Running Server 2012 Essentials R2. current on updates.
Using a 3TB Western Digital USB3 external drive for the backup.
I have assigned the drive letter to the external WD drive to drive B:
I used the server move folder wizard to move the client computer backups folder to the B: drive. At this point all the client PC’s on the network are able to do backups without errors. At this point I can browse the backup (B: ) drive from the server or the clients if I need to.
The problem happens after I configure the server backup
If I run the “customize backup for the server” and select the external drive it removes the drive letter. The server will successfully back up to the external but the Dashboard will have errors about the missing “client computers backup folder” that was on drive B: but no longer found.
I can get around the problem, if I go into Disk manager and re-assign the drive letter back to the external. The client computers will resume backing up the external and the server will backup to the external drive. If I reconfigure the backup on the server it will again disable the drive letter and cause problem until I go back in and assign the drive letter.
Out of the 4 R2 essentials servers I have setup I am only having the issue on one.
Why does the server backup wizard disable Drive letters?
How can I prevent the backup wizard from disabling the drive letter?
I want the client and the server to store backups on the external.
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