Comments on: Free Offsite Backup For Windows Home Server With Live Mesh http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html The Podcast for the Home Server Enthusiast. Thu, 24 May 2012 01:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: IndyLux http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-880 IndyLux Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:15:03 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-880 Theodoor - Jim and I ran into a few snags with the Live Mesh option. It worked, but seemed to be a bit sluggish at times. Listen to <a href="http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-54.html" rel="nofollow">show 54</a> for a review of an alternative option using a program called Crash Plan. Achieves the same thing in less steps and works great! Theodoor – Jim and I ran into a few snags with the Live Mesh option. It worked, but seemed to be a bit sluggish at times. Listen to show 54 for a review of an alternative option using a program called Crash Plan. Achieves the same thing in less steps and works great!

]]> By: Theodoor http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-864 Theodoor Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:10:39 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-864 For this to work, Live Mesh has to be running as a service. It is not. Live Mesh will perform folder syncing only when an active Desktop session with Live Mesh is running. With WHS one normally is not supposed to (or will) be logged in on a regular basis. - Theo. For this to work, Live Mesh has to be running as a service. It is not.

Live Mesh will perform folder syncing only when an active Desktop session with Live Mesh is running. With WHS one normally is not supposed to (or will) be logged in on a regular basis.

- Theo.

]]> By: SonicMonkey http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-764 SonicMonkey Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-764 This solution works great, but as mentioned in the podcast, NTBackup is not a great choice for the backup software. My understanding is that it was chosen so that the backup file could be encrypted. Another limitation it may have is that incremental backups append to the same backup file. Can this be changed so that subsequent incremental backups are made to a new file? If this can't be set, then live mesh needs to sync the whole backup every time that a new incremental backup is done. Regardless, there are *lots* of excellent backup programs out there. I'm using an excellent free program by the name of Cobian Backup. This particular program allows me to do incremental backups into new folders, so that only new backups are synced with live mesh. There are options to zip up backups into archives of any size that you like (will get around the 2 GB limit of live mesh), and it can even encrypt the backup files (no more need for NTBackup). I'm now doing automated offsite backups with my work pc. Cobian Backup is so good that I am using it to overcome that one glaring major oversight of Home Server, backing up the home server shares themselves. I back these up just in case someone accidentally deletes all of our photos from our photos share. Folder duplication won't save you in this scenario. The program can even be set to do a full backup every x backups, and you can run programs before and after backups. All scheduled of course. Thanks for the article guys. I'm now one very happy Home Server user. Rob This solution works great, but as mentioned in the podcast, NTBackup is not a great choice for the backup software. My understanding is that it was chosen so that the backup file could be encrypted. Another limitation it may have is that incremental backups append to the same backup file. Can this be changed so that subsequent incremental backups are made to a new file? If this can't be set, then live mesh needs to sync the whole backup every time that a new incremental backup is done.

Regardless, there are *lots* of excellent backup programs out there. I'm using an excellent free program by the name of Cobian Backup. This particular program allows me to do incremental backups into new folders, so that only new backups are synced with live mesh. There are options to zip up backups into archives of any size that you like (will get around the 2 GB limit of live mesh), and it can even encrypt the backup files (no more need for NTBackup). I'm now doing automated offsite backups with my work pc.

Cobian Backup is so good that I am using it to overcome that one glaring major oversight of Home Server, backing up the home server shares themselves. I back these up just in case someone accidentally deletes all of our photos from our photos share. Folder duplication won't save you in this scenario. The program can even be set to do a full backup every x backups, and you can run programs before and after backups. All scheduled of course.

Thanks for the article guys. I'm now one very happy Home Server user.

Rob

]]> By: IndyLux http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-750 IndyLux Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:26:36 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-750 It seemed to have worked while I was using it! I sent files and my friend was able to open the backup file and see the files included within. I personally think this scenario works better by syncing unencrypted folders, but you have to trust your friend. It seemed to have worked while I was using it! I sent files and my friend was able to open the backup file and see the files included within. I personally think this scenario works better by syncing unencrypted folders, but you have to trust your friend.

]]> By: mtrump http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-743 mtrump Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:39:33 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-743 Have you verified that this method actually works? There are plenty of people who have said NTBackup and similar backup softwares do not understand Drive Extender and therefore they backup only the "tombstones" of the files and not the files themselves. Have you verified that this method actually works? There are plenty of people who have said NTBackup and similar backup softwares do not understand Drive Extender and therefore they backup only the "tombstones" of the files and not the files themselves.

]]> By: mtrump http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-742 mtrump Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:38:25 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-742 Are you verified that this method actually works? There are plenty of people who have said NTBackup and similar backup softwares do not understand Drive Extender and therefore they backup only the "tombstones" of the files and not the files themselves. Are you verified that this method actually works? There are plenty of people who have said NTBackup and similar backup softwares do not understand Drive Extender and therefore they backup only the "tombstones" of the files and not the files themselves.

]]> By: The Home Server Show 51 - PP3 Survey, Mesh, News, and a new Add In from Alex Kuretz http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-738 The Home Server Show 51 - PP3 Survey, Mesh, News, and a new Add In from Alex Kuretz Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:48:07 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-738 [...] Free Offsite Backup using Mesh and WHS [...] [...] Free Offsite Backup using Mesh and WHS [...]

]]> By: Backup WHS to the Cloud Using Live Mesh « MS Windows Home Server http://homeservershow.com/free-offsite-backup-for-windows-home-server-with-live-mesh.html#comment-736 Backup WHS to the Cloud Using Live Mesh « MS Windows Home Server Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:27:04 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1453#comment-736 [...] Read it here. [...] [...] Read it here. [...]

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