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are both are connected to the system permanently or removing and plugging manually.. daily..<br />
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the backup is a solution where you can keep the either files backup or complete system backup... <br />
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if you are planning backup to usb with failover USBdrive.. then you must run backup to both USB drives<br />
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one after one backup to USB.<br />
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or you can plan one day to one drive next day to next drive.. as per your Recovery plan..<br />
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all the best
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are both are connected to the system permanently or removing and plugging manually.. daily..

the backup is a solution where you can keep the either files backup or complete system backup...

if you are planning backup to usb with failover USBdrive.. then you must run backup to both USB drives

one after one backup to USB.

or you can plan one day to one drive next day to next drive.. as per your Recovery plan..

all the best

President

Fredric Robinson

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I need to be able to backup to one usb drive for a month, remove that drive to store in vault and then insert the other usb to be used for the next month and then repeat the cycle. I know I can do this from what I have read, however I am concerned that if either drive fails will the drive in storage be used to recover the system to the last time that drive was used for a backup?
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I need to be able to backup to one usb drive for a month, remove that drive to store in vault and then insert the other usb to be used for the next month and then repeat the cycle. I know I can do this from what I have read, however I am concerned that if either drive fails will the drive in storage be used to recover the system to the last time that drive was used for a backup?

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Server 2016 using WBS with 2 rotating external Usb hard drives. Can I do this and if one drive fails will the other remaining drive be able to recover the system?
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Server 2016 using WBS with 2 rotating external Usb hard drives. Can I do this and if one drive fails will the other remaining drive be able to recover the system?

Windows Backup software rotating external disks

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Windows Server 2012

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