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Have a customer with SBS 2011 Standard that is currently successfully running a backup daily to an external drive. The same drive is being used each day and is never removed from the system. The customer would like to have a different drive to backup to each day of the week, M-F requiring 5 external drives but using them 1 at a time in rotation.<br />
The Backup Wizard currently shows 1 active drive and 2 inactive drives from a previous configuration. We have discovered that we can't remove the inactive drives from the configuration and also can't add any drives to the configuration. &nbsp;Is there a proven process for correcting the current backup configuration to allow us to create a daily backup each day to a different external drive?
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Have a customer with SBS 2011 Standard that is currently successfully running a backup daily to an external drive. The same drive is being used each day and is never removed from the system. The customer would like to have a different drive to backup to each day of the week, M-F requiring 5 external drives but using them 1 at a time in rotation.
The Backup Wizard currently shows 1 active drive and 2 inactive drives from a previous configuration. We have discovered that we can't remove the inactive drives from the configuration and also can't add any drives to the configuration.  Is there a proven process for correcting the current backup configuration to allow us to create a daily backup each day to a different external drive?

How do I get SBS 2011 Standard to perform a backup to a different external drive each day of the week?

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).