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hjoelr
Asked: 2010-07-16 05:07:17 +0800 CST

Is it possible with NT Backup (or MS Backup) to restore all of the latest files from a certain folder out of an incremental backup file?

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I am using MS Backup on a Windows Server 2003 to backup our key folders at my work. The backup is set up as an incremental backup job where it only backs up any files that have changed since the last time the backup was run. Periodically I have to restore some files out of it, and it has been a royal pain to find the date where that file was last modified and exists in the backup.

My question is two-fold:

  1. Is it possible to somehow specify that I want the "latest" edition of a particular file in the backup file when restoring? If so, how?
  2. Is it possible to get the "latest" edition of an entire folder in the backup file? If so, how?

Thank you so much for your responses.

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  1. Best Answer

    NTBackup is pretty plain-vanilla. There's no functionality to view the catalogs of multiple backup sets in a single amalgamated catalog, which is what it sounds like you're looking for.

    If you can't get another tool that has the functionality you're looking for you might try:

    • Writing out "full" logs (/l:f command-line argument) when your backups run and searching these logs for the files you're looking for. At least, with logs, you can use command-line tools to search for strings.

    • Switching to differential backups. At least then the file will be on the latest backup set if it's been modified since the full. Obviously, this'll require more disk space to store the backup sets.

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