Support of Windows CLI and OpenStack Regions in MSP360 Drive

November 27, 2013 | 1 min read | Published Alexander N

MSP360 constantly works on enhancements of our products in order to make them even better. Today we are glad to present an upgraded MSP360 Drive - a powerful application for Windows which allows mounting cloud storage as a local drive. Now MSP360 Drive can be installed and configured via the Windows Command Line interface and supports regions for OpenStack-based cloud storage services.

Windows Command Line and MSP360 Drive

Install and activate MSP360 Drive

A command for silent install: CloudBerryDriveSetup_v1.2.0.13.exe /S (is performed under an administrator account)
A command for requesting the MSP360 Drive trial: cbd.exe /activatelicense -t -e email (is performed under administrator account)
For registering MSP360 Drive license key: cbd.exe /activatelicense -e email -k your_license_key (is performed under administrator account)

Register a Storage Account with MSP360 Drive

A command for registering a cloud storage account: cbd.exe addAccount -d account_display_name -st storageType -ac firstKey -sk secondKey -sp servicePoint -ssl yes/no

Create a Mapped Drive with MSP360 Drive

A command for creating a mapped drive: cbd.exe addDrive -d DriveLetter -an AccountName –path container/folder -label VolumeLabel

Start, stop and restart MSP360 Drive

A command for starting MSP360 Drive service: cbd.exe /startservice
A command for stopping MSP360 Drive service: cbd.exe /stopservice
A command for restarting MSP360 Drive service: cbd.exe /restartservice

Mount and unmount cloud storage mapped as a drive

A command for mounting mapped drive: cbd.exe /mountDrive “DriveLetter”
A command for unmounting mapped drive: cbd.exe /unmountDrive “DriveLetter”

OpenStack Regions and MSP360 Drive

Users of MSP360 Drive now can mount OpenStack containers that are located in different regions as a network drive. Previously users of OpenStack-based cloud storage services could mount only buckets that are located in the default regions of cloud storage services. Now a bucket in any region can be mapped with MSP360 Backup. That enhancement affects HP Cloud, Rackspace and other OpenStack Swift-based cloud storage users.

Conclusion

We hope that enhanced MSP360 Drive meets your needs and will become a tool of choice for you. Mounting cloud storage account as a network drive can sufficiently enhance the usability of cloud storage. And the latest enhancements in MSP360 Drive can significantly speed things up and make cloud storage as a network drive even more convenient. MSP360 Drive is a cost-efficient and powerful tool that makes mounting cloud storage account extremely easy for everyone. And you can try MSP360 Drive for free right now.