User's Manual

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
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WD MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 
Remote Backups
This option allows you to back up your WD My Cloud device to another WD My Cloud
device.
Before you proceed with a remote backup, ensur
e the following:

You have a remote WD My Cloud device to back up this device to. Existing shares
and data from this device will be copied to the target device in addition to previously
existing data.

The remote Server setting is turned ON in the remote WD My Cloud device.

The backup password for the remote WD My Cloud device is enabled.

You have enabled port forwarding to see the remote WD My Cloud device over the
Internet.
For additional information on remote backups, see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1180
7.
Creating a Remote Backup
Use the following steps to back up your WD My Cloud to a remote device.
1. On the Navigation bar, click Back
ups to display the Backups screen.
2. Click Re
mote Backups.
3. Click Create Job.
4. Enter the following information to create a Remote backup job:
Job Name Enter a Job Name for your backup.
Remote Server Select the type of remote server.
• NAS Server (a My Cloud device on your local network)
• WD My Cloud <device name> (a My Cloud device that is
no
t on your local network)
Remote IP Address
Enter the IP address of the server. 
(Example: 192.168.1.16)
Password
Enter the password for the remote backup server.
SSH User Name Enter the Secured Shell protocol (SSH) user name for the
remote device.
SSH Password Enter the SSH password for the remote device.
Source Folder Click Br
owse and select the folder you'd like to back up.
Destination Folder Click Br
owse and select the destination folder for your
backup.