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    Hello,

    I use KeepVault for WHS to backup my data off-site every night.  I'd like to include the server backup in my nightly off-site back-up. 
    Where do I find the server backup file?
    Are all the client backups included in the server backup?
    Where are the client backups located?

    Thank you

    Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:48 PM

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    Client backups are in he "Client Computer Backups" folder on whichever drive you selected to store them on - use the Dashboard to check. The server backup is not a file as it keeps multiple backups (incremental) so you can restore from different points in time. You will need to back up whichever external drive you are using for server backups - once again use he Dashboard to check. If you have much data it will take forever to back up online!

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:09 AM
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    The Server backup is whatever you have set it to be in the Dashboard. This can include the Server OS, data stored on the server and whatever the clients are backing up to the server.

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:29 PM
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    One additional consideration:  In WHS 2011, server backup can back up a maximum of 2TB of data on your server, period.  If you have more data than this, it is up to you to decide what is most critical to include in the backup set.  (In my case, client computer backups fall well down on the priority list, since this data is already backed up on the clients.) 

    In addition, if you have large media collections as many Home Server users do, your server data set can easily exceed 2Tb, in which case you will need to find alternative backup and/or resiliency strategies for this data.  Since WHS 2011 has no dashboard-level resiliency (e.g., folder duplication), you'll have to rely on lower-level solutions.  I have successfully used dynamic disk mirroring and spanning in Windows Disk Manager with WHS; however, server backup doesn't work well with dynamic disks or with partitions larger than 2TB (e.g., GPT disks), so setting up a secure server having large data sets is an exercise in compromise.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:32 PM

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    Client backups are in he "Client Computer Backups" folder on whichever drive you selected to store them on - use the Dashboard to check. The server backup is not a file as it keeps multiple backups (incremental) so you can restore from different points in time. You will need to back up whichever external drive you are using for server backups - once again use he Dashboard to check. If you have much data it will take forever to back up online!

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:09 AM
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    I see, that would take more then all night to upload the Server Backup off-site.  Better to swap hard drives.

    So the Server Backup consistes of all the user's folders, plus the client backup folder?

    Thanks again.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:39 AM
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    The Server backup is whatever you have set it to be in the Dashboard. This can include the Server OS, data stored on the server and whatever the clients are backing up to the server.

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:29 PM
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    One additional consideration:  In WHS 2011, server backup can back up a maximum of 2TB of data on your server, period.  If you have more data than this, it is up to you to decide what is most critical to include in the backup set.  (In my case, client computer backups fall well down on the priority list, since this data is already backed up on the clients.) 

    In addition, if you have large media collections as many Home Server users do, your server data set can easily exceed 2Tb, in which case you will need to find alternative backup and/or resiliency strategies for this data.  Since WHS 2011 has no dashboard-level resiliency (e.g., folder duplication), you'll have to rely on lower-level solutions.  I have successfully used dynamic disk mirroring and spanning in Windows Disk Manager with WHS; however, server backup doesn't work well with dynamic disks or with partitions larger than 2TB (e.g., GPT disks), so setting up a secure server having large data sets is an exercise in compromise.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:32 PM