SMB (CIFS) Share - User Guide for VMware vSphere
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You can use SMB (CIFS) shares as backup repositories. SMB Backup Repository Deployment To communicate with an SMB backup repository, Veeam Backup & Replication uses two Veeam Data Movers that are responsible
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