INFO: Backup Set Format

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INFO: Backup Set Format

UBQ ID Number: UBQ000018

Last Modified: 2000-06-01

SUMMARY:

How to create and modify Backup Sets (.UB files) using a text editor such as Notepad.

DETAILS:

The following ASCII file format is an example of a backup set selecting all the files, except 386SPART.PAR, on a network "C" drive using the UNC format for the path:

%Holly's C drive full backup set

Set description line

@\\Holly\C$

Path, e.g. optional share network connection in UNC format

;comment

Optional comment field

$B!c:\runbeforejob.bat

Optional "Before" command line with abort flag set*

$Ac:\runafterjob.cmd

Optional "After" command line for set processing

$Ppassword

Optional password for Windows for Workgroups workstations

$#

encrypted password – Must be specified within UltraBac

>$LOCAL

include registry (only for local backup.)

+*.* /R

Include line with options, e.g. R = Recursive Subdirectories

-386SPART.PAR

Optional exclude line with options

* NOTE that the $B macro must have a space if the exclamation point is not used. The $A macro must NOT contain either an exclamation point OR a space.

Additional parameter lines, which may be used for backup set creation, are

+* /R /DD

Optional "Beginning of Day", from 00:01AM

+* /R /DW

Optional "Beginning of Week", from Monday

+* /R /DM

Optional "Beginning of Month", from the 1st

+* /R /DN??

Optional "Last ?? Days", ?? must be set 1-99

+* /R /DA

Optional "Select Modified Files", Archive bit set on

To backup either Microsoft Exchange or SQL, simply replace the path using @:EXCHANGE\ or @:SQL\ and use the logic "+* /R" for the Include line for a full backup or the optional "+* /R /DA" for an incremental based on the select Modified files logic.

The order of parameters entered for sets must be observed. A CR/LF delineates each parameter value. The CR/LF (carriage return/line feed). When editing the optional connection name, the "$" following the drive letter sets a default share using the UNC format. Entering the "$" is good practice as a fail safe for making a default share on a network drive. The "!" following the "B" sets the abort flag when the "Before" command fails. A minimum set can exclude any optional parameter line that is not used.

EXAMPLE: Select all modified files on a local "C" disk drive from the beginning of the month.

% Backup modified files on "C" drive from beginning of month

@C:\

+* /R /DM

EXAMPLE: Minimum backup set definitions to select every file on a local & network "C" drive.

Local:

Remote:

%Backup C drive

%Backup Bill's C drive

@C:\

@\\BILLsPC\C$

+*.* /R

+*.* /R

MORE INFORMATION:

See UBQ: UBQ000013 – Creating and Editing Sets and Groups Through a Text Editor

See UBQ: UBQ000017 – Backup Set and Restore File Selection Logic

See UBQ: UBQ000015 – Backup Group Format

See UBQ: UBQ000053 – Creating a File-by-File Backup Set

CATEGORIES:

Backup Sets, Setup

VERSION:

2.x to 5.x

%Holly's C drive full backup set	Set description line
@\\Holly\C$	Path, e.g. optional share network connection in UNC format
;comment	Optional comment field
$B!c:\runbeforejob.bat	Optional "Before" command line with abort flag set*
$Ac:\runafterjob.cmd	Optional "After" command line for set processing
$Ppassword	Optional password for Windows for Workgroups workstations
$#	encrypted password – Must be specified within UltraBac
>$LOCAL	include registry (only for local backup.)
+. /R	Include line with options, e.g. R = Recursive Subdirectories
-386SPART.PAR	Optional exclude line with options

+* /R /DD	Optional "Beginning of Day", from 00:01AM
+* /R /DW	Optional "Beginning of Week", from Monday
+* /R /DM	Optional "Beginning of Month", from the 1st
+* /R /DN??	Optional "Last ?? Days", ?? must be set 1-99
+* /R /DA	Optional "Select Modified Files", Archive bit set on

Local:	Remote:
%Backup C drive	%Backup Bill's C drive
@C:\	@\\BILLsPC\C$
+. /R	+. /R