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Woozle: New page: ==batch scripts with journaling== One dead simple, non-proprietary way of making backups from a Windows system to a network share (or secondary storage) is using batch files. This should w...

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New page: ==batch scripts with journaling== One dead simple, non-proprietary way of making backups from a Windows system to a network share (or secondary storage) is using batch files. This should w...

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==batch scripts with journaling==
One dead simple, non-proprietary way of making backups from a Windows system to a network share (or secondary storage) is using batch files. This should work with anything from Win98 (when the Task Scheduler first appeared, iirc) through Vista, though I have only tested it with Win98.

This sets up a set of journals by day and by month, so that you can recover old versions of files. (This is useful in case a file gets clobbered somehow but you only notice the problem ''after'' it is backed up.)

You simply create a batch file to do the backup, and then use the Task Scheduler to run each batch file at appropriate intervals (after midnight on a Saturday works well):

'''backup.bat''' - generalized, with 5 journals labeled as "daily":
<DOS>
REM Shift journals forward
xcopy /s/c/Y/d [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\5\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\6\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\4\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\5\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\3\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\4\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\2\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\3\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\1\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\2\
REM Backup from source
xcopy /s/c/y/d [source_dir_1]\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\1\[target 1]\
xcopy /s/c/y/d [source_dir_1]\*.* [target]\machines\[source_pc]\journal\1\[target 2]\
REM ...and so on.
</DOS>
* [source_pc] is the name of the machine being backed up,
* [source_dir_n] refers to each of the folders you would like to back up
* [target] is the folder where you want to put all your backups
* [target_n] is whatever you'd like to name [source_dir_n] within the backup

There's probably a way to do this more elegantly using batch %VARIABLES%, but I haven't had a chance to work out the details and test the results.
==Example==
from {{thehypertwins}}' network:

'''daily backup.bat'''
<DOS>
REM Shift journals forward
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\5\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\6\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\4\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\5\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\3\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\4\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\2\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\3\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\1\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\2\
REM Backup from source
xcopy /s/c/y/d c:\etc\work\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\1\Work\
xcopy /s/c/y/d "c:\my documents\Digital Wave Player\*.*" \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\1\Dictaphone\
xcopy /s/c/y/d "C:\My Documents\My PSP8 Files\*.*" \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\1\PaintShop\
</DOS>

'''monthly backup.bat'''
<DOS>
REM Shift journals forward
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\5\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\6\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\4\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\5\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\3\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\4\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\2\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\3\
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\1\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\2\
REM Shift oldest daily to first monthly
xcopy /s/c/Y/d \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Daily\6\*.* \\rizzo\shared\backups\machines\vincent\Monthly\1\
</DOS>

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Woozle: New page: ==batch scripts with journaling== One dead simple, non-proprietary way of making backups from a Windows system to a network share (or secondary storage) is using batch files. This should w...