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Robocopy Script to copy Data

Asked by: naughtynat

Hi

Current setup is NAS Box onsite (N4100Pro) and we use 2x1TB NAS Lacie boxes to backup our main unit and take offsite and rotate weekly.
We are using Shadowcraft Storageprotect to image 4-5 PCs on the network & run daily incrementals. I would image that the total amount of data that would be created would be around 300GB.

I want to setup a robocopy script to do the follow:

Copy from N4100 to Lacie. There are 3 folders that are used on the N4100 and most scripts seem to have to target 1 Unit then copy that. I am not sure if you can copy 3 at once, or have to have 3 seperate scripts.

Need it to just copy the files.

Need to have a log file of what files have been copied and backed up. There is probably only 30-40 files so this wont be too large.

What I am wondering is if I can setup the backup so this can be run from any machine? IE Save the robocopy.exe to the NAS and also setup the backup script so it can be run from any computer. If this isnt possible then that is okay as well - mainly just after this as there is about 10 computers but basically no full time staff with most people working 2-3 days per week. (And would need the log file to be save to main NAS box as well).

I have attached something that I have been using, but this has been pinched and mixed up the best I can.

One of the things that you can not see from this script while it is running is what files are getting backed up and how far thru. Not sure if this is possible or not - just with some files that are 100GB+ often not sure if they have stalled or not in the backup

:START
 
SET robo_path=C:\Tools\Robocopy.exe
SET source_dir="\\192.168.0.55\SPImages"
SET dest_dir="\\192.168.0.56\share\SPImages"
SET log_fname=c:\BackupDocsAndSettingsLog.txt
 
SET what_to_copy=/COPY:DAT
 
REM Refer to the robocopy documentation for more details.
REM /R:n :: number of Retries
REM /W:n :: Wait time between retries
REM /LOG :: Output log file
REM /NFL :: No file logging
REM /NDL :: No dir logging
REM /E   :: Include Empty Subdirectories
REM /XA:H :: Excludes files with hidden attribute
REM /XJ :: Exclude Junction Points (prevents recursive Application Data loop in Vista)
SET options=/R:1 /W:1 /LOG+:%log_fname% /NFL /NDL /E /XJ
 
REM Execute the command based on all of our parameters
%robo_path% %source_dir% %dest_dir% %what_to_copy% %options% %exclude_dirs% %exclude_files%
 
:END

                                  
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2009-06-23 at 08:54:59ID24515099
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Windows XP Operating System

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Answers

 

by: SysExpertPosted on 2009-06-23 at 10:05:29ID: 24693765

I use

@echo off
for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
  for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
    set %%x=%%u
    set %%y=%%v
    set %%z=%%w))

rem set
rem echo "test date" > c:\bin\%dd%-%mm%-%yy%.txt
robocopy e:\ j:\back /S   /TS /FP /NP /TEE /XJ /R:1 /W:2 /LOG:e:\data\rcopy-E-J-%mm%-%dd%-%yy%.txt

this shows the DOS windows and has a log with date

Just change the source and target drives/ shares to use yours and test


I hope this helps !

 

by: SysExpertPosted on 2009-06-23 at 10:06:16ID: 24693777

if you remove the /NP  then you can see the percentage, but it takes up space in the log file.

 

by: naughtynatPosted on 2009-06-23 at 11:58:23ID: 24694827

Thanks that is great. Couple quick questions:

Is there anyway I can setup this script to run on the Main NAS box and please can just navigate to the folder and run it? I am not sure if this will work just as it is or needs additional configuration (or if it is going to be possible).

Also how much of an overhead does it causing writing the log files? It just seems to significantly affect performance (just in test environment).

I see what you mean about the percentage taking up space!

Lastly if I wanted to backup E:\Cars & E:\Boats (but not E:\trailers) would I just put this as an additional line or how would I do this? or would another script be the way to go for this?

 

by: SysExpertPosted on 2009-06-23 at 12:24:32ID: 24695145

I would do a line for each subdir or folder that you want

If you have mapped drives to the NAS then you should be able to run it transparently , or as long as the drive letters or network share is the same

 

by: naughtynatPosted on 2009-06-23 at 12:30:48ID: 24695213

Many thanks. Will try that tomorrow on live environment and let you know how I go.
Thanks for your prompt help.

 

by: naughtynatPosted on 2009-06-27 at 07:57:38ID: 31595555

Thanks very much.

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