How to backup to a Server that isn't visible in the network browse dialog

When you create an image or file and folder backup, sometimes your backup server isn't available in the network browse dialog. This article shows two methods to overcome this problem.

Normally, all available servers on the network are shown in the Network browse dialog shown below. However, there can be several reasons why servers are missing from the network tree, including NetBios name resolution issues.

There are two methods to overcome this problem:

A. Map the server as a drive letter in Windows Explorer

If you map the server as a drive letter in Windows Explorer you can select the mapped drive letter in Reflect.

1. First close Macrium Reflect. This ensures that the local network cache is refreshed when you reopen the network browse dialog.  
   
2. Double click 'My Computer' to start Windows Explorer and select the 'Tools' > 'Map Network Drive' menu option.
   
3. Select the drive letter to assign and enter the full UNC path of your network share in the form '\\server\share'
   
4. Start Reflect again and step through the backup Wizard to the 'Backup Destination' page. This time select 'Local Hard Disk' and browse to the drive letter just mapped.
   

Note: When you save to your XML file the full UNC path not the mapped drive letter will be saved in the file.

B: Edit the XML file manually and add the UNC path

Alternatively, you can edit the XML file in notepad and modify the backup destination to be the UNC path for your server.

1. Step through the backup wizard and select any folder for your backup destination. Make sure you take the option to save your XML file at the end but don't run the backup.
   
   
2. Select the newly created XML file in the file list and click the 'XML View' tab. Start typing in the XML text window and the 'XML Edit' dialog will pop up. Select the 'Use the default XML editor' and click OK. This will open the file in notepad.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Scroll to the following text and change the target folder to be the full UNC path to your backup server:
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Save the file when finished.

Note: If the share is password protected then you need to enter the user name and password in the network defaults otherwise scheduled backups may fail. Take the 'Other Tasks' > 'Defaults' menu option.

http://www.macrium.com/webhelp/Defaults.asp?nohead=y#Network