Windows Server Backup Script
Mar 01, 2014 Windows Backup Powershell Script by Stan Czerno March 1, 2014 19:13 CST So I was browsing for a good PowerShell script that uses the built-in Windows Server Backup features. The ultimate backup script for Window Server 2008 R2 and 2012. This backup script is based on various components (Windows Server Backup, Robocopy, 7Zip) to create backups from a Windows Server 2008 R2 ou Windows Server 2012. Feb 17, 2019 Use a Transact-SQL script that uses the BACKUP DATABASE family of commands. For more information, go to the following MSDN website: BACKUP (Transact-SQL) This article describes how to use a Transact-SQL script together with Windows Task Scheduler to automate backups of SQL Server Express databases on a scheduled basis.
Computer users who have grown up with advanced Mac and Windows computers may not be aware of it, but once, long ago, all personal computers were controlled using a command-line interface. Yes, that clunky command box on your Windows machine used to be literally the only way most people ever interacted with a computer. Command line interfaces relied heavily on small programs called ‘scripts’, which were collections of operating system commands used to perform common tasks.
Although the graphical user interfaces of today’s PCs are light-years more sophisticated and easy to use than the old command lines, there are still uses for the older method of controlling your computer. One of the most common, and well suited, applications for a command line script is data backup. Command line scripts can be automated to run at any time without any human interaction, and have few limitations. Best of all – they are a built-in part of the Windows operating system.
Why Command Line Scripts?
Why use a command-line script when there are both commercial and free backup programs out there? Well, command-line scripts have a number of unique advantages. Here are a few of them:
- Native Commands: What better way to backup data than by using the functions made available through the program which creates the data? Whether this is the operating system itself via a simple file copy command or a database command to produce a restorable binary file, the source program knows best how to back itself up.
- Ultimate Control: Since a command line script follows a simple step-by-step procedure, you know exactly what is happening and can easily modify the behavior.
- Fast: Since everything is a native command, nothing is subject to interpretation. Again, you are using commands provided by the program itself, so overhead is kept to a minimum.
- Powerful: I have yet to see a backup task which cannot be accomplished through a command line script… and I have done some funky stuff. Although you may have to do some research and trial and error if you have really unique needs, typically the built in functions and features of the scripting language you are using are more than sufficient.
- Free and Flexible: Obviously, a command line script does not cost anything (outside the time to develop it), so you can copy your scripts to any number of machines and systems with little to no time or cost. Compare this to the cost of purchasing licenses for backup software on several servers and/or desktop machines.
A Quick Overview Of The Backup Batch Script
Most people have never learned to use command-line scripting, and it is considered somewhat of a “black art”. However, it is actually a pretty simple thing to learn. Tto demonstrate the power of the command line, I am providing a simple Windows batch script that you can use to backup your important data. This configurable and customizable script does not require any knowledge (or willingness to learn) of the Windows batch scripting language, but if you decide you do want to learn more about Windows batch scripting, you’ll find this script to be a good starting place.
Blues brothers soundtrack download. What the backup script does:
- Creates full or daily incremental (see below for a definition) backups of files and folders you specify in a separate configuration text file (see below).
- When a folder is named, that folder and all sub-folders are backed up.
- When a file is named, just that file is backed up.
- Compresses (zips) the backed up files. After all files to be backed up are copied, they are compressed to save space. 7-Zip is required to be installed on your system for this to work.
- Dates the compressed file and moves it to a storage location. After the backup files are compressed, the resulting archive is given a file name according to the current date and then moved to a configured storage location, such as an external drive or network location.
- Cleans up after itself. After all tasks are completed, the batch script cleans up all the temporary files it created.
Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista or newer
7-Zip (it’s free)
Configuration file:
The configuration file is simply a text file which contains files and folders to backup, entered one backup item per line. This file must be named “BackupConfig.txt” and be located in the same folder as the backup script. Here is an example of a BackupConfig.txt file (note, the “#” character on the first line indicates that the line is a comment; comments are always ignored when the script runs):
The example above would backup the Windows user Jason Faulkner’s desktop (and all folders on the desktop), the folder called “Important Files” inside of My Documents (and all folders inside “Important Files”) and the file “BackupScript.bat” inside the C:Scripts directory.
Types of backups:
- Full backup: A complete copy of all files and folders (including sub-folders) are included in the backup.
- Incremental backup: When a folder is provided, only files created or modified on the current date are
backed up. When a file is provided, it is always backed up, regardless of when it was modified.
The Data Backup Windows Batch Script
I want to emphasize this script is very basic, as all it does is create backups by a utilizing a simple file copy. There are some configuration options you can set:
- The backup storage location where the resulting compressed backup files are stored.
- The day of the week the full backup is run (any other day would run an incremental backup).
- Location of where 7-Zip is installed on your computer. The script is automatically set to look in the default location.
If you have any suggestions or feature requests, please comment below. I would really love to do a follow up article to this post which features an updated script based on reader input. If you need instructions on how to “use” this script or set up a scheduled task, take a look at the links below the script source.
Without further ado, here it is:
Note: Since the quotes do not display correctly below (and as a result can mess up the script), I have included a plain text link below the script which you can use to get an accurate source to copy from.
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Plain text source is available here:backup
If you need help getting started with implementing this script, here are a couple of links to help you out:
This is the same script I use to backup my computer daily (with a couple of modifications of course), so I know it works very well. I hope you find it useful.
Windows Server 2016 Powershell Backup Script
Enjoy!
I am using the following script from the microsoft website for create a image backup of my servers. The problem is that I have an external hard disk on one of my servers and the backup script always include the external hard disk to the image backup.
Windows Server Backup Commands
What should I have to modify in the script for make all the server without the external disk?
Source: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/WSB-Backup-network-email-9793e315#content
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