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Gareth Howells
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I have created some batch scripts which run as scheduled tasks on one of our
servers. There are 2 scripts for each day, one of which backs up to a file
for the onsite backup, the other of which backs up to the server's tape
drive for the offsite backup.
The onsite backup script works fine, using the following command:
c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Backup Scripts\onsite.bks" /n
"Tuesday morpork onsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /d
"Tuesday morpork onsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /v:yes
/r:no /rs:no /hc
ff /m normal /j "Tuesday morpork onsite" /l:s /f
"M:\Tuesday.bkf"
where %morporkdate% and %morporktime% are variables created earlier in the
batch file. The onsite.bks file reads as:
C:\Backup Scripts\
D:\CleanupScannedDocuments\
E:\SharedData\
SystemState
The offsite backup on the other hand does not work for some reason. The
command being executed is:
c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Backup Scripts\offsite.bks" /n
"Wednesday morpork offsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /d
"Wednesday morpork offsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%"
/v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hcff /m normal /j "Wednesday morpork offsite" /l:s /p
"Wednesday morpork"
and the offsite.bks file reads as:
C:\Backup Scripts\
D:\CleanupScannedDocuments\
E:\SharedData\
SystemState
..
The tapes will hold 400GB native/800GB compressed (being optimistic), we are
currently backing up around 50GB as it is a new server. When I perform a
manual backup to the tape it works fine. When I run the command above
though, the tape activity LED flashes for a few seconds before stopping.
Can anyone recommend what I am doing wrong? I'm pretty sure it's down to me
not using the /p flag correctly, but I've not found any helpful
documentation on what arguements to give to this parameter. In one example I
found online, the value was a seemingly abstract string.
If anyone is able to suggest something I would be very grateful.
servers. There are 2 scripts for each day, one of which backs up to a file
for the onsite backup, the other of which backs up to the server's tape
drive for the offsite backup.
The onsite backup script works fine, using the following command:
c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Backup Scripts\onsite.bks" /n
"Tuesday morpork onsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /d
"Tuesday morpork onsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /v:yes
/r:no /rs:no /hc
ff /m normal /j "Tuesday morpork onsite" /l:s /f "M:\Tuesday.bkf"
where %morporkdate% and %morporktime% are variables created earlier in the
batch file. The onsite.bks file reads as:
C:\Backup Scripts\
D:\CleanupScannedDocuments\
E:\SharedData\
SystemState
The offsite backup on the other hand does not work for some reason. The
command being executed is:
c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Backup Scripts\offsite.bks" /n
"Wednesday morpork offsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%" /d
"Wednesday morpork offsite set created %morporkdate% at %morporktime%"
/v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc
ff /m normal /j "Wednesday morpork offsite" /l:s /p "Wednesday morpork"
and the offsite.bks file reads as:
C:\Backup Scripts\
D:\CleanupScannedDocuments\
E:\SharedData\
SystemState
..
The tapes will hold 400GB native/800GB compressed (being optimistic), we are
currently backing up around 50GB as it is a new server. When I perform a
manual backup to the tape it works fine. When I run the command above
though, the tape activity LED flashes for a few seconds before stopping.
Can anyone recommend what I am doing wrong? I'm pretty sure it's down to me
not using the /p flag correctly, but I've not found any helpful
documentation on what arguements to give to this parameter. In one example I
found online, the value was a seemingly abstract string.
If anyone is able to suggest something I would be very grateful.