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To make an automatic schedule backup for Windows Server 2016, select the “Backup Schedule.” to launch the Backup Schedule Wizard. Click Next to getting start. Then, you can choose to back up all the server data, applications and system state by Full server, or only custom volumes, files for backup by Custom. Jan 13, 2018 Windows Backup wbadmin Powershell Automated Script Hi there,Spend allot of time getting this to work and tested it multiple times.wbadmin windows backup script for automating your backups (including removal) on a scheduled task based run.
Computer users who have grown up with advanced Mac and Windows computers may not be aware of it, but once, long ago, all personal computers were controlled using a command-line interface. Yes, that clunky command box on your Windows machine used to be literally the only way most people ever interacted with a computer. Command line interfaces relied heavily on small programs called ‘scripts’, which were collections of operating system commands used to perform common tasks.
Although the graphical user interfaces of today’s PCs are light-years more sophisticated and easy to use than the old command lines, there are still uses for the older method of controlling your computer. One of the most common, and well suited, applications for a command line script is data backup. Command line scripts can be automated to run at any time without any human interaction, and have few limitations. Best of all – they are a built-in part of the Windows operating system.
Why Command Line Scripts?
Why use a command-line script when there are both commercial and free backup programs out there? Well, command-line scripts have a number of unique advantages. Here are a few of them:
A Quick Overview Of The Backup Batch Script
Most people have never learned to use command-line scripting, and it is considered somewhat of a “black art”. However, it is actually a pretty simple thing to learn. Tto demonstrate the power of the command line, I am providing a simple Windows batch script that you can use to backup your important data. This configurable and customizable script does not require any knowledge (or willingness to learn) of the Windows batch scripting language, but if you decide you do want to learn more about Windows batch scripting, you’ll find this script to be a good starting place.
What the backup script does:
Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista or newer 7-Zip (it’s free)
Configuration file:
The configuration file is simply a text file which contains files and folders to backup, entered one backup item per line. This file must be named “BackupConfig.txt” and be located in the same folder as the backup script. Here is an example of a BackupConfig.txt file (note, the “#” character on the first line indicates that the line is a comment; comments are always ignored when the script runs): Windows Server Backup Script Powershell
The example above would backup the Windows user Jason Faulkner’s desktop (and all folders on the desktop), the folder called “Important Files” inside of My Documents (and all folders inside “Important Files”) and the file “BackupScript.bat” inside the C:Scripts directory.
Types of backups:
The Data Backup Windows Batch Script
I want to emphasize this script is very basic, as all it does is create backups by a utilizing a simple file copy. There are some configuration options you can set:
Windows Server Backup Notification Script
If you have any suggestions or feature requests, please comment below. I would really love to do a follow up article to this post which features an updated script based on reader input. If you need instructions on how to “use” this script or set up a scheduled task, take a look at the links below the script source.
Without further ado, here it is:
Note: Since the quotes do not display correctly below (and as a result can mess up the script), I have included a plain text link below the script which you can use to get an accurate source to copy from.
Plain text source is available here:backup
If you need help getting started with implementing this script, here are a couple of links to help you out:
This is the same script I use to backup my computer daily (with a couple of modifications of course), so I know it works very well. I hope you find it useful.
Windows Server Backup Wbadmin Commands
Enjoy!
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