ntBackup parameters, how to use....

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Hi all,

My workplace uses NT backup (scheduled task -> Backup). I tried googling about this but I didn't seem to hit anything that describes using it. I am using Windows XP Professional S3.

I am trying to save my documents to a server (called fileserver) using incremental on a daily basis.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe "@C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\TannisBackup.bks" /n "Media created 9/12/2007 at 5:00 PM" /d "Set created 9/12/2007 at 5:02 PM" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m incremental /j "tannisbackup" /l:s /f "\\Fileserver\C\backups\tannis\tannis.bkf"

When I try running it I get result 0x57

The TannisBackup.bks file does exist in that location, and the scheduled task is called tannisbackup.

Any ideas? Any information you'll need to know?
 
That is indeed a very helpful page. Now all those strange looking parameters have meaning :) .

I finally found how to make a selection file properly, once that was done it seems to work fine. I just loaded a selection file from the backup wizard (after creating one by saving the bkf file in notepad as bks), and then making the necessary changes and saving it.

Thanks again!
 

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