By Philip Churchill on March 12th, 2008
Windows Home Server Bible – Sample's
The new book by Greg Kettell and Jennifer Ackerman Kettell is about to be published by publishers Wiley. The Windows Home server Bible is a 600 page comprehensive guide that covers all the techniques and step-by-step instruction you need to succeed with Windows Home Server.
- Choose the out-of-the-box WHS solution or repurpose a spare PC
- Go wired or wireless, run Ethernet cable, and configure a router
- Walk through installation and get up to speed on the WHS Console
- Establish user accounts, set up shared folders, and create a print server
- Schedule backups for PCs or Macs and recover from crashes
- Build a media hub and stream to computers, Xboxes, and PlayStations
- Monitor your home remotely with a webcam
Wiley have 3 PDF extracts from the book available for download. First is the Contents, then there is Chapter 1 available which introduces Windows Home Server and finally the index.
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“Schedule backups for PCs or Macs…”
Well, maybe…but I don’t want to buy another expensive how-to manual that purportedly says how to connect a Mac to a WHS and have the Mac backed up as easily as WHS backs up PC’s.
It would be a valuable contribution if someone-anyone-who really knows would publish a “cheat sheet” that shows precisely how to connect a Mac running its latest OS – Leopard -to a WHS for regular unattended backups and when needed, restores.
It would be nice for a bible reviewer to evaluate the book’s work on the ‘recovery’ (if any) aspect of managing WHS. I have found first-hand the extreme vulnerability of the primary drive (as with ANY PC without a full hd backup).