foy1der Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hey guys,I have a questions that relates to something that you mentioned in one of your recent podcasts. I would like to be able to access files remotely, but I would also be able to rollback a file if something gets screwed up. So if I am storing the file on the server and I overwrite it with a bad copy, I can't go into the PC backups to get "yesterday's" file back. Is there a way that I can store a file on client PC and still access it remotely? I would consider using synctoy, but AFAIK, that's not automatic and isn't that the whole point of having the WHS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke fairbank Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I do this in a rudimentary way but it does work. I have a free backup program installed (on my media centre P.C because I am scared to install most things on my home server) that copys all of my crucial data (not movies) to a folder on the home server called backup. I have access to this folder as I do with any other folder on the server but the beauty is that it is local and up to 24 hours old which buys you a day if anything goes wrong.Some programs can even do a "day of the week" backup which will create a copy of the data each day for seven days in subfolders called "mon", "tue" etc , this will give you seven days to identify and fix a problem.As far as automating it goes , I have just setup a scheduled task to run it at the same time each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foy1der Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 If I make the files available offline, will they get included in the nightly system backups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImTheTypeOfGuy Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I am using time traveler for the file version capabilities. When it works, it works well. I have had some problems and just installed the latest version tonight. Hopefully it will take care of the issues I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCEddie Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I am using Dropbox for syncing my files to different computers. You get 2GB for free. Dropbox has a undo feature and you can access your files on any computer with a web browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usacomp2k3 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Just turn on Shadow Copy on the server and then put your files in a network share. That'll solve both your problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foy1der Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Shadow copy, that's how I'll do it. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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