[RESOLVED] NTbackup batch file

[chaucer]

I have a batch file, that runs each night
it contains three lines:

ntbackup backup c:\ /v /b
ntbackup backup y: /v
ntbackup eject

It backups c: then replaces it with y:
how do I get it to backup both drives, daily.

I have tryed ntbackup backup c: y: /v /b
but get the same thing.

Can someone help me rewrite my batch file.

Cheers,
Steve Audus

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Posted by Network Manager or Technician from Chaucer Community School, Sheffield, UK.
Thank You for your help

[Dagotex]

Out of curiousity,, what are you backing it up to? Also what OS are you using?

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KID FOHS

[chaucer]

We are backing to a tape drive, using NT Server 4.

NTBackup works fine if I sit there and operate it manually, but I need to do the backup at night.

Any ideas?


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Posted by Network Manager or Technician from Chaucer Community School, Sheffield, UK.
Thank You for your help

[3fingersalute]

Get a software program for doing backups. (Like ArcServe or something similar).

or

Why not write 2 batch file?

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Is it because light travels faster than sound that some people appear bright until they speak????

[cyberhh]

Use schedular and schedule it to run the batch file each night.

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Death is lighter than a feather - duty heavier than a mountian.

[chaucer]

I do use "at" and
it runs a batch file each night

But the batch file doesn't work

HAVE YOU READ MY PROBLEM?

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Posted by Network Manager or Technician from Chaucer Community School, Sheffield, UK.
Thank You for your help

[Tech Head]

Didn't you read the answer to your OTHER posting

http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin...ML/000624.html


I've tried it, and it works !

'/a' adds to your current tape.

'/t' + Option will specify backup type (incremental, differential .. etc )

Martin

[eenge99]

Why not just purchase Veritas Back-up Exec and not worry about it any longer? Worst case scenario, call Microshaft.

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Erik the Black

"I drank what?" ~Socrates

[eenge99]

Why not just purchase Veritas Back-up Exec and not worry about it any longer? Worst case scenario, call Microshaft.

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Erik the Black

"I drank what?" ~Socrates

[Gabriel]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by eenge99:
Why not just purchase Veritas Back-up Exec and not worry about it any longer? Worst case scenario, call Microshaft.

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Not always one can Buy a Backup utility....
You have to keep in mind that sometimes you are on a Budget and you have to make the best of it.

I do agree the BackupExec, ArcServit and other are Gr8! but you can't Justify the cost sometimes...


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It Works Better if you Plug it in, It Works far better if you Turn it ON!

[chaucer]

Too right, it would life easier
but we do not have the money.

In Win nt server I do have tools,
I just can't get them to work right.



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Posted by Network Manager or Technician from Chaucer Community School, Sheffield, UK.
Thank You for your help

[elhit]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by chaucer:
Too right, it would life easier
but we do not have the money.

In Win nt server I do have tools,
I just can't get them to work right.

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NT BAckup works perfectly well and is reliable. Schedules are fine using WINAT.

Like you said - especially when you don't have the cash available.

I think I am missing what exactly the problem is that your having - from what you say in your original post?

I assume the problem is that you wish to backup all your physical drives on your server (C: & Y ? When using the batch file you show C: is backed up together with the registry (/b) and then verified (/v)? Drive Y: is then backed up and verified?

Is you problem that the Y: backup overwrites the C: backup on the backup tape?

If it is -all you need do is add the switch /a (append) to append the Y: backup on to the end of the C: backup.

As in:

ntbackup backup c: y: /a /b /v

The only thing to note is that with appending to tape your tapes will fill up eventually (depending on capacity and amount of backed up data).

So you need to either do manual erases periodically or add an erase routine to the first line of your batch file to automatically erase each tape before it is used to backup to.


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My best advice?
RTFM.
What?
Read The F***ing Manual.

[This message has been edited by elhit (edited March 21, 2001).]

[cyberhh]

Also if you are doing a full backup - make to scripts that run - the first runng the backup of c: without the append tag - so that it overwrites the existing tape, then the second using the /a tag to append to that day's c: backup.

Sorry, I did not read carefully enough.

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Death is lighter than a feather - duty heavier than a mountian.