TABLE OF CONTENTS Although you will perform the majority of your backup operations from within the GUI by using the Windows Backup Utility, you may wish to use the ntbackup command at times, such as for scripting backups to be performed. Recall that you can only perform backups using the ntbackup command restoration is not supported.
The ntbackup command is used to perform backup operations at the command prompt and uses the following syntax:
ntbackup backup [systemstate] "@FileName.bks" /J {"JobName"} [/P {"PoolName"}] [/G {"GUIDName"}] [/T {"TapeName"}] [/N {"MediaName"}][/F {"FileName"}] [/D {"SetDescription"}] [/DS {"ServerName"}] [/IS {"ServerName"}] [/A] [/V:{yes no}] [/R:{yes no}] [/L:{f s n}] [/M {BackupType}] [/RS:{yes no}] [/HC:{on off}] [/SNAP:{on off}]Table A.82 details the parameters associated with the ntbackup command.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| systemstate | Specifies that the system state data is to be backed up. |
| @FileName.bks | Specifies the name of the backup file to be created. |
| /J { JobName } | Specifies the job name assigned to the backup job. |
| /P { PoolName} | Specifies the media pool that you want to use media for the backup. |
| G { GUIDName } | Specifies this tape is to be overwritten or appended to. |
| /T { TapeName } | Specifies this tape is to be overwritten or appended to. |
| /N { MediaName } | Specifies a new tape name. |
| /F { FileName } | Specifies the logical disk path and file name. |
| /D { SetDescription } | Specifies a label for each backup set. |
| /DS { ServerName } | Specifies that the directory service file for the specified Exchange... |
