NT backup tool ?

[serge calderara]

Dear all,

If I plan to handle a regular backup basis based on a set
of files to archives, how can I add automatically through
a script my backup procedure in the task scheduler?

Second how can I be sure that my backup routine will run
when files are all closed when scheduling occurs and that
it is snot necessary to get administrator rights to launch
it?

thnaks for your reply
serge

 

[Zoltan Fekete]

You can create a backup schedule directly using NT Backup. Then, NT Backup
will create a new scheduled task, that contains all command line parameters
needed to run the backup ( by settings you choose ).

I'm not sure about the requirement of the administrator permission to run
the NT Backup, but one thing is sure - you must have NTFS permissions on the
files you want to backup. When you create a backup schedule, the wizard will
ask you for credentials that backup schedule will use.

I don't think you should worry about closing files, because NT Backup, as
far as I know, uses a method of "shadow copy", and does not require the
files to be "closed".

Regards,

 

[Bee]

If I plan to handle a regular backup basis based on a set
of files to archives, how can I add automatically through
a script my backup procedure in the task scheduler?
Second how can I be sure that my backup routine will run
when files are all closed when scheduling occurs and that
it is snot necessary to get administrator rights to launch
it?

I have been, and am still, using the freeware Replicator which does what you
are attempting to do, with great success.

Replicator (by Karen Kenworthy)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

If you do like to give it a try, read the development history. You will
then have an idea how powerful and flexible this tool really is, simple idea
though it may be. I schedule it to run everyday at 1a.m., and so far it has
not failed me even once.

But, of course, if your interest is in the journey rather than the
destination, then....