Is there a way to setup e-mail notification for Windows Backup? I have a couple of Windows 2000 Servers setup for testing purposes where I only need to backup a limited number of directories so I am looking into the built in Windows Backup software. I've done some testing and I am confident it will meet our needs for these servers. The only thing missing is some type of e-mail notification. On my production servers I use Veritas Backup Exec and I am able to configure e-mail notifications of the jobs success or failure. Is there some way to setup Windows Backup to do the same?
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I know that it is not a built in option for Windows Backup, but like everything else there must be ways around it weather it be some type of script, shareware utility etc.. . I am wondering if anyone else has found a way around this. I am looking at Automize which is a 3rd party utility produced by Hitek Software ($57.00 per copy). I was hoping for something a little more straightforward and maybe free and I was wondering if anyone out there has already addresses this thus saving me the investigating / testing time.
I figured this out on my own and I am posting the answer just in case anyone is interested. ______________________________________________________
First I installed and configured BLAT which is a freeware simple SMTP mail program which can send e-mail via the command line. Then I created the backup job I wanted and set it to run once and ran it. Then I opened Windows Backup and ran the backup wizard. I created the job I wanted and then I scheduled it to run once for the next day. I then opened Scheduled Tasks and grabbed the properties for the scheduled backup job I just created. In the 'Run" section there is a command line string, I inserted this string into a new batch file and edited the string using the command line switches available with Backup. Then I put in a new line in the batch file which called BLAT and sends and e-mail.
Listed below are the contents of the batch file. Because the Backup command line is so long I am indicating the carriage return with the > symbol. Do not use the > symbol in the batch file, I am just using it to show that what appears to be multiple lines in the batch file are actually one line (word wrap etc.. )
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2000 Server Native Backup - Notification