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title: "How-to Create a Protection Job for NAS Mount Points"
slug: "how-to-create-a-protection-job-for-nas-mount-points"
updated: 2022-07-05T18:45:16Z
published: 2022-07-05T18:45:16Z
canonical: "kb.expedient.com/how-to-create-a-protection-job-for-nas-mount-points"
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# How-to Create a Protection Job for NAS Mount Points

### Introduction

Expedient Service Delivery staff will perform a base configuration of a Protection Job inside the Cloud Data Protection platform. To create your own Protection Job for NAS Mount Points, follow the below procedure.

### Procedure

1. [Log in](/v1/docs/how-to-access-cloud-data-protection) to the Cloud Data Protection system.
2. Upon logging into the cluster, you should be directed to the **Protection Jobs** page.
3. To register a SQL server, from the navigation bar at the top of the page, select the **Protection** → **Sources** tab.
4. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808680.png)
5. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808727.png), then select **NAS**. **![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808776.png)**
6. Select **Mount Point** for the 'NAS Source,' **NFS** for the 'Mode,' and input the full **Mount Path**(ex. IP:/Volume). Click **Register** to finish.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808834.png)
7. With a *successful* NAS Mount Point registration and on the Sources page again, search for and find the newly created NAS object.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808882.png)
8. Once found, select **Protect**.
9. Select the NAS mount point. You can add several sources to one job, but they must be registered as a source first.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808932.png)
10. Name the protection job in the Group Name  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057808978.png)
11. Select the Protection Policy desired.
  1. Note: Expedient manages all Protection Policies. If modifications are needed to a Protection Policy, please open a ticket with the OSC.

**![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057809023.png)**

1. Lastly, select the appropriate storage domain (If your account has multiple)  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057809069.png)
2. The **Advanced** section allows you to modify additional Protection Job settings.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/image-1613057809113.png)
  1. **End Date** Utilize this option to set an end date for the Protection Policy.
  2. **QoS Policy** Backup HDD is the QoS policy best suited for backups, do not modify this selection.
  3. **Pre & Post Scripts** Use this setting to inject pre or post-scripts.
  4. **Skip Files On Errors** Utilize this option to choose whether to skip files on errors.
  5. **Exclusions and Inclusions** Utilize this option to set any desired exclusions or inclusions.
  6. **Alerts & Priority** Utilize this setting to set an email address for backup failure alerts, do not disable alerts if you wish to trigger alerts through the Expedient SMC.
  7. **SLA** This setting can be used to set specific SLA thresholds for Incremental and Full backups.
3. Select **Protect** to save your configurations.