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Joe Pardy
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject:
IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions? |
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject:
Re: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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Joe Pardy wrote:
| Quote: | Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions?
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I've seen this question asked, but never answered successfully. I personally
don't use USB hard drives for server backups - I prefer tape. Most of the
people I know who do this successfully are using hot-swappable SATA drives,
etc., so it isn't an issue...
That said, how long are you waiting between disconnecting one drive and
connecting another? Does this problem happen only when switching between
different models/drives? How are you disconnecting - are you stopping the
removable device from the system tray icon, waiting for that to complete,
then removing the old one and plugging in the new one? |
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject:
Re: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
Joe Pardy wrote:
Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter
assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a
disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions?
I've seen this question asked, but never answered
successfully. I personally
don't use USB hard drives for server backups - I prefer
tape. Most of the
people I know who do this successfully are using hot-
swappable SATA drives,
etc., so it isn't an issue...
That said, how long are you waiting between disconnecting
one drive and
connecting another? Does this problem happen only when
switching between
different models/drives? How are you disconnecting - are
you stopping the
removable device from the system tray icon, waiting for
that to complete,
then removing the old one and plugging in the new one?
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I would like to use Tape drives - however, the environment |
that the system is in is very high in Iron Oxide. Tapes
and Tape drives last only a few months and are very
unreliable. USB Drives are the only things that seem to
work.
The length of time between changing drives does not seem
to matter. Yes I use the tray icon before changing
drives. If I replace the same drive, I retain the drive
letter. If I replace with a different drive of the same
size or a different size, the drive letter disappears. |
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Bjorn Landemoo
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject:
Re: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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Joe
You can use diskpart with a script that runs before your backup job. This
is what my script looks like:
select disk=1
select partition=1
assign letter=L
exit
This MS Knowledge Base article tells you more:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300415
Best regards
Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Joe Pardy" <joepardy@schmidtprogressive.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions? |
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Guest
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject:
Re: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
Joe
You can use diskpart with a script that runs before your
backup job. This
is what my script looks like:
select disk=1
select partition=1
assign letter=L
exit
This MS Knowledge Base article tells you more:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300415
Best regards
Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Joe Pardy" <joepardy@schmidtprogressive.com> wrote:
Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter
assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a
disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions?
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Great - I will try it out. THANKS for the info |
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:12 am Post subject:
Re: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
Joe Pardy wrote:
Windows 2003 Server System. Using 80GB & 120GB USB HDD
drives for backup. Veritas software can backup to these
drives if a drive letter has been assigned to them.
However, Windows 2003 releases the drive letter assignment
when drives are unplugged from the USB port and a
different drive plugged in.
The only way to recreate the drive letter assignment is
through Disk Management - which is a pain everytime a disk
is changed.
Does anyone have a work around or suggestions?
I've seen this question asked, but never answered successfully. I
personally don't use USB hard drives for server backups - I prefer
tape. Most of the people I know who do this successfully are using
hot- swappable SATA drives, etc., so it isn't an issue...
That said, how long are you waiting between disconnecting one drive
and connecting another? Does this problem happen only when switching
between different models/drives? How are you disconnecting - are you
stopping the removable device from the system tray icon, waiting for
that to complete, then removing the old one and plugging in the new
one?
.
I would like to use Tape drives - however, the environment
that the system is in is very high in Iron Oxide. Tapes
and Tape drives last only a few months and are very
unreliable. USB Drives are the only things that seem to
work.
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gotcha....
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The length of time between changing drives does not seem
to matter. Yes I use the tray icon before changing
drives. If I replace the same drive, I retain the drive
letter. If I replace with a different drive of the same
size or a different size, the drive letter disappears.
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I reckon that makes sense, then - but see if the other reply helps. Post
back w/results; I'm curious! |
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Frederick Kapmeyer IV
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Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:47 am Post subject:
RE: IOMEGA HDD Drives |
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here is an idea,, fromat the drives and assign them a drive letter for when
you plug them into the usb port it will always come up with that drive letter
and remember us NTFS Partition. |
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