Re: SBS2008 safely switch external drive

SBS2008 will recognize that it's a different drive and you can give it a
different name.
Russ

--
Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist
World Wide 24hr SBS Remote Support - http://www.SBITS.Biz
Microsoft Online Services - http://www.microsoft-online-services.com/



"ethos" <> wrote in message
news:d892e4a5-0d01-4408-9e8c-...
> Plan on using SBS2008 Backup software with three disks rotated. One
> thing not clear on is can the local operator just unplug the drive and
> plug in the next or do they have to log in to the server and select
> safely remove hardware or some other routine.
> Also understand the all drives need to have the same label. assume
> this means they all us BD not BD1, BD2 or BD3 respectivaly
> Appreciate some clarity on this
> thanks
> Chris

To be honest I don't even look at what it says anymore.
You should be able to label it Backup1 Backup2 Backup3

Here is some more details
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive...08-backup.aspx

Russ

--
Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist
World Wide 24hr SBS Remote Support - http://www.SBITS.Biz
Microsoft Online Services - http://www.microsoft-online-services.com/



"ethos" <> wrote in message
news:1c883a87-6c7e-4412-a6fb-...
> On Oct 22, 11:45 am, "Russ Grover [SBS-MVP]"
> <supp...@REMOVETHIS.sbits.biz> wrote:
>> SBS2008 will recognize that it's a different drive and you can give it a
>> different name.
>> Russ
>>
>> --
>> Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
>> Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
>> Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist
>> World Wide 24hr SBS Remote Support -http://www.SBITS.Biz
>> Microsoft Online Services -http://www.microsoft-online-services.com/
>>
>> "ethos" <c...@ethosnetworks.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:d892e4a5-0d01-4408-9e8c-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Plan on using SBS2008 Backup software with three disks rotated. One
>> > thing not clear on is can the local operator just unplug the drive and
>> > plug in the next or do they have to log in to the server and select
>> > safely remove hardware or some other routine.
>> > Also understand the all drives need to have the same label. assume
>> > this means they all us BD not BD1, BD2 or BD3 respectivaly
>> > Appreciate some clarity on this
>> > thanks
>> > Chris- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> so I can just unplug and plug in the next one. Also it wasn't clear
> what matching labels mean when mentioned on the backup wizard. Assumed
> that meant the same name, I assume not from what you state.
> Thanks
> Chris
>