Windows 2000 NTBACKUP

[JohnWCorn]

I've recently upgraded our exchange 5.5 servers to Windows 2000
OPERATING SYSTEM, and now I'm trying to update my old ntbackup batch
jobs to work with Windows 2000 NTBACKUP.

This is my old NT4.0 batch file that backed up 3 seperate servers to
one DLT tape:

ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer01 IS \\MailServer01 /d "MailServer01
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e
ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer02 IS \\MailServer02 /d "MailServer02
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e /a
ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer03 IS \\MailServer03 /d "MailServer03
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e /a

I'm able to back up MailServer01 individually using this batch file:

ntbackup.exe backup DS \\usdbanexch08 IS \\MailServer01 /n
"MailServer01_W2K" /d "MailServer01_W2K" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hcn /m
normal /j "MailServer01_WIN2K" /l:s /P "DLT" /UM

BUT I'm having trouble APPENDing the other two servers to the same tape
with Win2k NTBACKUP.

Can anyone help me add the correct syntax to APPEND MailServer02 and
MailServer03 to this job?

TIA!

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I've recently upgraded our exchange 5.5 servers to Windows 2000
OPERATING SYSTEM, and now I'm trying to update my old ntbackup batch
jobs to work with Windows 2000 NTBACKUP.

This is my old NT4.0 batch file that backed up 3 seperate servers to
one DLT tape:

ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer01 IS \\MailServer01 /d "MailServer01
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e
ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer02 IS \\MailServer02 /d "MailServer02
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e /a
ntbackup backup DS \\MailServer03 IS \\MailServer03 /d "MailServer03
IS-DS Full" /b /t Normal /l c:\winnt\backup.log /e /a

I'm able to back up MailServer01 individually using this batch file:

ntbackup.exe backup DS \\usdbanexch08 IS \\MailServer01 /n
"MailServer01_W2K" /d "MailServer01_W2K" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hcn /m
normal /j "MailServer01_WIN2K" /l:s /P "DLT" /UM

BUT I'm having trouble APPENDing the other two servers to the same tape
with Win2k NTBACKUP.

Can anyone help me add the correct syntax to APPEND MailServer02 and
MailServer03 to this job?

TIA!

See tip 5955 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
The Media variable will contain the tape name for the /A /T "%media%"

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