jmwills Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I'd have to go with remove and rejoin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 If you elect to install the connector on a client PC and skip the domain join step, is it possible to go back and manually join that client PC to the WS2012e domain or must you uninstalled and re-install the connector to do this? I currently have a remote client PC on which I've already installed the connector that is NOT currently on the domain. Am trying to avoid having to re-install connector and reset my client backup for this PC if possible. Thanks. I don't think you have to reset the backups. I've re-installed the connector before and, as long as I used exactly the same computer name, it kept using the existing backups. Re-installing the OS is a different story IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drashna Jaelre Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Once the connector is installed, you shouldn't need to reinstall it... barring other issues. You should be able to join, or leave the domain "at will", with no issues. Emphasis on should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You, my friend, are pushing the envelope way more than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Trying to install the WHS Connector on a client over the internet via a VPN. Seriously? Don't think too many people will be trying to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Trying to install the WHS Connector on a client over the internet via a VPN. Seriously? Don't think too many people will be trying to do that. Was an experiment. Believe it or not, it actually works. For some reason, I thought you could remote join a PC to the WS2012e domain via the internet. Rather you have to access the remotewebaccess page, install connector (skip domain join) and then set the VPN to stay connected and it will perform scheduled client backups like any other PC on your LAN. Only it won't be a domain member and domain policy won't be enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Well, thanks for posting your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Also, FWIW Hamachi VPN has proven to be as reliable as a local, wired network connection when performing initial client PC backups to WS2012e. Unfortunately, the built-in WS2012e VPN client isn't as reliable during the first backup but can be used reliably after the larger, initial backup has been successfully completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 So Hamachi is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Yes, Hamachi maintains a constant connection between client and server as long as your ISP stays online. WS2012e's VPN seems to have intermittent connectivity issues despite the ISP staying online. It doesn't drop connection, but something happens to the tunnel that's significant enough to interrupt a WS2012e client backup to the point where it won't get beyond 1%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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