Western Digital My Cloud Mirror User Manual - Manual (Page 76)

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
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USER MANUAL
Backing Up and Retrieving Files
About Backups
Managing a USB Device and USB Backups
Remote Backups
Internal Backups
Cloud Backups
About Backups
There are various ways to back up your data on the WD My Cloud Mirror device. These
include:
 USB Backup—Allows you to back up WD My Cloud Mirror device data to and from
your a USB device.
 Remote Backup—Allows you to back up WD My Cloud Mirror device data to and
from another WD My Cloud Mirror or WD My Cloud EX4 device.
 Internal Backup—Allows you to back up data from one storage location to another
on your WD My Cloud Mirror or WD My Cloud EX4 device.
 Cloud Backup—Allows you to backup WD My Cloud Mirror device data to an
external cloud backup service.
Managing a USB Device and USB Backups
When you attach a USB drive to the WD My Cloud Mirror device, you turn it into a network
drive. Once connected, the USB drive has the following capabilities:
 When you connect an external USB drive such as a WD Passport, a memory stick,
or a camera to the WD My Cloud Mirror device, you can access it with Windows
Explorer or Mac Finder.
 The USB drive can serve as a target for backups.
 You now have the option of mapping the drive as a user share drive.
 If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the WD My Cloud
Mirror device, it maintains that security. Using the Dashboard, you can unlock or
re-lock it as desired.
Connecting A USB Drive
Connect a USB hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your WD My Cloud Mirror device
for additional storage and backup capabilities. The USB drive appears as a share on the
WD My Cloud Mirror dashboard. (See“About Shares” on page 51.)
The WD My Cloud Mirror device supports the following formats for externally attached USB
drives:
 FAT/FAT32
 NTFS (read and write capability)
 HFS+J
 Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4
 XFS
WARNING! Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing an NFS
or AFP file transfer will interrupt the file transfer process.
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