By on July 23rd, 2010

Add-In: CloudBerry Backup for WHS 1.6

The online backup add-in "CloudBerry Backup for WHS" has had an update.

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Release 1.6 has the following new features:

Backup Network Shares  allows you to backup any external hard drives (or a NAS) which you may have attached to WHS by specifying its network share.

Smart Delete – “A while back we introduced an option to delete files automatically from the backup storage when they are deleted locally. However, this option is dangerous in that you can still delete a file accidently on the local computer you won’t be able to recover from it as the file is deleted automatically from the backup storage too”.

The Smart Delete option allows you to keep files deleted locally on backup storage for 30 days by default and only after that will it delete the files on backup storage.

Server Edition designed to run on Windows Server 2003/2008  – With the release of 1.6 Cloudberry are introducing CloudBerry Backup Server Edition.  This new version of CloudBerry Backup ($59.99) is designed to run on the server version of Windows operating system such as Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. All existing Cloud Berry Backup customers running the product on servers are eligible for free upgrade.

Finally, in the release 1.6 the way how you can configure RRS storage option with CloudBerry Backup has changed. In the previous release you had to specify RRS option for the whole account level. This turns out to be inflexible and in the newer release we moved RRS configuration to the Backup Wizard and you can now configure RRS option on the backup plan level. 

More details on CloudBerry Backup for WHS are available from here.

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By on July 22nd, 2010

How To Run an Email Server on WHS

We told you earlier this week that Media Center MVP Pete Stagman would be hosting a meeting on "Running DeskNow! Mail and Collaboration Server on Windows Home Server". Now if you were not able to attend the meeting then it isn’t a problem as Pete has written a great guide on how to run the email server software on Home Server.

Pete highlights 10 problems associated with setting up the email server and the solutions available to you to overcome them. From using a dynamic IP address, port blocking and forwarding router ports, all in an easy to understand format and ends with actually installing the email server software itself.

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You can find Pete’s great guide here.

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By on July 22nd, 2010

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 99

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Episode 99 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is available for your listening pleasure.

The new beta of Microsoft Security Essentials is discussed as well as the weeks other Home Server news.

You can catch it here.

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By on July 21st, 2010

No Spyware Protection Error Message

If you use Windows 7 with Windows Home Server then you may have noticed that the WHS system tray icon will go red and indicate "No spyware protection" for a brief moment every time you reboot your PC, even though spyware protection is installed.

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And this occurs every time the Windows 7 machine is rebooted, but thankfully this can be easily resolved and is accomplished by changing the "Security Center" service item from an automatic delayed start startup to just plain automatic.

Richard Hay has the details here.

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By on July 21st, 2010

TwonkyServer 6.0 User Guide

Twonky have released an updated User’s Guide for TwonkyServer 6.0.

TwonkyServer 6.0 Users' Guide

The 13 page TwonkyServer UI Configuration User Guide can be downloaded in PDF format directly here.

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By on July 20th, 2010

Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Installs on WHS

Microsoft are offering a new public beta of their Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti malware product and the good news is that our friend Drashna Jael’re  bought to our attention that it installs on both Windows Home Server v1 as well as Vail too.

This is great news for Windows Home Server as MSE will provide a great free antivirus solution for Home Server users

And this new 2.0.0375.0 version also has the following new features:

  • Windows Firewall integration allows you to turn on or off the Windows Firewall during setup.
  • Enhanced protection from web-based threats by allowing MSEs an enhanced integration with Internet Explorer which helps prevent malicious scripts from running and provides improved protection against web based attacks.
  • New protection engine – The updated engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.
  • Network inspection system – Provides functionality to help protect from network-based exploits.

NOTE: The network protection feature, under "Settings" – "Real-time protection" which inspects your network traffic and blocks suspicious connections only works in Windows 7 and Vista (and thus Vail as its based on Server 2008 which is the same code base as Windows 7) and is not available in XP or Windows 2003, including Windows Home Server v1.

This public beta is currently available to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People’s Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only).

To download either the 32 or 64 bit version, visit the Microsoft Connect site and fill out the beta registration form.  Once registered, you will find instructions for downloading and installing the beta.

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By on July 19th, 2010

WHS Meetings in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania

If you are interested in Windows Home Server, (and I’m sure you are, else you wouldn’t be reading this) then there are a couple of meetings taking place over the next fortnight which could be of interest to you.

The first is The New England Digital Media Users Group (NEDMUG) meeting which is taking place this Wednesday 21st July 2010 in Waltham, Massachusetts at the Microsoft NE Sales Office. Media Center MVP Pete Stagman will be hosting "Running DeskNow! Mail and Collaboration Server on Windows Home Server" between 7.00 – 9.00 pm  – More details of which are available here.

Next up is Jeff Daniels from HomeServerLand who will be leading a workshop entitled “Windows Home Server for Small Business” at the National BDPA Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This one takes place July 30th, 8:30 – 10:00 am – More details can be found here.

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By on July 18th, 2010

The Neowin X310 Write Up

neowin.net have a quick review of HPs X310 Data Vault.

Before we go further into the review, let me explain my reasoning for how I reviewed this device. The biggest reason you would want an HP Data Vault is to backup your critical files and software. While this is generally easy to test locally, I wanted to test a real life usage scenario. A test where you are out in the field and your worst nightmare happens, an entire system crash. I put myself in a situation where going back to the office to recover the files is not an option, a true in the field restore and recover stress test…

…Despite having a slower CPU than the X510, it doesn’t seem to suffer as you might expect and its suffice to say that it’s adequate for the job.

You can read their write up on the X310 here.

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By on July 17th, 2010

Tracking Earth Tremors with Home Server

Andy Mills decided to track earth tremors where he lives in Southern California, after feeling his house sway during a 7.2 earthquake.

Quake Sensor Components

By using a VIA Artigo A2000 Home Server box, a copy of the WHS software and a USB motion sensor which he ordered online, Andy was able to track local earth tremors and send the results to a central database to the University of California, Riverside QCN (Quake Catcher Network) project.

Quake Sensor Readout

Andy’s post explains how to obtain the USB sensor and its software and get it installed and configured, which you can find here.

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By on July 16th, 2010

Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Videos

A couple of great videos for you on Windows Server codename “Aurora”

The first in from the Coffee Coaching Channel on YouTube, which has a great video 4 minute video from both HP and Microsoft previewing "Aurora”.

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Also available is a 14 minute video with Michael Leworthy, a Senior Product Manager on the Windows Small Business Server team demonstrating the "Aurora" goodness.

Microsoft Showcase - Aurora

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