Backup Script

Hi,
Quick ?..... Have two servers currently. 1. SBS2000 used for
normal SBS operation....exchange, SQL, file/print server. And then 2nd
member server which runs a script every hour to copy all file from sbs2000
server that has changed in the last hour. However using the Xcopy script
that I have made as time goes by the 2nd servers drives fill up because it
does not compare the two it just adds the files but if I for instance
archive something and delete it is still there. Although sometimes this can
come in handy my drive is not infinite. Is there a better way of doing this
or a utitlty that will compare the files from each server?


Thanks
Eddie

Toby
Mon Aug 11 21:09:08 CDT 2003

Another possibility if you are storing data files on a separate partition is
to use something like V2i from Powerquest to do and on-line image of the
drive hourly - V2i does incremental imaging so you could role back to any of
the hourly versions of your file. You could then set the script to delete
the image file and the incremental portions after the full nightly backup is
taken.

The only thing that worries me is the overhead on the server that this would
take.

Also, is Xcopy copying open files properly and is this important to you?

Toby.

"Eddie Allen" <epa570@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:erPMm5BYDHA.3444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Quick ?..... Have two servers currently. 1. SBS2000 used for
> normal SBS operation....exchange, SQL, file/print server. And then 2nd
> member server which runs a script every hour to copy all file from sbs2000
> server that has changed in the last hour. However using the Xcopy script
> that I have made as time goes by the 2nd servers drives fill up because it
> does not compare the two it just adds the files but if I for instance
> archive something and delete it is still there. Although sometimes this
can
> come in handy my drive is not infinite. Is there a better way of doing
this
> or a utitlty that will compare the files from each server?
>
>
> Thanks
> Eddie
>
>

Eddie
Tue Aug 12 07:55:08 CDT 2003

Yes the xcopy is made of all the data files, no system stuff.

Yes, I get a lot of users that like to delete or save over the top of
drawings. And instead of taking the time to do the take thing I can just
copy from one sever to the other. But backup only allow restores from the
night before. If the user happens to do it at 2:00 then all that days info
is lost.

Eddie



"Toby Watson" <spams@drivemebananas.spam.com> wrote in message
news:efyP5aHYDHA.1056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Another possibility if you are storing data files on a separate partition
is
> to use something like V2i from Powerquest to do and on-line image of the
> drive hourly - V2i does incremental imaging so you could role back to any
of
> the hourly versions of your file. You could then set the script to delete
> the image file and the incremental portions after the full nightly backup
is
> taken.
>
> The only thing that worries me is the overhead on the server that this
would
> take.
>
> Also, is Xcopy copying open files properly and is this important to you?
>
> Toby.
>
> "Eddie Allen" <epa570@swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:erPMm5BYDHA.3444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > Quick ?..... Have two servers currently. 1. SBS2000 used for
> > normal SBS operation....exchange, SQL, file/print server. And then 2nd
> > member server which runs a script every hour to copy all file from
sbs2000
> > server that has changed in the last hour. However using the Xcopy
script
> > that I have made as time goes by the 2nd servers drives fill up because
it
> > does not compare the two it just adds the files but if I for instance
> > archive something and delete it is still there. Although sometimes this
> can
> > come in handy my drive is not infinite. Is there a better way of doing
> this
> > or a utitlty that will compare the files from each server?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Eddie
> >
> >
>
>