Read through the list of prerequisites before installing the NAS proxy. The NAS proxy is the Hybrid Workloads agent installed on a separate Windows or Linux server. It handles backup and restore requests from NAS shares. 

Note: You must install at least one NAS proxy to be able to add a NAS device.

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Download, install and activate the NAS proxy on

• Windows server
  (or)
• Linux server
   

1. Download,  install, and activate the NAS proxy. To back up SMB shares, install the proxy on a Windows server. To backup NFS shares, install the proxy on a Linux server.
2. Activate the NAS proxy. To complete this step:
   1. Copy a valid activation token or generate a new one from the Management Console.
   2. Activate the NAS proxy on the Windows or Linux server using the activation token.

Activation authorizes the NAS proxy to communicate with the Druva Cloud and handle backup and restore jobs from the NAS share.

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Druva initiates a device auto-discovery as soon as a new NAS device is added. You can run auto-discovery on-demand or add shares manually. 

Assign credentials to SMB NAS shares if:

1. You do not want to use device credentials for an SMB share and want to use share-specific credentials instead.
2. You are manually adding an SMB share.

Note: If one user account does not have all required permissions over all folders in an SMB share hierarchy on NetApp, see Least privileges to protect SMB shares on NetApp for the least privileges that need to be assigned to the account for successful backups and restores.