Re: Backup to file - something weird is happening!

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If you are making a full back-up it will create individual files, if you are
making an incremental back-up it will keep adding to a single file.

"JB" <johnnyb_cool@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got a strange problem.
>
> When I backup a SBS 2003 server to file on an internal hard drive
> (configured via the wizard), it makes a backup file every day and names it
> with the date that it backed up. So, many days gets me many files. Clever,
> great!
>
> However, when I try to configure the exact same backup in exactly the same
> way to back up to a USB disk attached to the server, I get one big file
> that gets added to every day. Not so good.
>
> Is there any way to configure the USB disk to run the same way as the
> internal disks? Am I missing something?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -JB
>


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