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[Psygnosis]

So my WHS v1 stopped doing backups, so I figure it's a good time to give 2011 a try. I think I have it mostly figured out, but it looks like server backups are now a pain. I dont want to back up the system drive, I dont want to back up the client backups, I just want an easy way to manualy back up some of the shared folders to a 3TB USB drive when I feel they need it. It there an addin or something else to easily do this?

[Geoff Coupe]

You can use something like SyncToy to take copies off to your USB drive. If you want to have versioning, then you could use Allway Sync, which supports this. I use Allway Sync for my shared folders.

[Hginesta]

Same here! I use Synctoy to a folder on my other server and it works just fine!

[spile]

Have you tried manually starting an auto backup?
In Program Files > Windows Home Server> BackupEngine.exe
Run as administrator

[azasadny]

I like the granularity that WHS 2011 provides as far as backups go. I select certain folders and use SyncToy to back them up to an eSATA attached drive, then store the drive in my safe.