Does anyone have any advice or tricks for automating NTBackup.
Scheduling is not so much a problem. But I would like to maybe have email
notifications that is has been successful or unsuccessful. This is on a
Windows 2000 Server.
Thanks.
Chris.
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Posted: 2007-11-12 11:32:42 Link
Hard to answer w/o knowing what this server does... Exchange, Active Directory/domain controller, SharePoint or not, IIS or not ...
The best answer I'd have is to create your own scripts depending on and use the command line to pass the script file in parameter...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/maintain/featusability/11wntpcb.mspx?mfr=true
http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid68_gci1159973,00.html
Fr̮̩d̮̩ric Steczycki
SYDEV Applications
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> Does anyone have any advice or tricks for automating NTBackup.
>
>
>
> Scheduling is not so much a problem. But I would like to maybe have
> notifications that is has been successful or unsuccessful. This is on
> a
> Windows 2000 Server.
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>
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> Thanks.
>
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> Chris.
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I'll check those links out tonight thanks Frederic. The backup is a very simple one its just two folders on the server containing application data and user files.
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Subject: RE: [NF] Automating NTBackup
Hard to answer w/o knowing what this server does... Exchange, Active Directory/domain controller, SharePoint or not, IIS or not ...
The best answer I'd have is to create your own scripts depending on and use the command line to pass the script file in parameter...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/maintain/featusability/11wntpcb.mspx?mfr=true
http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid68_gci1159973,00.html
Fr̮̩d̮̩ric Steczycki
SYDEV Applications
ïÃÂàNe pas imprimer un mail inutilement est un geste environnemental
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> De : profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]
> De la part de Chris Davis
> Envoy̮̩ : 12 novembre 2007 17:16
> ÃÆâ⬠: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Objet : [NF] Automating NTBackup
>
> Does anyone have any advice or tricks for automating NTBackup.
>
>
>
> Scheduling is not so much a problem. But I would like to maybe have
> notifications that is has been successful or unsuccessful. This is on
> a
> Windows 2000 Server.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Chris.
>
>
>
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I have been using BackupAssist for my LTO3 Tape Drive, but that may be
overkill for you. BackupAssist is a wrapper around NTBackup, and makes it
real easy to set up the automation. But, for a simple task like yours I
would look at the Command Line Interface options available with NTBackup,
then use Windows Task Scheduler to automate the tasks. Luckily with 2000
Server setting up the Scheduler is far easier than using the old DOS CLI
interface with NT4 Server.
I am on the road at the time, so I do not have access to my documentation
re: the various options you can use with NTBackup and Task Scheduler. It is
easy to work with for something like what you are planning to do, and can be
used with a target hard drive or tape drive.
If you find the research and hacking more time consuming than you like, I
have found the BackupAssist app to be a tremendous value. They have add-on
modules that allow you to back up SQL Server and Exchange Server files
on-the-fly, and they support VSS if you are running it (2003 Server or XP
only, with a few other limitations/requirements). The cool thing, besides
the relatively low price, is they use NTBackup as the backup engine, and the
NTBackup Restore process in its native form for file recovery. This means
you do not need to have some proprietary software to get files from the
target device holding the backed up files. Very nice solution.
www.backupassist.com.
Gil
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> Subject: [NF] Automating NTBackup
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>
> Does anyone have any advice or tricks for automating NTBackup.
>
>
>
> Scheduling is not so much a problem. But I would like to maybe have email
> notifications that is has been successful or unsuccessful. This is on a
> Windows 2000 Server.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Chris.
>
>
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