backing up data

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Hello

We have salesman who are forgetful when it comes to backing up the data on
their laptops. They are supposed to transfer any critical documents to the
mapped network drive but they often don't. This is what I would like to do.
When a salesman logs in in the morning the server will automatically grab all
the files in whatever folder(s) I select that reside on the salesman's
laptop. For example, When Joe logs on for the first time the server will go
and grab everything out of "My Documents" on Joe's laptop and store it in a
location on the server that I choose. Does anyone have any suggestions on how
I can accomplish this.

Thank You

T
 
Brent said:
We have salesman who are forgetful when it comes to backing up the
data on their laptops. They are supposed to transfer any critical
documents to the mapped network drive but they often don't. This is
what I would like to do. When a salesman logs in in the morning the
server will automatically grab all the files in whatever folder(s)
I select that reside on the salesman's laptop. For example, When
Joe logs on for the first time the server will go and grab
everything out of "My Documents" on Joe's laptop and store it in a
location on the server that I choose. Does anyone have any
suggestions on how I can accomplish this.
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Logon Scripts.
Of course - being laptops - you are chancing that they will "disconnect"
before a copy completes.

But a script with a check to see that it has access to the location you are
copying to before an attempt to copy is made would work fine.
 
Brent Bortnick said:
Hello

We have salesman who are forgetful when it comes to backing up the data on
their laptops. They are supposed to transfer any critical documents to the
mapped network drive but they often don't. This is what I would like to do.
When a salesman logs in in the morning the server will automatically grab all
the files in whatever folder(s) I select that reside on the salesman's
laptop. For example, When Joe logs on for the first time the server will go
and grab everything out of "My Documents" on Joe's laptop and store it in a
location on the server that I choose. Does anyone have any suggestions on how
I can accomplish this.

Thank You

T
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Expanding on Shenan Stanley's suggestion: You could place
this batch file into the All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
folder:

Line1 @echo off
Line2 set ServerAddress=192.168.0.1
Line3 ping %ServerAddress% -n 1 | find /y "bytes=" > nul || goto :eof
Line4 echo Backed up files from %ComputerName% on %date% at %time:~0,5% >>
\\YourServer\%UserName%\Backup.log
Line5 xcopy /s /y /d /c "%UserProfile%\Documents and Settings"
\\YourServer\%UserName%\LaptopBackup\
Line6 echo End of backup at %time:~0,5%. ErrorLevel=%ErrorLevel% >>
\\YourServer\%UserName%\Backup.log

By logging the backup process you can monitor from your
own PC when it happens and if it runs to completion, and
take appropriate action if necessary.
 
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