How can I get ntbackup to save 5 versions of my backup file like it

I'm using SBS backup to perform my nightly backups and it works just
great. There's an option in the wizard to tell it to keep 5 backups
which I love because you never know.

I need to run a scheduled NTbackup (because I can only run a single
sbs backup right?) to backup a large (70gb) folder of pictures. I
don't want these in my nightly backup but once a week I'd like to
capture these in a seperate backup. I'd also like to keep a few
versions of this backup similar to the 5 I keep in sbs backup.

Question: How can I do this using ntbackup and the windows
scheduler? Is there an automated way, or do I need to write a batch
file? Believe me, I've done this more than once, but I thought
ntbackup might have the functionality built-in since SBS backup seems
to be able to do it.

Thanks,

Roveer

Cliff
Tue Jun 24 09:09:00 PDT 2008

No. NTBackup does not have that level of scheduling built in. You get to
script it, or look for a more full featured backup product.

-Cliff

"Roveer" <roveer@erols.com> wrote in message
news:9089ce16-2aa1-4073-a967-4e8cdaa4875b@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I'm using SBS backup to perform my nightly backups and it works just
> great. There's an option in the wizard to tell it to keep 5 backups
> which I love because you never know.
>
> I need to run a scheduled NTbackup (because I can only run a single
> sbs backup right?) to backup a large (70gb) folder of pictures. I
> don't want these in my nightly backup but once a week I'd like to
> capture these in a seperate backup. I'd also like to keep a few
> versions of this backup similar to the 5 I keep in sbs backup.
>
> Question: How can I do this using ntbackup and the windows
> scheduler? Is there an automated way, or do I need to write a batch
> file? Believe me, I've done this more than once, but I thought
> ntbackup might have the functionality built-in since SBS backup seems
> to be able to do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roveer

Les
Tue Jun 24 09:46:24 PDT 2008

In addition to the daily SBS backup, supplement with Windows Home Server.
That way, you can exclude the folder of pictures completely from your SBS
backup; WHS will have them. Add your critical workstations to WHS as well.

Seriously.

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940439/en-us


"Roveer" <roveer@erols.com> wrote in message
news:9089ce16-2aa1-4073-a967-4e8cdaa4875b@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I'm using SBS backup to perform my nightly backups and it works just
> great. There's an option in the wizard to tell it to keep 5 backups
> which I love because you never know.
>
> I need to run a scheduled NTbackup (because I can only run a single
> sbs backup right?) to backup a large (70gb) folder of pictures. I
> don't want these in my nightly backup but once a week I'd like to
> capture these in a seperate backup. I'd also like to keep a few
> versions of this backup similar to the 5 I keep in sbs backup.
>
> Question: How can I do this using ntbackup and the windows
> scheduler? Is there an automated way, or do I need to write a batch
> file? Believe me, I've done this more than once, but I thought
> ntbackup might have the functionality built-in since SBS backup seems
> to be able to do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roveer