RoboCopy Backup Scripts

[ikon 439]

Yes it should Thanks for catching that.

[jmwills 284]

[Jason 84]

Was just reviewing the script above.  if my \serverfolders resides on drive F:\ (it's a RAID 6 array) and I had a single external HDD that I'm using as my NearLine backup destination assigned drive letter S:, would this:

 

Robocopy "<drive:>\ServerFolders\Documents\email" "<drive:>\ServerFolders\Documents\email" *.*  /e /r:1 /<drive:>1 /mir /tee /np /log:"<drive:>\ServerFolders\Backup\logs\NearLine\BackupToNearLine_RoboCopy.log"

 

become this:

 

Robocopy "F:\ServerFolders\Documents\email" "F:\ServerFolders\Documents\email" *.*  /e /r:1 /S:1 /mir /tee /np /log:"S:\ServerFolders\Backup\logs\NearLine\BackupToNearLine_RoboCopy.log"

 

and this would need to be repeated for every applicable child folder under F:\Serverfolders.. like F:\Serverfolders\Software, F:\serverfolders\Users, etc?

[jmwills 284]

Yes or replace email with *.*

[Jason 84]

OK.  It doesn't appear to like this.

 

F:\serverfolders is my source

I've also create a new folder f:\serverfolders\backup\logs\nearline for storing the backup logs

 

S:\ is my external drive for inline backup

 

Robocopy "F:\ServerFolders\Blueiris" "S:\ServerFolders\Blueiris" *.*  /e /r:1 /S1 /mir /tee /np /log:"F:\ServerFolders\Backup\logs\NearLine\BackupToNearLine_RoboCopy.log"

 

Returns

 

ERROR : Invalid Parameter #6 : "/S:1"

 

What is the correct syntax for the portion in red?

[jmwills 284]

S:1  (semi-colon is missing)

[Jason 84]

Odd - same error with /S:1.  That's a colon and not a semi-colon ( correct?

[jmwills 284]

WHATEVER

[Jason 84]

WHATEVER

 

LOL.  Was jk.   Nevertheless the highlighted part when using /S:1 or /F:1 (any valid drive #) is returned invalid in the command line.  Must have been included in script by accident.  Thanks.

 

.../e /r:1 /<drive:>1 /mir /tee /np..

[ikon 439]

Jason, I have to profusely apologize. In making my scripts generic, I failed to properly proofread the result. There (were) errors in what I posted. I have, hopefully corrected then in the post above so that you can do simple SearchNreplace to customize the scripts to your setup.

 

First, the whole "/S:1" thing. The correct syntax is "/w:1". It's the "wait" parameter. It specifies who many seconds RoboCopy waits between retries if it runs into a problematic file. It got changed to S during my own SearchNreplace

 

Second, I removed the whole "email" thing. That's something specific to my setup because I run my own email server. You, and most others, most likely don't need it.

 

Finally, I changed all the drive references so they're easier to use. Simply do a global SearchNreplace:

1. replace "<drive1>" with your source drive letter;
2. replace "<drive2>" with your NearLine destination drive letter;
3. replace "<drive3>" and "<drive4>" with your OffSite destination drive letters. I use 2 drive letters because I have 2 sets of OffSite drives. Each has its own drive letter so that the system will pick it up properly when it's reconnected. If you were to attempt to use the same drive letter for both OffSite drive sets, the system would encounter some issues in that the 2 drive sets aren't identical.

 

I hope that makes a lot more sense to you know and resolves any issues you had. If not, let me know; I promise I'll address any issues.