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DrivePool - Backup to USB

BigbirddkBigbirddk
edited February 2012 in DrivePool

Hey

Great software, but backup is tricky, or am I misunderstanding something ?

I can see in the forum, that backup or the DrivePool drive is an option :( And the way to backup is the select the hidden folders on the drives that are part of the pool. But by doing that, I will get the same data twice, as the folders are dublicated (Pictures and documents) and I have a few hundred GB of high ress pictures and recordings...

Is there a way to avoid this dublication in the backup procedure ?

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  • datageekdatageek
    Member
    As per previous discussions, you might want to consider using a third party backup solution like Crashplan, which a number of us have running successfully for local, remote and cloud backups of DrivePool.
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  • PaalandPaaland
    Member
    Why backup the hidden pool parts? Why not simply backup the pool drive? You will need some "simple" software that does not try to make block or sector backups, relies on shadow copies etc, but simply scans the drive for changed files and backs them up.

    Crashplan is one alternative, I'm using Jotta Online Backup. I'm sure rsync could do it. Almost any free backup software will do this.
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  • PhilmaticPhilmatic
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    CloudBerry has been fantastic for me, I back up simultaneously to Amazon S3 and to an external drive I have attached to the server nightly. Rock solid...
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  • BigbirddkBigbirddk
    Member

    I myself would be able to use almost any software, as Im just to handling computers. But this WHS is for my cousin, who is a great guy but he has NO idea what remote desktop / shell scripts etc etc are :)

    So I need to find a 3rd party backup software, where he is able to attach a USB disk to the front, and from a computer (Not the console) is able to start the backup on the homeserver. He just to do it on the old WHS throu the console software on his PC.

    If the backup is able to leave the files in "plain view" it would be great. (Only need backup of his documents, computer backups and pictures)

    His internet connection is not suitable for online, sorry.

    Any of the mentioned software have a console addin ?

    I will also search myself, and post her if I am able to find something :)

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  • ShaneShane
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    If all he needs is a manually-activated backup, and he has a Windows PC with robocopy, perhaps an "Open Me To Backup.bat" file on his USB disk that contains lines similar to:

       robocopy "\\server\foldertobackup" ".\destinationfolder" /mir /b

    If you want something with a nice GUI display, perhaps you could install and call teracopy via its command-line functions instead of robocopy.
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  • PaalandPaaland
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    CloudBerry backup as mentioned by @Philmatic has a WHS add-in. You can create schedules and backup jobs and start them manually as well via the add-in. But it costs a few dollars.

    The robocopy idea of @Shane is good, but like it's set up now everything is copied over the LAN and the USB disk is to be attached to the client.

    Is the idea to have "offsite backup" i.e. that the USB is to be disconnected and stored elsewhere except when performing a new backup? 
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  • ShaneShane
    edited March 2012 Resident Guru
    Hmm, good point, if it's intended that he will plug the USB disk into the server itself, then you could do the following:

    Plug in the disk. Using the dashboard, add a shared folder that points to the disk. WHS will automatically make this share available whenever the disk is plugged in (I have tested this - it takes several seconds to recognise it, but it works). Oh, and make sure the disk is assigned a drive letter that is unlikely to get bumped by something else (e.g. U, W, X or similar).

    Then instead of using ".\destinationfolder" as in my previous post, use "\\server\diskshare\destinationfolder", and put a shortcut on his desktop that launches the batchfile (which we can keep on "\\server\diskshare" the client computer or the server, but not in the diskshare itself as Windows might flip out if it can't immediately find the shortcut's target file).
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  • datageekdatageek
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    If you use Crashplan, the backup will start automatically soon after the USB drive is plugged in, and will run every 24 hours if left plugged in. You can also set it up to do the same when plugged into the client PC. It keeps old versions as well, so if a document is corrupted, you can go back to an earlier version (I don't think Robocopy does this), and the client PC doesn't need to be left switched on for server backups.
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  • jdpg2jdpg2
    Member
    Just installed Crashplan. While it doent have a windows add in, it does work as intended.  It can read the pool so you wont have an issue with duplicates and it can copy the client backup folder as well.  I have it backing up to an external eSATA drive and to crashplan, the local eSATA backup took 4 hours (600gb+/-).  I have now completely disabled server backup within WHS 2011 (Ty for the idea shane)
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