Timestamp/datestamp on media name

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Hi,

I am using Windows 2000 built-in backup( system tools ) now, I can't find a way to create a timestamp or datestamp on media name( backup set ) when I set up automatic backup job so I can not have different media name for every single day. I only have 1 media name( backup.bkf and backup.bks ), should anything happen to it, I lost all the backups. I try to find a way to automatic create different media name, e.g. backup(date).bkf and backup(date).bks for every single date.

Is this limition on Windows backup ntbackup.exe? Is Backup Exec able to help me on this?

Thanks.

Frank

[Shyam_Sundar]

Hello,

Actually the .bkf files are not automatically stored with the timestamp / datestamp. Instead they are stored in this format - B2D00005.bkf, B2D00006.bkf etc...

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[Ken_Putnam]

You can't change the media name, but you can use these variables in the media description field

%J Job Name
%T Run TIme
%D Run Date
%S Media server name

so that

%J from %S on %D at %T

might expand to Daily Full from BKSrv01 on 5/25/05 at 21:30

[Rucha_Abhyankar]

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[Madhuri_Shenoy]

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