I asked a similar question, because I would like to backup my sisters computer (I take care of it)... It looks like it is possible with a VPN connection or Hamachi (sp?)... though it is not possible from default setup (read below). I think this would be excellent for those of us who are the IT staff for our families (parents, siblings, grand parents). I have logmein on about 10computers now for family and friends. So I would love it if I could have computers turn on in the middle of the night and just back up to my server. I don't care about remote restore, because those computers would come to me to be fixed anyway.
This was the answer I was given...
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whshardware/thread/2d4776d5-e45b-4bf9-bde2-2617203eb12a"
There is no supported method. As Leo said, it can be done through VPN (or Hamachi or something similar), but backing up remotely serves no real purpose as you can't restore remotely (plus bandwidth through the internet will be infinitely slower than locally).
- Edited bykariya21MVP, ModeratorSaturday, July 18, 2009 1:27 AM
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