cocksy 2 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Hi All, Another random question: is it possible to set up multiple backup "sets" (not sure what the right word is!) in WHS 2011? What I mean is, If I want to use 2 different drives for backup i.e. use 1 to backup the data from one data drive, and another to backup data from another data drive? I tried to use 2 disks in the "normal" backup menu from dashboard, but it just shoehorns me to use the 2 backup disks in an offsite rotating backup scenario. Is there a way to use the non-dashboard backup options and set up "backup set 1 for Data disk 1" and "backupset 2 for data disk 2"?!! Link to post Share on other sites
Al_Borges 97 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 From what I recall, I dont believe WHS2011 was able to do multiple backup sets as you described within the server dashboard itself. I do this very simply with external software - Crashplan - which does work in WHS2011 for my media, I have two backup "sets" - one going to a local USB drive and the other is being sent to a USB drive to my brother in another state - ( He also backs up to me !!) while I have the safety of offsite backup , the convenience of a local backup is nice if you have a spare drive around. ditto for my documents/photos - I have a backup set going to a USB drive but the same set is also backed up to Crashplan's Cloud service, Which I highly recommend. There are similar alternatives to Crashplan - check the forums for what others can recommend. . Crashplan is free for local or NAS backups - you only pay for a cloud backup Link to post Share on other sites
cocksy 2 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 thanks. Looking like I'm definitely going to need an alternative to WHS built in backup! Link to post Share on other sites
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