Windows Backup

[haifisch]

Hello members of the linustechtips forum,

 

I have a question about windows backup. It seems from the GUI that it's not possible to set up multiple schedules for windows backup, I'd like to know if there is a solution for this. What I'm trying to accomplish is that I'd have an automated backup every day/week/whatever automated to an internal hdd and have another manual schedule to an external hdd. Should I use the task manager for this? If so, how exactly? Is it even possible to do this with windows backup? I'd like to know how to set multiple targets for the backup.

 

Thank you for your help in advance

[maria2244]

do you mean you want to create windows backup image to recover from it in future ?

if yes

you need Macrium reflect free

search google for it

the best and most popular app to backup and recover windows .

[haifisch]

Thanks for your answer, what I really want to avoid at the first shot is downloading and installing a trillion of software, I'd like to solve this whitin windows. Although I checked out the website of the tool you suggested and it seems to be good as it supports vss in the free version, so I might give it a go if there is no way to make it within windows.

 

Also I think I need to make things a bit more clear, so:

I use windows 7

I have a boot ssd for OS and some software

data hdd (and several other drives but that doesn't matter now)

another hdd dedicated to backup of the data disk

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834883(v=ws.11).aspx

 

You can give this a shot.

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To use Task Scheduler and the Wbadmin command to create a backup schedule

1. Click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Task Scheduler .

2. In the Actions pane, click Create Task .

3. On the General tab, select the Run with highest privileges check box.

4. On the Actions tab, click New , and then do the following:

   1. In the Actions drop-down list, click Start a program .
       
   2. In Program/script , type:
      
      %windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe
       
   3. In Add arguments , type:
      
      start backup [-backupTarget:{<TargetVolume> | <TargetNetworkShare>}] [-include:<ItemsToInclude>] [-nonRecurseInclude:<ItemsToInclude>] [-exclude:<ItemsToExclude>] [-nonRecurseExclude:<ItemsToExclude>] [-allCritical] [-systemState] [-noVerify] [-user:<UserName>] [-password:<Password>] [-noInheritAcl] [-vssFull | -vssCopy] [-quiet]
       

   To view help for this command, at a command line, type:

   wbadmin start backup /?

5. Repeat step 4 for each backup that you want to add.

6. For the rest of the fields, follow the general instructions in the Task Scheduler help for scheduling a task.

(Or you might be able to just use Task Scheduler)

[maria2244]

3 minutes ago, haifisch said:

Thanks for your answer, what I really want to avoid at the first shot is downloading and installing a trillion of software, I'd like to solve this whitin windows. Although I checked out the website of the tool you suggested and it seems to be good as it supports vss in the free version, so I might give it a go if there is no way to make it within windows.

 

Also I think I need to make things a bit more clear, so:

I use windows 7

I have a boot ssd for OS and some software

data hdd (and several other drives but that doesn't matter now)

another hdd dedicated to backup of the data disk

 

hello

if you want automated backup then

you need this app

Macrium reflect free

as I don't think you can do it within windows but I'm not sure .

don't wory this app is 100 % safe

I use it all the time

[haifisch]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834883(v=ws.11).aspx

 

You can give this a shot.

(Or you might be able to just use Task Scheduler)

Thank you, I'm going to try this soon

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, haifisch said:

Thank you, I'm going to try this soon

Ah, I was dumb, I didn't see the thing was meant for Windows Server.

 

Let me see if I can find another article.

[maria2244]

3 minutes ago, haifisch said:

Thank you, I'm going to try this soon

read this

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/61026-macrium-reflect-backup-restore.html

[Mira Yurizaki]

Question, what kind of backup schedule are you doing?

 

I see that the one in Windows has an option to set a backup schedule, but it's rigid (like daily, weekly, etc.)

[haifisch]

30 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Question, what kind of backup schedule are you doing?

 

I see that the one in Windows has an option to set a backup schedule, but it's rigid (like daily, weekly, etc.)

Currently weekly, but I'm going to experiment with the scheduling you posted and see what it can do