BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

[Guest ThomasAJ]

I am a newbie with the MS backup utility provided with W2003 and yes I will

get a better backup product but I need to backup the system now.

 

OK so I did 2 full system backups yesterday to an external USB HD (26GB data

on the server) but my floppy was not working so nothing was written to

diskette.

 

I installed a new floppy today, started backup, and backup now thinks it

needs to back up 78GB.

 

I think the problem is that the USB Ext HD is seen as a 'Local Disk (G:)'

and so Backup is trying to backup C+G to G.

 

When I connected the Ext HD today Disk Management knew nothing about the

52GB already on the Ext HD. I read in a W2003 book that a Media Pool has to

be created or added to or something for backups but I can't figure out how.

Yesteday thru Disk Management I gave the Ext HD the letter E and today G as I

had problems copying data to my flash drive which automatically is given E

and F. OK so I'm grossly confused about drive letters and disk management.

--

Regards

Tom

[Guest ThomasAJ]

RE: BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

 

I guess the Ext USB HD has to be part of 'Removable Storage'. I created a new

media pool (right click medial pool/create media pool) but I cannot see where

the Ext USB HDD is associated with the new media pool. The 'Media

Information/Contains media of type' drop-down box is the only place I see any

reference to media but I cannot see the Ext HDD.

--

Regards

Tom

 

 

"ThomasAJ" wrote:

> I am a newbie with the MS backup utility provided with W2003 and yes I will

> get a better backup product but I need to backup the system now.

>

> OK so I did 2 full system backups yesterday to an external USB HD (26GB data

> on the server) but my floppy was not working so nothing was written to

> diskette.

>

> I installed a new floppy today, started backup, and backup now thinks it

> needs to back up 78GB.

>

> I think the problem is that the USB Ext HD is seen as a 'Local Disk (G:)'

> and so Backup is trying to backup C+G to G.

>

> When I connected the Ext HD today Disk Management knew nothing about the

> 52GB already on the Ext HD. I read in a W2003 book that a Media Pool has to

> be created or added to or something for backups but I can't figure out how.

> Yesteday thru Disk Management I gave the Ext HD the letter E and today G as I

> had problems copying data to my flash drive which automatically is given E

> and F. OK so I'm grossly confused about drive letters and disk management.

> --

> Regards

> Tom

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

 

Tom,

You should be able to change the backup job to select what drives you want

to back up. Or else just create a new job. Delete the data on the USB drive

and start again from there. NTBackup can do most things, but if you find the

interface unhelpful you can take a look at http://www.backupassist.com.

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

 

 

"ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3105414B-CE76-494D-BD45-6AF87BBC74FB@microsoft.com...

>I guess the Ext USB HD has to be part of 'Removable Storage'. I created a

>new

> media pool (right click medial pool/create media pool) but I cannot see

> where

> the Ext USB HDD is associated with the new media pool. The 'Media

> Information/Contains media of type' drop-down box is the only place I see

> any

> reference to media but I cannot see the Ext HDD.

> --

> Regards

> Tom

>

>

> "ThomasAJ" wrote:

>

>> I am a newbie with the MS backup utility provided with W2003 and yes I

>> will

>> get a better backup product but I need to backup the system now.

>>

>> OK so I did 2 full system backups yesterday to an external USB HD (26GB

>> data

>> on the server) but my floppy was not working so nothing was written to

>> diskette.

>>

>> I installed a new floppy today, started backup, and backup now thinks it

>> needs to back up 78GB.

>>

>> I think the problem is that the USB Ext HD is seen as a 'Local Disk (G:)'

>> and so Backup is trying to backup C+G to G.

>>

>> When I connected the Ext HD today Disk Management knew nothing about the

>> 52GB already on the Ext HD. I read in a W2003 book that a Media Pool has

>> to

>> be created or added to or something for backups but I can't figure out

>> how.

>> Yesteday thru Disk Management I gave the Ext HD the letter E and today G

>> as I

>> had problems copying data to my flash drive which automatically is given

>> E

>> and F. OK so I'm grossly confused about drive letters and disk

>> management.

>> --

>> Regards

>> Tom

[Guest ThomasAJ]

Re: BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

 

BackupAssist looks for the future.

 

But can someone please help me with the Media Pool questions.

--

Regards

Tom

 

 

"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> Tom,

> You should be able to change the backup job to select what drives you want

> to back up. Or else just create a new job. Delete the data on the USB drive

> and start again from there. NTBackup can do most things, but if you find the

> interface unhelpful you can take a look at http://www.backupassist.com.

