SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

SBS Backup Configuration wizzard does not let you select "Removable Media"as backup target location at Virtualisation and SBC blog

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:09:32 GMT

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re: SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

Wayne Taylor — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:55:14 GMT

Good call, I ran into this issue last week.... Thanks!

re: SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

Sean — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:21:40 GMT

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend using a REV drive for SBS backup anyway. I have had repeated issues like Bob N. mentioned. It's really targeted at the desktop backup market anyway. You'd be much better off getting laptop hard drives, putting them in external USB cases and backing up to a flat file onto those drives. We've had awesome luck with this and we hardly ever have failed backups anymore!

re: SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

Bob N. — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:32:57 GMT

I have been using BackupAssist with an ATAPI Rev drive on one SBS server. The backup has been directed to a folder on the data partition and then copied to the Rev drive. I have had repeated issues with the Rev drive disappearing, and Iomega has only suggested that I keep updating the drivers from time to time. They also suggested that the problem has to do with CD/DVD buring software, but no such software has been installed on the server. The typical fix has been to uninstall the Rev drive, reboot the server and check to make sure that the Rev drive has been sutomatically discovered and re-installed. This can result in Rev drive uptimes from one day to several weeks before the problem reappears.

The ggod folks at Cortex I.T. have provided a script that I run prior to any backup to insure that the Rev drive is detected and available but that has not resolved the issue. Has anyone run into this problem and is there a likelihood that this registry hack could resolve the problem, given that BackupAssist merely provides an improved interface to the underlying NTBackup process?

re: SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

Sean — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:48:32 GMT

I ran into this on my SBS server using an IOMEGA REV drive. I started searching the registry on my own and found that key. It did the trick.

re: SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location

Allen Miller — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:44:47 GMT

There is an easier way that works with Iomega Drives. Create a share for the drive, map a drive letter to the share then backup to the drive letter. No need to hack the registry.

Regards,
Allen Miller (Cincinnati)

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