C
Chris Burns
I'm trying to perform what should be a simple task with
Windows XP Pro's Backup Utility. I would like to have it
make an exact replica of a directory and its associated
files and folders once a day, overwriting the previous
day's backup. However, I cannot seem to find the correct
settings to make this happen. There are several kinds of
backups available, though none appear to handle this
small job. Here they are...
Backup Types:
Copy - copies all selected files. However, if you create
new files since the last backup, they are not copied when
it runs the next time because they haven't
been "selected" by the user.
Daily - copies only files that are created or modified
that calendar day. As we must run the program at 1:00am,
nothing has been done since midnight, so it doesn't
backup anything.
Differential - copies files that were created or modified
since the last backup, but either appends newer copies of
our constantly-changing 200MB+ database (and other
changed files) to its backup set everyday, or overwrites
previous versions leaving out other files that may have
been created or modified and copied in an earlier backup,
but are now static.
Incremental - copies files that were created or modified
since the last backup, but creates new appended files in
the backup set for everyday that it runs, again creating
enormous backup sets when a simple overwrite with the
newest versions would be appropriate.
Normal - Like "Copy," above, this one creates a new file
each time (even if appended) leaving older versions of
the database and other files in the backup set so it
grows by over a gig every five days.
I just want to have the utility automatically backup an
exact copy of the selected directory and current its
files and subdirectories every 24 hours, overwriting the
previous backup. How hard can that be? I chatted with
Microsoft, and they couldn't seem to figure it out,
either.
Anybody who really knows NTBACKUP could maybe point me in
the right direction?
Windows XP Pro's Backup Utility. I would like to have it
make an exact replica of a directory and its associated
files and folders once a day, overwriting the previous
day's backup. However, I cannot seem to find the correct
settings to make this happen. There are several kinds of
backups available, though none appear to handle this
small job. Here they are...
Backup Types:
Copy - copies all selected files. However, if you create
new files since the last backup, they are not copied when
it runs the next time because they haven't
been "selected" by the user.
Daily - copies only files that are created or modified
that calendar day. As we must run the program at 1:00am,
nothing has been done since midnight, so it doesn't
backup anything.
Differential - copies files that were created or modified
since the last backup, but either appends newer copies of
our constantly-changing 200MB+ database (and other
changed files) to its backup set everyday, or overwrites
previous versions leaving out other files that may have
been created or modified and copied in an earlier backup,
but are now static.
Incremental - copies files that were created or modified
since the last backup, but creates new appended files in
the backup set for everyday that it runs, again creating
enormous backup sets when a simple overwrite with the
newest versions would be appropriate.
Normal - Like "Copy," above, this one creates a new file
each time (even if appended) leaving older versions of
the database and other files in the backup set so it
grows by over a gig every five days.
I just want to have the utility automatically backup an
exact copy of the selected directory and current its
files and subdirectories every 24 hours, overwriting the
previous backup. How hard can that be? I chatted with
Microsoft, and they couldn't seem to figure it out,
either.
Anybody who really knows NTBACKUP could maybe point me in
the right direction?