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Set up or customize server backup
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Server backup is not automatically configured during installation. You should protect your server and its data automatically by scheduling daily backups. It is recommended that you maintain a daily backup plan because most organizations cannot afford to lose the data that has been created over several days. See the following sections to set up or customize server backup:
Set up or change server backup settingsTo set up or change server backup settings
Note In the default installation of Windows Server Essentials, the server is configured to automatically perform a defragmentation once each week. This can result in larger than normal backups if you use non-Microsoft imaging software. If it is not necessary to defragment the server on a regular basis, you can follow these steps to turn off the defragmentation schedule:
Server backup scheduleWhen you use the Set Up Server Backup Wizard or the Customize Server Backup Wizard, you can choose to back up server data at multiple times during the day. Because the wizards schedule incremental-based backups, the backups run quickly, and server performance is not significantly impacted. By default, the wizards schedule a backup to run daily at 12:00 PM and 11:00 PM. However, you can adjust the backup schedule according to the needs of your organization. You should occasionally evaluate the effectiveness of your backup plan, and change the plan as necessary. Backup target driveYou can use multiple external storage drives for backups, and you can rotate the drives between onsite and offsite storage locations. This can improve your disaster preparedness planning by helping you recover your data if physical damage occurs to the hardware onsite. When choosing a storage drive for your server backup, consider the following:
Note If a backup is unsuccessful because the backup drive had insufficient space, the drive letter for the backup target drive is removed from the Windows Server Essentials database, and the Dashboard does not display the drive. If you want to use the drive in future backups, you must reassign the drive letter using a native tool. To reassign a drive letter for an existing volume
Items to be backed upYou can choose to back up all the drives, files, and folders on the server, or select only individual drives, files, or folders to backup. When you add or remove a drive, or add or remove shared files and folders, you should revisit the server backup configuration to make sure that these items are added to or removed from the backup configuration. To add or remove items for the backup, do one of the following:
Additional References
What file system supported by Windows can be used for volumes and drives that do not hold the Windows installation?NTFS, which stands for NT file system and the New Technology File System, is the file system that the Windows NT operating system (OS) uses for storing and retrieving files on hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs).
Which Windows file system is best to be placed on this drive if encryption will be used?Encryption: The NTFS 5.0 file system can automatically encrypt and decrypt file data as it is read and written to the disk.
How often does Windows automatically defragment a hard drive?Here's how and when you should do it. Windows 10, like Windows 8 and Windows 7 before it, automatically defragments files for you on a schedule (by default, once a week).
Which of the following Windows command will delete the files and directories?To delete folders in Windows 10 with CMD you have to use the rmdir command. This command will remove all folders including the subfolders and files in them.
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