This article describes the process of the data migration (less than 1TB) from a local machine running Windows or Mac OS to the user's file space on UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE cloud.

To upload your files to UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE cloud via desktop application:

  1. Login to UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE web access, navigate to Help & Download section, download the desktop application for your OS version.
  2. Install the desktop application. Refer to the instructions on Windows and Mac client installation and 
    Once UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE is installed on the computer, it creates a designated folder called My UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE on Windows or UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE on Mac and adds it to Favorites in Windows Explorer or Finder.
    The location of the UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE folder can be specified during or the desktop client installation as well as after the installation of the client (from within the client Settings menu).
  3. Move your files and folders to the UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE folder using standard file/folder operations: copy, cut and paste or drag-and-drop.
    drag-n-drop
  4. Application will index your files and folders, then it will upload them to the cloud.
    Note: this process make take several hours, depending on the amount of files and their total size. 

To upload SharePoint data

  1. Create the UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE service user. 
    Note: this is a chargeable action.
  2. Install  UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE application on your computer.
  3. Login to UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE with the credentials for the service user.
  4. Configure WebDav connection to SharePoint
  5. Drag and drop the folders from SharePoint to a My UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE folder.
  6. To restore or share files, login to the service user's UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE web access.

To upload FTP server data:

  1. Create the UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE service user. 
    Note: this is a chargeable action.
  2. Install  UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE application on your computer.
  3. Login to UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE with credentials for service user.
  4. Connect to your FTP server via WebDav
  5. Drag and drop the folders from SharePoint to a My UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE folder.
  6. To restore or share files, login to the service user's UNIVERGE BLUE™ SHARE web access.