ntbackup on server 2003 (r2) - automated scheduled local backups with retention?

Here is a small script that i've wrote to keep up with the backups.  You would need to mofidy it to your needs though, but you could check the date/time and if it's greater than a certain number of days then move/delete or whatever you would like.  I just have not taken the time to implement that yet.




@echo off
rem - -------------------------------------------------------------------
rem - Backups the Active Directory Server SystemState.
rem - Performs a normal backup.
rem - -------------------------------------------------------------------
rem i = Day of week
rem j = Month number
rem l = Year number

for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=.:/- " %%i in ('date /t') do (
  for /f "skip=1 tokens=1-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
  set weekday=%%i&set month=%%j&set day=%%k&set year=%%l))

for /f "tokens=1,2* delims=: " %%i in ('time /t') do (
  set hh=%%i&set min=%%j)

set filename=SystemState(%weekday%%month%%day%%year%-%hh%-%min%m)
ntbackup backup "@C:\BackupJobs\Backup_SystemStateNormal.bks" /f "e:\Backups\SystemState\%filename%_NORMAL.bkf" /v:yes /m normal




regards,

kshays

Well this isnt really an answer to your question

I also use a script like kshays has,
mine will move the backup to a new folder that is created by date (the date of the file) and also keeps x amounts of copy's, aswell as logs the process so that you can check up on it later.
If you want this script to run on multiple files all you need to do is add a new "module", with the particulars in it.

Here is the code for the Backup_Sort.bat file
________________________________________________________________________________
: Start Of Batch File
: ===============
      @ECHO OFF
      SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
      ECHO START OF LOG     %DATE%     %TIME%
      ECHO.
      ECHO.
      CALL :First_Module
      GOTO :End
: ****************************************
: * START OF MODULE SECTION *
: ****************************************
: Process First Module
: =================
:First_Module
      SET bkBackup=First_Module
      SET bkLocation=E:\Backup Files\
      SET bkType=*.bak
      SET bkCopies=1
      CALL :Step1
      GOTO :EOF
: *************************************
: * END OF MODULE SECTION *
: **************************************
: *******************************************************
: * START OF COMMON PROCESS SECTION *
: *******************************************************
: STEP ONE      Retrieve Date
: =======================
:Step1
      ECHO =================================
      ECHO %bkBackup%     %DATE%     %TIME%
      ECHO =================================
      E:
      CD\
      CD %bkLocation%
      ECHO.
      FORFILES /M %bkType%  /C "CMD /C ECHO @FDATE/@FILE >> Files.log"
      FOR /F "TOKENS=1-4 DELIMS=:/- " %%A IN (
            Files.log
      ) DO (
            SET bkDay=%%A
            SET bkMonth=%%B
            SET bkYear=%%C
            SET bkFile=%%D
            CALL :Step2
      )
      CALL :Step3
      DEL /Q Files.log
      GOTO :EOF
: STEP TWO      Create Folders And Move Files
: ====================================
:Step2
      SET bkFolder=%bkYear%-%bkMonth%-%bkDay%
      SET bkFile=%bkFile:~1,-1%
      IF NOT EXIST %bkYear%-%bkMonth%-%bkDay% (
            MKDIR %bkYear%-%bkMonth%-%bkDay%
      )
      ECHO Moving %bkFile% to %bkFolder%
      MOVE /y %bkFile% %bkFolder%
      ECHO.
      GOTO :EOF
: STEP THREE      Delete Old Files And Folders
: ===================================
:Step3
      DIR /AD /B /O-N > OldLocations.log
      FOR /F "SKIP=%bkCopies%" %%A IN (
            OldLocations.log
      ) DO (
            ECHO Deleting %%A
            RMDIR %%A /S /Q
            ECHO.
      )
      DEL /Q OldLocations.log
      GOTO :EOF
: ****************************************************
: * END OF COMMON PROCESS SECTION *
: ****************************************************
: End Of Batch File
: ==============
:End
      ECHO.
      ECHO END OF LOG     %DATE%     %TIME%
      ENDLOCAL
________________________________________________________________________________

Please Note that the these entries are variable values that are defined in teh module section:
bkBackup , bkLocation , bkType , bkCopies

bkBackup is any name you want to give the backup, this makes it easy to find in the log files generated by the next batch file (Backup_logger)
bkLocation is the location of the backup files (where NTBackup stores them)
bkType is the filename extension (or full name of the backup File)
bkCopies is the number of copies you would like to keep.

ALSO Note that depending on your date/time settings you might need to change the bkDay bkMonth bkYear variables arround in step 1


Here is the seccond batch file "Backup_Logger.bat"
________________________________________________________________________________
: Run Sort Batch File
: ===============
:Sort
      @ECHO OFF
      FOR /F "TOKENS=1-7 DELIMS=:/-. " %%A IN (
            "%DATE%"
      ) DO (
            SET LogDay=%%A
            SET LogMonth=%%B
            SET LogYear=%%C
      )
      ECHO The Backup Sort File Was Started.
      CALL "Backup_Sort" > %LogYear%-%LogMonth%-%LogDay%-Backup.log 2>&1
      GOTO :End
: End Of Batch File
: =============
:End
________________________________________________________________________________

Please note that depending on your date/time settings you might need to change the LogDay LogMonth LogYear variables arround.

ALSO note that the "Backup_Logger.bat" file is the file that needs to be run, the other file is called by this file.


With this script you can also use it for your exmeged files, just add a new module with the location of the files , file type, and number of copies.
The files will be copied to a sub Directory (folder is the name of the date of the files)