Next, let the server know where your server backups are stored – on the server itself, or an external drive. You’ll then be asked if you want to store from the latest backup, or from an earlier date. If you want to choose your own backup to restore from, you be shown a calendar with dates in bold for which a backup exists.
Next, select whether you want to select specific files and folders to restore, or a full drive. If you choose the latter, it’s simply a case of matching the backed up drive with the server drive you want to restore. Strangely, our system volume did not appear in the list of drives to restore, only our shared drives were listed – we’ll need to check whether this is a beta limitation or whether that restriction will exist in the final product.
If you’re all about file and folder restore, the volumes and folders that you backed up will be presented, and it’s simply a case of selecting what you wish to restore.
As with client backup, select where you’d like the files restored to – whilst Windows looked after and copy and replace issues for duplicate files, when it comes to server backup and restore, you’ll pre-configure how you’d like duplicate files handled this time.
So that’s Client and Server Backup and Restore in Windows Home Server Vail. Certainly a move on from v1 with the inclusion of Server Backup and Restore a major feature gain that dramatically improves the robustness of Windows Home Server as a premier backup solution.
