Using Powershell and Robocopy to setup your Backup replication and email alerts

If you do not have Robocopy installed you will need to download and install it such as

-Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools for a 2003 server or HomeServer

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

 

Next you need to install powershell 2.0 on the server you are using:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f002462b-c8f2-417a-92a3-287f5f81407e&displaylang=en

 

Next you need to allow unsigned scripts to do this:

C:\powershell.exe set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted

To verify you can view the setting

C:\powershell.exe get-ExecutionPolicy

 

You then should copy or create your batch files and/or scripts that are easily modified

robocopy source destination /MIR /r:3 /w:1

dir destination > scripts location

here is an example:

robocopy e:\ f:\ /MIR /r:3 /w:1

dir "e:\*">c:\scripts\DriveCopy.txt

powershell.exe c:\scripts\RoboCopyEmail.ps1

 

here is an example of the RoboCopyEmail.ps1 script I use:

## Define the variables for smtp server, from address, to address, subject and message body

$emailFrom = "administrator@server.org"

$emailTo = "backup@server.org"

$subject = "Backup Mirroring Operation Complete"

$body = "Please confirm file dates below if no information below copy may not have completed properly"

$body = $body + "`r`n`r`n`r`n"

$body = $body + [string]::join([environment]::NewLine,(get-content c:\Scripts\DriveCopy.txt))

$smtpServer = "192.168.3.10"

## Initiate sending a message to the IT group.

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)

 

Shared credit: Tim Lewis, Daryl Hunter

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