SBS 2008 Script to connect - disconnect backup disk?

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Published on 2010-02-25T04:48:26Z Indexed on 2012/09/05 21:40 UTC
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I want to be able to leave multiple external drives connected to an SBS 2008 server and select which drive is used as a target for the backup without physically connecting/disconnecting the drive.

Windows doesn't support this and my testing confirms that if 2 drives are connected there is little to no rotation between the target drives, the backup will run to the last drive it used if it is connected. Anyone have a script that will disconnect and reconnect a physical drive?

Thanks!

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