Western Digital My Cloud EX4 User Manual - Manual (Page 57)

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BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
52 WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Backing Up and Retrieving Files
About Backups
Managing a USB Device and USB Backups
Remote Backups
Internal Backups
Cloud Backups
About Backups
There are various ways to backup your data on the WD My Cloud EX4 device. These
include:
 USB Backup—Allows you to backup WD My Cloud EX4 device data to and from
your a USB device.
 Remote Backup—Allows you to backup WD My Cloud EX4 device data to and
from another WD My Cloud EX4 device.
 Internal Backup—Allows you to backup data from one storage location to
another on your WD My Cloud EX4 device
 Cloud Backup—Allows you to backup WD My Cloud EX4 device data to an
external cloud backup service.
Managing a USB Device and USB Backups
When you attach a USB drive to the WD My Cloud EX4 device, you turn it into a network
drive. Once connected, the USB drive has the following capabilities:
 When you connect an external USB drive such as a WD Passport, a memory stick,
or a camera to the WD My Cloud EX4 device, you can access it with Windows
Explorer or Mac Finder.
 The USB drive can serve as a target for backups.
 You now have the option of mapping the drive as a user share drive .
 If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the WD My Cloud
EX4 device, it maintains that security and can be unlocked or relocked using the
Dashboard.
Connecting A USB Drive
Connect a USB hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your WD My Cloud EX4 device for
additional storage and backup capabilities. The USB drive appears as a share on the
WD My Cloud EX4 dashboard. (See“About Shares” on page 48.)
The WD My Cloud EX4 device supports the following formats for externally attached USB
drives:
 FAT/FAT32
 NTFS (read and write capability)
 HFS+J
 Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4
 XFS
WARNING! Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing an NFS
or AFP file transfer will interrupt the file transfer process.