How can we accomplish this backup method?

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Garu

Hi,

We have a second hard drive on Win2k Server and we would like to use it as a
data backup. This is what we would like to happen:

1) To create 5 partitions on the 2nd hard drive intended for backup from
monday to friday (done!)
2) To initiate automatic backup scheduled from monday to friday @ 12am
overwriting or appending changes to the appropriate partition (compressed if
possible). In our case, partition 1 to handle backup for monday, partition 2
is for tuesday.... and so on.

Any expert advice would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Garry
 
Thanks for your post Garu,

Just follow the following steps to perform what you want,

1- Go to the Start -> Run and type Ntbackup
2- Press the Advancd mode in the dialog box you get and then press the
Scheduled tasks tab.
3- from there you can select the Days from mondey to friday, that means
after you
repartition the HDD you have to Five parts ( name each one with the day
that
will handle the backup)
4- Create five backup schedules one for each day, then tune the options to
run the task every week and chosse to append or replace the backup file.

Thats all the situation you have require to be solved.

Hope it works.
 
Garu said:
Hi,

We have a second hard drive on Win2k Server and we would like to use it as a
data backup. This is what we would like to happen:

1) To create 5 partitions on the 2nd hard drive intended for backup from
monday to friday (done!)
2) To initiate automatic backup scheduled from monday to friday @ 12am
overwriting or appending changes to the appropriate partition (compressed if
possible). In our case, partition 1 to handle backup for monday, partition 2
is for tuesday.... and so on.

Any expert advice would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Garry
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I would use the Task Scheduler to invoke a batch file.
Inside the batch file I would use xcopy.exe to back up the
files without compression, or zip with compression. The
destination could be varied according to the value of %date%.

I wonder about the wisdom of using five separate partitions.
I cannot see any merit it this when compared to a single
partition with five backup folders Mon-Fri.
 
Thanks a lot. I didn't know about that Ntbackup. That's a great built-in
backup tools.

Thanks,
Garry
 
Thanks a lot. I got your point on re:wisdom of using five separate
partitions, i failed to anticipate that i'm using a single drive and if the
drive fails everything else will fail. But on the other hand, my approach
would be a good choice in considering partition failure (e.g. first parition
fail, I still got 4 versions of backup stored on different partitions).

Again, thanks a lot for the clue.

Garry
 
Note that ntbackup has its uses but in your case xcopy.exe
might be easier to use. The reason is simple: With xcopy.exe
you can restore any file from backup by using "My Computer".
It's just a case of finding - dragging - dropping.

With ntbackup, the method is a little more involved:
- Launch ntbackup.exe.
- Open the desired backup file.
- Locate the file you're interested in. You can only see its
name at this stage but you cannot examine it.
- Specify a suitable destination.
- Extract the file.

I recommend you try both methods before committing yourself.

About your partitions and reducing the probability of
failures: I suspect that you could vastly enhance your
dependability by using two backup disks, each installed
in its own USB case. This would enable you to alternate
between the two, thus giving you protection against data
loss, data corruption, disk failure, theft and fire. Your current
method will not protect you against fire, theft and some
types of corruption. If your operating system goes haywire
or if you have a power surge then your single inbuilt backup
disk might be history.
 
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