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Configuring NetVault SmartDisk and NetVault Backup to use WebDAV authentication - Video -
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To prevent unauthorized access to data, NetVault SmartDisk (NVSD) allows the configuration of WebDAV authentication for server requests. This can be done by configuring the authentication details on both the NVSD Server and NetVault Backup (NVBU) Server. NVSD uses Digest Access Authentication with WebDAV.
If WebDAV is configured for NVBU but not NVSD, backups to NVSD will complete successfully, however preparing and storing the index will take longer than normal.
If WebDAV is configured for NVSD but not NVBU, backups to NVSD will fail with errors similar to:
Error while closing the backup stream
Failed when finalizing the backup
Job manager lost message channel unexpectedlyIf WebDAV credentials for NVBU and NVSD do not match, backups to NVSD will fail with errors similar to:
Credentials not accepted by RAS device
Failed to connect to device 'SD_NAME'
Stream has gone downWebDAV credentials: For the user name in the WebDAV credentials, NetVault SmartDiskcurrently supports the use of any ASCII characters except the quotation mark ("), comma (,),and colon (:). The are no restrictions for the corresponding password. If you enableauthentication on NetVault SmartDisk, ensure that your backup software, such as vRanger orNetVault Backup, is able to manage the credentials; otherwise, your backup jobs fail.
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