are connected,  you can see a dialog box for setting up your archive.

    Only one network user can connect to NAS at a time. This is a limitation of OS Windows. 

    If this error occurs, disconnect the previous user in one of the following ways:

    1. Run the command net use /delete.

    2. Use PsExec to open the command prompt as the LocalSystem user (psexec.exe -i -s cmd.exe) and execute the same command.


  7. For this archive volume, you must enter a file size (in gigabytes) or set it by moving the slider. The size of the archive file must be more than 1 GB. For the Fat32 file system, the maximum archive size is 4 GB.

    To change the archive folder, click the button and browse to a desired location.


  8. If you want, you can add other NAS for your archive and set them up.
  9. Click the  Apply button.

You have created your network archive. After creating the archive, the NAS status is displayed.