Schedule Server 2003 Backup Batch File

Creating a simple batch file to backup files or folders is a cool way to move, copy, and backup any file you like.
A batch file is a text file saved as a .bat extension and when doubled clicked on it will execute the dos commands contained in that file.

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This is the silly part. THEN, go the folder with the batch file (mine is simply called batch) and ADD the administrator permissions to full for the folder and each of the batch files. If the batch files have to write some data, then the target for the task ALSO should have explicit full permissions. Now try to run the task from the Task Scheduler. If that line is not present, the file will only list all files to be deleted in the cleaup.txt file, located in the destination directory (G: Backup cleanup.txt in the above example). If you add the cleanup portion to the end of your backup batch file, you may want to remove the '@pause' line at the end of the backup portion, so everything can. OS: Windows 2003 Server. Setup: The batch file basically uses 7zip to zip up a few files into a location ready for uploading into an offsite location via FTP. I have run the batch file as myself and it has worked perfectly. It takes about two hours to zip the files. A batch file is a script file which contains series of commands that get executed one after the other, in a sequence. A batch file is created in a simple plain text file (Notepad or WordPad) with.

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Backup Batch File Example

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In this article I will be using the xcopy command and the robocopy command to create a batch file to copy a file or folder. If you have Windows XP you will use xcopy for your batch file and if you have Windows Vista you can use the new command, robocopy.

How to create a batch file

  1. Open Notepad by going to the start menu>all programs>accessoires>then choose Notepad.
  2. Type your commands into the notepad file.
  3. Then go to the file menu at the top and choose Save As.
  4. Now save the file as Yourfilename.bat
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Some examples on what to write in a batch file to copy or backup files

xcopy “C:Documents and SettingsYour usernameMy DocumentsMy Pictures” “H:backup of pictures” /e /y

This command will backup my pictures on C: drive and paste it to H: drive in a folder called backup of pictures. If you put the destination as just H: than all the files will be all over the place. You must specify a folder. I usually make a new folder first. Of course you can also get the batch file to make the new folder for you but this is another article altogether.

/e means to copy all directories and sub directories

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/y means to copy with prompting to overwrite the already exsisting files

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See more xcopy commands.