User Backup

Often system administrators are at the stage where they have to decide proper backup system for users.
While building backup following points I recommend to consider.

• Backup tobe done very evening, do not know why but many a times working computer systems doesn’t starts next morning .
• Backup tobe done automatically, even if you instruct, user’s tendency is to avoid such exercise which consumes their time.
• Backup all crucial data, e.g mails, important files.
• File exclusion from backup, for users even their music & clips are as crucial as organization data. There must be exclusion to efficiently utilize available storage.
• Alert on backup failure, users normally ignores any error message, shuts system & leaves for the day.
• Incremental / Differential data backup to save time.
• Multiple copies of backup.
• Automatically shutdown system once backup done. Many users would be having huge mailbox to backup, it could be in GBs. Users would never like to spend extra time for backup.

Cobian Backup is the application which does above all.
It can keep multiple copies of backups.
Supports incremental / differential backups.
Equipped to alert on mail on successful backup / failure of backups.
Backup schedule.
Auto shut system after backup.
Auto backup next morning if backup is missed.

If you wish to configure backup on start / shutting down system.
You can use gpedit.msc & define shutdown/ startup scripts.

Save following in batch file & use it for start/shut script.

cd C:Program FilesCobian Backup 9
Cobian.exe “-list:C:Program FilesCobian Backup 9DBMain List.lst” -bu -autoclose

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