Windows Home Server

cavemanoc · 21 Feb 2012 at 18:21

Really odd problem has cropped up - WHS seems to have stopped backing up my computers. It seems to no longer recognise them on the network. In the computers and Backup tab, all machines are greyed out - as though they aren't connected, and no backup has been performed for ages. I tried renaming my laptop and reconnecting to see if it appeared as a new machine, but nothing. I can't find any way to get any of my machines to backup :confused:

cavemanoc · 23 Feb 2012 at 15:27

Right - a quick re-install of the client software on my laptop and it's back up and backing up! Phew - will do that with my Media machine as well - odd, but at least they are working again.

Matt - a lot of people don't both with AV for their server as it tends to be apart from normal use, I'll be going with Nod32 (eset) when I can swallow the cost of their server package. I'm still on the original WHS so can't comment on the deployment strategy for 2011, but I'd personally have gone for Raid 5 if it's supported as you get the best of speed and safely.

cavemanoc · 23 Feb 2012 at 16:00

Anyone know if security essentials will become available (officially) for WHS v1 or v2?

cavemanoc · 30 Nov 2012 at 20:41

platypus said:
Hmmm I can't access any of my shares, logged in as Administrator.

Out of interest - is that your system drive or just one of the others - I get regular 'unhealthy' flags on my system disk and they seem to come back to file errors rather than an actual disk problem - annoying to say the least, but touch wood not terminal (so far!)