crashplan backup to a remote drive (nas / unc)

Crashplan is a very nice backup solution. Lots of options, easy to use... all good stuff. However, what it lacks out of the box, is a way to backup to a local, network share. For example: a NAS device.

Turns out, it's remarkably simple to set this up


1: Create a symbolic link to your network drive. For example:

2: Change the account that crashplan runs under from LocalSystem (which will not have network access) to an account that has network access.

3: Select the local folder as a backup destination within crashplan

Job done.