3 managing discs – PLANET NAS-3410 User Manual

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settings and permissions. The CD replacement will happen once and it will return to the previous

settings.

The disc image’s name can be either inherited from the CD label or user-defined. A user-defined

name will only apply once to the next duplicated disc image.

If you set the CD function to 'Direct Access', it will mount any disc inserted in the CD/DVD device.

The mounted disc will appear as a folder under the default CDROM share.

Copying disc images via network filing protocols or SmartSync

The disc images are stored in the disc image folders. Administrators can also copy or sync the

disc images from one NAS to another, using Windows Explorer, MacOS Finder or SmartSync.

When disc images are copied to a disc image folder, the NAS server will not recognize them

immediately. Administrators must command the NAS server to discover disc images manually or

set up the NAS server to discover disc image regularly.

To discover disc images manually, please open the Disc Server

ÆDisc Images administration

page and click the Re-scan images hyperlink to the right of the page.

To set up the NAS to discover disc images regularly, please open the Disc Server

ÆInformation

page. Configure the Disc Server Settings to enable the NAS server to scan for disc images

every one hour.

Using the remote mirroring software to create disc images

Please refer to Appendix A for how to use the remote mirroring software.

7.3 Managing Discs

Once the disc image is created in the NAS server, it can be seen on the Disc Server

ÆAll Disc

Images menu of the administration page.

If the disc images are not created or duplicated by the NAS server or by the remote mirroring

software, administrators will have to re-scan the disc image folders for disc images manually. For

example, if disc images are copied from another NAS server to a disc image folder over network

using the Windows or other OS platforms, the NAS server will not be able to list them on the Disc

Images page. In such cases, administrators have to click the Re-scan images hyperlink text to

the right of the page.

To change the disc name:

To change the disc name, click on the hyperlink text in the Disc Name column. On the same page,

it also shows detailed information of the disc image.

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