ServerRookie 1 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yippee Yippee Yay - I am able to do server backup to and server restore from the encrypted USB HDD All I needed to do was to turn on the auto-unlock feature of BitLocker To Go for the USB HDD. I verified that if I plug the USB HDD into a different computer then a pop-up says ... encrypted by BitLocker, enter password ... but plugged into the server, no password is needed as per description of the auto-unlock feature of BitLocker To Go for the USB HDD. Thus I expect the automated scheduled backups won't necessitate me to standby with a password => I made the password really long/strong. In any case, the manually initiated backups went without the slightest glitch. The manually initiated restores also went without a glitch. Of course, I restored only a single file in the original location - not a whole disk elsewhere - but the restore wizard allows for that and anything in between, so I am confident that BMR would also work, just don't have a spare HDD handy at the moment. Gee, I have a hunch that client restore pivots on something very simple also, but what? Stay tuned! Link to post Share on other sites
ServerRookie 1 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 nrf, no my client backups do not go to D: Let me explain. For my trial, I took an old W8 machine that I upgraded to W8.1 and further to WS2012R2E. It is a single HDD machine, and I believe that the WS2012R2E installation automatically created a D: partition in case I wanted to revert to W8.1. The folder ServerFolders is thus on the C: partition and client backups go to its subfolder 'Client Computer Backups'. But yes, partition D: is nonetheless set to auto-unlock. In the same vein, I tried to put partition C: on 'suspend protection', but it still did not allow for client restore. Any further ideas? Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 nrf, no my client backups do not go to D: Let me explain. For my trial, I took an old W8 machine that I upgraded to W8.1 and further to WS2012R2E. It is a single HDD machine, and I believe that the WS2012R2E installation automatically created a D: partition in case I wanted to revert to W8.1. The folder ServerFolders is thus on the C: partition and client backups go to its subfolder 'Client Computer Backups'. But yes, partition D: is nonetheless set to auto-unlock. In the same vein, I tried to put partition C: on 'suspend protection', but it still did not allow for client restore. Any further ideas? If this is the "per file" restore from the dashboard (and I think it is), This has nothing to do with BitLocker then. Check out this thead: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8906-problems-restoring-files-from-client-backup/ (there is an update that break the restore wizard on the client computers) Link to post Share on other sites
ServerRookie 1 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks for the link! I have just read through all 8 pages of the thread, and I indeed recognize the 'restore wizard crashing' issue for client restore but non-issue for server restore. I don't need to do any client restores for the next few months (very unlikely) but I could fall back on the workarounds in said thread if necessary. My take-away from reading the thread is thus 'do nothing' until the issue resolves itself via the automatic Windows Updates, hopefully soon (May?) I certainly will monitor the developments in said thread. Great forum! Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Glad to hear you've got the server restore part working. Looks like you're well on the way to a fully working BitLocker configuration. Link to post Share on other sites
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