Windows NTBackup

Hello to all,

Does anyone know how to automate backups i.e unmanaged backups that is,
using separate tapes to backup data daily which is held on the a Windows 2003
Server. In addition, how can I backup Exchange 2003 mailboxes to the server
and then ensure that they backup to tape in the same way using Windows NT
Backup. I know this can done.

I gather backing up data etc is best done separate from backing up Exchange
mailboxes.

Thanks to everyone for all your help,
Jeff

BackupExec, Legato, ArcServe, many others.

"jeffuk123" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C4E011E3-ED97-4876-830F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello to all,
>
> Does anyone know how to automate backups i.e unmanaged backups that is,
> using separate tapes to backup data daily which is held on the a Windows
> 2003
> Server. In addition, how can I backup Exchange 2003 mailboxes to the
> server
> and then ensure that they backup to tape in the same way using Windows NT
> Backup. I know this can done.
>
> I gather backing up data etc is best done separate from backing up
> Exchange
> mailboxes.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all your help,
> Jeff

The small business server backup process creates an NTBackup script like
this:

ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server\Backup\Small Business Backup Script.bks" /d "SBS Backup created on
21/09/2006 at 02:00" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hcn /m normal /j "Small Business
Server Backup Job" /l:s /p "4mm DDS" /UM

This will back up everything described in the bks file on to any tape
available (in an unmanaged way).

If you want to run this manually or scheduuled outside of Backup you can
run this as a bat file using the scheduled tasks. I've used this on XP Home
and Pro in this way - simply drop the /d "SBS Backup created on 21/09/2006
at 02:00" bit and NTBackup will allocate its own description. Also, if the
PC has a Travan drive, you must change the /p accordingly to "Travan", and
you may need to correct the location of the bks file as necessary.



"jeffuk123" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C4E011E3-ED97-4876-830F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello to all,
>
> Does anyone know how to automate backups i.e unmanaged backups that is,
> using separate tapes to backup data daily which is held on the a Windows
> 2003
> Server. In addition, how can I backup Exchange 2003 mailboxes to the
> server
> and then ensure that they backup to tape in the same way using Windows NT
> Backup. I know this can done.
>
> I gather backing up data etc is best done separate from backing up
> Exchange
> mailboxes.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all your help,
> Jeff