Creating a Remote Backup

Remote backup allows you to back up your WD My Cloud™device to another WD My Cloud device.  Use the following steps to create a remote backup for your WD My Cloud device.

    1. Click Backups.
    2. Click Remote Backup.
    3. Click the Create Job.
    4. Enter the following information to create a Remote backup job::

Job Name

Enter a Job Name for your backup.

Remote Server

Select the type of remote server.

  • NAS Server
  • WD My Cloud       

Remote IP Address

Enter the IP address of the remote location.(Example: 192.168.1.16)

Password

Enter the password for the remote backup server.

SSH User Name

Enter the Secured Shell protocol (SSH) user name for the remote device.

SSH Password

Enter the SSH password for the remote device.

Source Folder

Click Browse and select the folder you'd like to back up.

Destination Folder

Click Browse and select the destination folder for your backup.

Backup Type

Indicate the type of backup you’d like to perform.

  • Copy
  • Synchronize  

Recurrence

If you’d like to use the Recurrence feature:

  1. Click the toggle button to enable the Recurring Backup feature.
  2. Select the frequency of the backup: Daily, Weekly, Monthly.
  3. Select a time (hour, AM/PM) from the drop-down menu.
    1. Click Create.
    2. In the USB Backup Jobs area, click the Start Backup icon to begin your backup. The progress of the backup appears in the USB Backup Jobs area.