ntbackup.exe

[Guest]

is there a way to get ntbackup to overwrite existing backup files w/o
prompting for an OK. its for our server and has to be done at night when no
one is on our DB, which also means i'm not here to click ok.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

is there a way to get ntbackup to overwrite existing backup files w/o
prompting for an OK. its for our server and has to be done at night when no
one is on our DB, which also means i'm not here to click ok.

Yes. Use the /UM switch.
See tip 2265 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Enkidu]

is there a way to get ntbackup to overwrite existing backup files w/o
prompting for an OK. its for our server and has to be done at night when no
one is on our DB, which also means i'm not here to click ok.

What Jerold says. The Backup program's Scheduler is simply a quick and
easy method of creating a repeating job in the *System* Scheduler.
There is no separate Backup Scheduler.

Jerold's solution replaces the command created by the Backup GUI in
the Sytem Scheduler with a small batch job that *contains* the
original backup command with the /UM (unmanaged) switch added.

This is the only way (apart from writing the batch file from scratch)
that you can create a backup scheduled task with the /UM switch.

The reason for using the Backup Scheduler GUI *at all* is to generated
the command with all its parameters. Much easier than doing it by
hand.

Jerold's excellent tip gives the "How". Above is at least some of the
"Why"