Mount USB disk before backup and unmount

[Mattpl]

Hi, I'm fresh user of Veeam. I need to prepare backup of few files to USB disk with scheduler. In Veeam I see option to unmount disk after backup but what should I do to mount it before another backup in next day? Veeam will mount it automaticlly or I should add new Windows task into scheduler after veeam backup to mount disk with script

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@echo off

REM Be sure to change this to the drive letter you want to mount the drive to!
set drive=G

REM Be sure to change this to the Volume Name of the drive you want to mount!
set volume=\\?\Volume{ae101d9f-7653-11e3-be83-8056f23387a6}\

:start
echo Mounting Drive...
mountvol %drive%: %volume%
echo Drive Mounted!

pause
exit

or use diskpart??

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Matt, you should mount disks manually before a backup job kicks in. Thanks!

[Mattpl]

Thanks for reply but I need fullauto. So I will prepare 2 task in Windows Schedule with diskpart, first to mount Removable Disk, next Task in Veeam to backup files and finally task to unmount disk with diskpart. Someone test this?

[Vitaliy S.]

Yes, you can try to automate mount/unmount operations with your script.

[AOI]

@Vitaly S. .... Mattpl's request is a good request. I am looking at adopting Veeam because it can automatically dismount an external drive. With the concern for Ransomware that is a strong desire. YET, the drive has to be mounted before another backup. With your incredible technical skills I think it would be easy for you to add the "Auto Mount Drive" to the scheduling instead of making users figure out how to do that. I believe if you did that Veeam would receive a LOT of attention with people telling others about how you help protect users from the impact of ransomware. ... It would make it even stronger if you had a couple of files the you checked for unchanged status before initiating a backup to verify that the computer hadn't been corrupted by Ransomware. SO - I encourage you to add some little additions that would make you a HUGE value in the ransomware protection world. Thanks

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Hank, thanks for the FR, noted!