On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone have any ntbackup scripts they'd care to share?
NTBACKUP is, in my experience, idiosyncratic and poorly-documented. Reporting/logging is limited, and selective restores are somewhat cumbersome. All that said, one you know what works and what doesn't, it is very servicable. And, of course, you already paid for it, so it doesn't cost extra. It use it on some servers here at %DAYJOB%. The biggest limitation I find is that anything other than "unmanaged media mode" (i.e., /UM switch) doesn't appear to work in any sane or reliable fashion. There's some kind of drain bamage involved which I've never figured out. I've got a set of batch files that automate things reasonably well for our purposes. Notable features include hands-off operation, tape name reporting and preservation, and the ability to email the log file. The design is basically put a tape in and it will run the backup to it that night. If that tape is ejected the next morning, it worked. Media rotation scheduling has to be handled manually, but I use a basic daily/weekly/monthly scheme that makes that a no-brainer. KISS. I attempted to attach the scripts to this message, but Gmail refuses executable files. I guess I should have seen that coming. Anyone got some place I can upload 'em to? -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
