08-10-2013 01:00 PM
Is there an issue with SSR 2013 and either:
1-Seagate Backup Plus external hard drives
or
2-External hard drives of 2 gig or larger
I have recently had difficulty having SSR 2013 desktop recognizing these external drives.
I eventually get them to work but they are not immediately recognized as drives by SSR.
Thanx
08-12-2013 12:51 AM
I eventually get them to work but they are not immediately recognized as drives by SSR.
Are you talking about using them as a backup source or destination?
08-12-2013 09:34 AM
Excellent question. :) Sorry I missed that originally.
Use as a destination.
08-12-2013 10:50 AM
Keep in mind though I am talking about my experience with the server version but the 4K sector size is a huge issue.
At least with server edition, if you are talking about 2 TB drives (you mentioned GB I believe in error) and "off-site" drives and they have a 4K sector size, they will never work as off-site drives if you expect them to SYNC immediately when you attach them. This is a known bug ( I actually found it):
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH209013
I then used 1.5 TB drives (512 sector size) and it kinda works, but not consistently. And now I am being told by Symantec with my new problem (both drives wont sync) that if expect to have a set of two off-site drives, the immeiate sync will only work to the first set.
08-13-2013 01:12 AM
OK, this should work fine.
There are some limitations with 4kb sector drives but they can be used as backup destinations:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH143704