CIFS Mount Limitations on Windows • In order for onQ to back up shared volumes, there are some prerequisite steps that you need follow as outlined in the Enable onQ to back up shared volumes. • When file objects are restored from a NAS backup, the kernel security objects may not be written. The data contents of the file will be restored as it was backed up. • You cannot specify the size of a vdisk when you create or update the vdisk. This limitation is true for both automatic enrollment and manual enrollment. • You cannot perform a BMR for CIFS drives. BMR continues to support only fixed drives on protected Windows systems. • Network shared volumes can be extremely large; therefore, restoring to a specific PN is not an efficient way to retrieve data. Instead, restore the data to a NAS appliance. A BMR can only restore to local drives. • Recovery Nodes will not include data for a network shared drive. However, Recovery Nodes started in production mode can connect to the configured remote drives. • When an RN boots as part of a self-test or because you choose to boot it in test mode, the remote mounts will not be accessible. • Backup performance depends on your PN’s and NAS’s bandwidth, I/O limitations, and other resources. • File Backup Only option cannot be used with a remote drive. • See the CIFS limitation outlined in Agent‑less PN Enrollment Limitations.
