Re: SBS DVD Backup

There's a reason DVD's aren't a supported backup media on SBS, and you're seeing one of them. Honestly, if you Nero doesn't work, please contact them. But it really doesn't belong on your server - it's not something that SBS does well, it puts a huge drain on the server when it's running, and it is subject to write errors because of loading on the server. All in all a bad idea.

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"Aussie Pete" <AussiePete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:012B7183-6B1B-4D74-93ED-366AE74A02B7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Charlie,

Thanks for your input. Yes I am using Nero Express as the third party
software, to which on the initial installation the burning process worked
fine. But after a couple of weeks it stopped i.e. it would only see the DVD's
as CD's when you insert them into the drive as you have stated.

Forwarded for more of your thoughts

Thanks

Pete
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Aussie Pete


"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

I hate to say this, but DVD is never a supported backup scenario for SBS
2003. You must be using some third party DVD software to make the DVD even
visible to windows backup, so the place to start is with that third party
software, whatever it might be. First, can it directly run the DVD burner as
a DVD? Or does it also have the problem of seeing the disks as CD only?

There is no native support for burning DVDs in any version of Windows prior
to Vista/Server 2008. So you're relying on some third-party software to get
around the limitations of Windows. If that third party software isn't doing
it's job you probably need to contact them.

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Charlie.
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"Aussie Pete" <AussiePete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have installed a DVD burner into a clients Dell server and setup their
> backups using windows backup. This worked fine for a couple of weeks, > but
> now
> when the client inserts a blank DVD, it is only recognized it as a CDR > not
> DVD. We have tried many different disks, but it is still only seeing > them
> as
> CDRs.
>
> Has anyone come across this before, if so can you please help!!!!!
> Cheers
>
> Pete
> -- > Aussie Pete


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