BACKUP seems to be backing up 3 times the data.

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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
 
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
 
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
 
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
>
>
>
 
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
>>
>>
>>
 
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