Jul/090
Backup Windows Home Server files to external USB hard drive
Add backup hard drive to WHS
Yesterday i described the process of Adding a hard drive to Scaleo Windows Home Server. Today i added another drive. An external USB hard drive to keep backups of the files stored on the server.
To create a backup of the data on your Windows Home Server you must first add a add a drive for this purpose. When adding a drive you have the possibility to add the drive either to the managed storage pool or to add the drive as a backup drive (The screenshot was accidently taken in the Disk Management Add-in which is a nice plugin to add additional information about drives connected to the server as well as a visual representation of the drives physical placements). When adding a backup drive it is possible to keep current data if the drive is formated as ntfs. Otherwise the drive needs to be formated.
Backup Windows Home Server
After a drive has been added as a managed backup disk, the windows home server will appear in “Computers & Backup” tab. Right click on the server and choose backup now. In the server backup it is possible to select which shares to backup and which to ignore. The interface also indicates that it is possible to use several external drives to backup different shares. After the backup is done it is possible to disconnect the drive by temporarily remove the in the “Server Storage” tab. Then disconnect the hard drive from the server and store it on a safe place.