Hi all, Apologies for the completely not Python related question :-D
I generally use Linux when it comes to anything besides entertainment, so haven't a clue when it comes to Windows. What would be the best way to backup a number of files from a windows machine at regular intervals? The items I want to back up are: an MS SQL database, some registry keys and some normal files. Some of these files may be locked due to being in use when the backup process takes place, so I assume I have to use the Volume Snapshot Service stuff to be able to read these files.. I was planning on something like this, from a batch script: 1. Use vssadmin to create a shadow copy of what I want to back up. 2. Use the cygwin version of rsync (or something similar, eg: robocopy) to do the actual backup 3. Extract and backup the registry keys (somehow, don't know how yet) 4. Rsync the database file directly (rather than backing up only the required content.. because I don't know how - its an MS SQL version thats embedded in third party software...) 5. Use vssadmin to remove the shadow copy again Then run this script from the task scheduler. The only thing is, I'm not really sure how. I don't know a thing about batch scripts and have no idea how to extract registry keys. Anyone got any ideas? THANKS! Dan. -- Daniel Kersten. Leveraging dynamic paradigms since the synergies of 1985. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
