Did Norton discontinue my ability to backup to local hard drives?

Yes. all of Norton that support this feature that network backup is not allowed should be fired

I payed for this but now i not longer need it. I have a external storage and want to do my backup there. Can someone give me a good opportunity for a backup solution?

I will be cancelling my Norton subscription too as I am no longer getting the backup facilities that I paid for. I had Utilities too and now that’s gone.

I have not had a chance to test yet, but the announcement for latest version of 360 states that the local backup feature has been restored. Norton Security 24.12.9694 for Windows is now available!