Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Automating backup in Win2K server?

0 helpful
4 replies

by dongboss

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
Hello, all. I'm trying to make automated backup as simple as possible for my clients using the native 2K server backup GUI scheduler. What I would like is for them to simply swap tapes each morning and not have to intervene at all in the UI. What prevents this is a prompt that backup throws asking "Do you want to overwrite the media labeled "10, Feb. 2002"? I've checked all the config options in the backup GUI and can't seem to avoid getting this prompt. I know I could use AT commands and a.bat file, but would like to know how to do this with just the GUI. Anybody have any ideas? Don

4 replies

by chris hirst

The best way around this 'feature' is to install Veritas Backup Exec. The you can set the configs to overwrite any tape you put in, Put the wrong tape in and it is your problem. Why Microsoft put in this ridiculous 'Nanny' idea I will never understand. I tried for around 3 weeks adding every tape to whatever media pool it recommended, every time backup ran for one night\session then failed the following night\session.

Chris.

by bhrdwh

chris is right, I've been using Verits Backup Exec for over 3 years now. All I do is change the tape each day, backup gets done at 2:00 AM each day.
All you need to set is the schedule for starting backup (clicking overwrite tape) & choosing Folders on the local & Mapped drives.
Akash

by shmaltz

Not only is it much easier using Veritas Backup Exec. It also give great flexibility over the overwrite protection options. Which means that you can have a real overwrite protection on your tapes.
Besides Windows bakcup cannot do a backup on files that are in use. With Veritas backup you can purchase a the Open File Option (OFO) which will do it for you. In the event of a disaster in Winodws you have to sit 2-3 hours at the machine, download all driver install windows. With Veritas you can purchase the Inteligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) option, which creates a boot disk or a Boot CD that installs windows for you and all it asks is the last full backup and the following Diffrent or increment backup.
You can backup your whole network with one Veritas machine.

by dongboss

I found a MS Technet article detailing a way to work around this problem (4 pages, single spaced) but got a headache trying to decipher the incantations necessary to make it work....so, here I am using Veritas!! Whoopee!!

This discussion is closed to new replies.