> Anthony,

> http://www.airdesk.com

>

>

>

>

> "ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3105414B-CE76-494D-BD45-6AF87BBC74FB@microsoft.com...

> >I guess the Ext USB HD has to be part of 'Removable Storage'. I created a

> >new

> > media pool (right click medial pool/create media pool) but I cannot see

> > where

> > the Ext USB HDD is associated with the new media pool. The 'Media

> > Information/Contains media of type' drop-down box is the only place I see

> > any

> > reference to media but I cannot see the Ext HDD.

> > --

> > Regards

> > Tom

> >

> >

> > "ThomasAJ" wrote:

> >

> >> I am a newbie with the MS backup utility provided with W2003 and yes I

> >> will

> >> get a better backup product but I need to backup the system now.

> >>

> >> OK so I did 2 full system backups yesterday to an external USB HD (26GB

> >> data

> >> on the server) but my floppy was not working so nothing was written to

> >> diskette.

> >>

> >> I installed a new floppy today, started backup, and backup now thinks it

> >> needs to back up 78GB.

> >>

> >> I think the problem is that the USB Ext HD is seen as a 'Local Disk (G:)'

> >> and so Backup is trying to backup C+G to G.

> >>

> >> When I connected the Ext HD today Disk Management knew nothing about the

> >> 52GB already on the Ext HD. I read in a W2003 book that a Media Pool has

> >> to

> >> be created or added to or something for backups but I can't figure out

> >> how.

> >> Yesteday thru Disk Management I gave the Ext HD the letter E and today G

> >> as I

> >> had problems copying data to my flash drive which automatically is given

> >> E

> >> and F. OK so I'm grossly confused about drive letters and disk

> >> management.

> >> --

> >> Regards

> >> Tom

>

>

>

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

 

Hi Tom,

Sorry, I didn't answer that part because you said you already had a

successful backup.

You don't need to do anything in Removable Storage. You are backing up to

file and the drive is just another drive to the OS.

Removable Storage is a sub-system for identifying things like tapes, where

the device remains the same but the media in the device changes.

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.co.uk

 

 

 

"ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B2ED33D4-4B67-4AF5-8D19-A0BF2A38FED5@microsoft.com...

> BackupAssist looks for the future.

>

> But can someone please help me with the Media Pool questions.

> --

> Regards

> Tom

>

>

> "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Tom,

>> You should be able to change the backup job to select what drives you

>> want

>> to back up. Or else just create a new job. Delete the data on the USB

>> drive

>> and start again from there. NTBackup can do most things, but if you find

>> the

>> interface unhelpful you can take a look at http://www.backupassist.com.

>> Anthony,

>> http://www.airdesk.com

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:3105414B-CE76-494D-BD45-6AF87BBC74FB@microsoft.com...

>> >I guess the Ext USB HD has to be part of 'Removable Storage'. I created

>> >a

>> >new

>> > media pool (right click medial pool/create media pool) but I cannot see

>> > where

>> > the Ext USB HDD is associated with the new media pool. The 'Media

>> > Information/Contains media of type' drop-down box is the only place I

>> > see

>> > any

>> > reference to media but I cannot see the Ext HDD.

>> > --

>> > Regards

>> > Tom

>> >

>> >

>> > "ThomasAJ" wrote:

>> >

>> >> I am a newbie with the MS backup utility provided with W2003 and yes I

>> >> will

>> >> get a better backup product but I need to backup the system now.

>> >>

>> >> OK so I did 2 full system backups yesterday to an external USB HD

>> >> (26GB

>> >> data

>> >> on the server) but my floppy was not working so nothing was written to

>> >> diskette.

>> >>

>> >> I installed a new floppy today, started backup, and backup now thinks

>> >> it

>> >> needs to back up 78GB.

>> >>

>> >> I think the problem is that the USB Ext HD is seen as a 'Local Disk

>> >> (G:)'

>> >> and so Backup is trying to backup C+G to G.

>> >>

>> >> When I connected the Ext HD today Disk Management knew nothing about

>> >> the

>> >> 52GB already on the Ext HD. I read in a W2003 book that a Media Pool

>> >> has

>> >> to

>> >> be created or added to or something for backups but I can't figure out

>> >> how.

>> >> Yesteday thru Disk Management I gave the Ext HD the letter E and today

>> >> G

>> >> as I

>> >> had problems copying data to my flash drive which automatically is

>> >> given

>> >> E

>> >> and F. OK so I'm grossly confused about drive letters and disk

>> >> management.

>> >> --

>> >> Regards

>> >> Tom

>>

>>

>>