Scheduled backup of system state

[robatwork]

Am I going crazy, or is windows 2003 backup program absolutely rubbish?

I am trying to setup a simple procedure for backing up the system state each weekday, to, for example sysstateMON.bkf, sysstateTUES.bkf etc. However when I save/scehdule the job, it seems to ignore these names and just remember the first one I chose.

Am I misunderstanding how this backup works or am I better off with a 3rd party product to do this?

thanks
Rob

 

[LWComputingMVP]

How exactly are you doing this? Are you trying to get ONE job to name things differently or are you trying to get 5 different jobs to work?

I would suggest you use a script. I have a sample (extensive) one you can use and/or modify - see

http://www.lwcomputing.com/mysoftware.asp

-Lee

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http://www.lwcomputing.com

 

[aaabbbccc111222333]

Hi Rob,

The alternative to using a script/NTbackup, you may like to check out BackupAssist.

I found it much simpler because all you do is when choosing the backup file name, you can add a "Day variable" to your file name. I think its %Medialabel".

Hope that helps.
Jon
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