Backup Manager V1.2

Author

Matthew Hazlett
hazlema@devclarity.com
Clarity Computers
http://devclarity.com/

Change Log

October 22, 2006
Inital Writing

October 22, 2006
Fixed a problem where the app might crash if there was bad data in the config file.
Added writing critical errors to the event log.

Introduction

I wrote this utility because I'm cheap. Actually, I wrote it because I didnt have the $700.00+ bucks to spend on a live backup software package for the server platform when NT Backup does just as well.

Starving Developer Fund

If you find this utility usefull please go to http://devclarity.com/solutions.html and donate to the starving developer fund.

How it works

What this program does is sit in the background while NT Backup is running then springs into action the minute it finishes. Here is a rundown of what it can do:

Compression
Password Encryption
FTP Transfer
Date Stamping
Multiple Job Execution
Run any process as a backup (not just NT Backup)

Sample Configuration File (BackupManager.xml)

<config>
       <global>
              <version>1</version>
              <log>D:\Backups\Backup.log</log>
       </global>
       <job name="full">
              <command>C:\Windows\system32\ntbackup.exe</command>
              <arguments>backup "@D:\Backups\Database Backup.bks" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "Database" /l:s /f "D:\Backups\Database.bkf"</arguments>
              <directory>D:\Backups\</directory>
              <target>D:\Backups\Database.bkf</target>
              <compress>true</compress>
              <zippassword>password</zippassword>
              <maxfiles>3</maxfiles>
              <delete>true</delete>
              <ftp>true</ftp>
              <path>/backups/</path>
              <host>server.com</host>
              <user>server.com</user>
              <password>password</password>
       </job>
</config>

Section Description	global Section are settings that apply to all jobs.
Element Description	version You can use this however you like, it shows up in the logfile so use it to keep track of configuration versions
Element Description	log Path to the log file
Section Description	job Defines a new job, with the attribute name equaling the job name
Element Description	command Backup command to execute
Element Description	arguments Backup commannd arguments
Element Description	directory Backup command starting directory
Element Description	target Backup command file output (The target file)
Element Description	compress True/False, Compress file?
Element Description	zippassword Encoding password (Compressed files only!")
Element Description	ftp True/False, FTP target file
Element Description	maxfiles Number of backups to store of the FTP server
Element Description	path Path on the FTP server to the backup storage directory
Element Description	host FTP host
Element Description	user FTP user
Element Description	password FTP password

Multiple Configuration Sample (BackupManager.xml)

<config>
       <global>
              <version>1</version>
              <log>D:\Backups\Backup.log</log>
       </global>
       <job name="full">
              <command>C:\Windows\system32\ntbackup.exe</command>
              <arguments>backup "@D:\Backups\Database Backup.bks" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "Database" /l:s /f "D:\Backups\Database.bkf"</arguments>
              <directory>D:\Backups\</directory>
              <target>D:\Backups\Database.bkf</target>
              <compress>true</compress>
              <zippassword>password</zippassword>
              <maxfiles>3</maxfiles>
              <delete>true</delete>
              <ftp>true</ftp>
              <path>/backups/</path>
              <host>server.com</host>
              <user>server.com</user>
              <password>password</password>
       </job>
       <job name="database">
              <command>H:\Backups 2006\BackupAll.bat</command>
              <arguments/>
              <directory>H:\Backups 2006</directory>
              <target>H:\Backups 2006\Databases\Fatboy.bak</target>
              <compress>true</compress>
              <zippassword>password</zippassword>
              <maxfiles>10</maxfiles>
              <delete>true</delete>
              <ftp>true</ftp>
              <path>/backups/</path>
              <host>server.com</host>
              <user>server.com</user>
              <password>password</password>
       </job>
</config>

Command line

Command Description	BackupManager -jobs full Will run the job “full"
Command Description	BackupManager -jobs full, database Will run the job “full" then "database"