how to reattach backup drives to SBS 2011 without reformatting the drives.

Yi E Wang 646 Reputation points
2020-07-14T08:49:43.667+00:00

I have been using several external usb drives to backup my SBS 2011 server. After I disabled the scheduled backup I noticed that all the usb drives disappeared from the SBS Console Backup tab. I need to reattach the usb drives but I do not want to reformat the drives. Does anyone know how I can do this.

Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Jenny Yan-MSFT 9,326 Reputation points
    2020-07-14T09:30:51.97+00:00

    Hi,

    As far as I know, the Configure Server Backup wizard formats the backup destination drive by default.

    As you had mentioned that, you had disabled the scheduled backup, if you want to re-enabled it, follow up the Configure Server Backup wizard to complete the configuration, and driver formatting is necessary.

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  1. Jenny Yan-MSFT 9,326 Reputation points
    2020-07-14T09:31:05.203+00:00

    Hi,

    As a workaround, you may consider of using Windows System built-in backup function instead of the server backup wizard on SBS Console. It may recognize the existing backup drive/file.

    Or, you may consider of copy the backup file to other drive, and re-enable the server backup via SBS console wizard.

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