I’m having difficulty setting up automated backups using ntbackup. The first is a normal backup that fires once a week and the second is a differential that fires the other 4 days of the work week (using the same tape).
The difficult part is trying to do that using a different tape for each week of the month.
The tapes are all named ‘Weekly’. The description changes for each tape: Week 01, Week 02… I replaced the /g switch (tape guid) with the /p switch (media pool). I tried deleting the /d switch , but noticed it returned with a default of [/d “”””], so I changed it to the tape’s description (Weekly – 04 in this case).
The backup wouldn’t find the tape unless it was in the free media pool!
Is what I’m trying to do possible? Do I need to lose the description? Would I have to use advanced scripting (which I’m not familiar with, but not opposed to trying/learning)? I don’t mind trying various fixes, but I have a bunch of other stuff I need to be doing!
Thanks for any help, and here are the current jobs for reference:
C:\WINNT\system32NTBACKUP.exe “@C:\Documents and Settings\…\Weekly.bks” /n “Weekly” /d “Weekly – 03” /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:on /m normal /j “Weekly.job” /l:f /p “4mm DDS”
C:\WINNT\system32NTBACKUP.exe “@C:\Documents and Settings\…\Differential.bks” /n “Differential” /d “Weekly – 03” /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:on /m differential /j “Differential.job” /l:f /p “4mm DDS”