ROBOCOPY - Create Backup Script

Hi, I just started using Robocopy to backup my files to my JBOD recently and I noticed that it does not copy anything in My Document folder. Here is the result log for Robocopy regarding the backup.

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Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 4287 0 4287 0 0 0
Files : 34164 22831 11333 0 0 0
Bytes : 107.783 g 90.408 g 17.375 g 0 0 0
Times : 20:32:46 2:02:26 0:00:00 0:15:26

Ended : Mon Sep 08 02:58:21 2014

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Even though it says that it copied 22831 files the destination folder says it has not been modified at all.



The strange thing is that when I was checking back on the progress in the cmd window, it showed that it was copying files. The problem is I have no idea where those files went, the files that were supposedly copied aren't there at all. Here is the script I used to back up my files.

robocopy F:\Anime G:\Anime /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

robocopy "E:\Disk Backups" "G:\Disk Backups" /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log+:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

robocopy E:\Downloads G:\Downloads /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log+:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

robocopy E:\Movie G:\Movie /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log+:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

robocopy "C:\Users\C.C\My Documents" "G:\My Documents" /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log+:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

robocopy E:\Text G:\Text /mir /copyall /np /tee /mt /log+:"C:\Users\C.C\Desktop\my_backup_log.txt"

pause

The other folders seem to have been mirrored correctly, it's just the My Documents folder that is having this issue.

I tried deleting the destination folder I currently had on the backup disk and ran robocopy again. It skipped right through the document script. It seems like it's saving somewhere but I don't know where. Here is the result.

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Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 4287 0 4287 0 0 0
Files : 34163 0 34163 0 0 0
Bytes : 107.783 g 0 107.783 g 0 0 0
Times : 0:03:11 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:03:11

Ended : Mon Sep 08 09:51:19 2014

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Can someone write me an robocopy script for the following;

- copy a folder
- different backup sets for each day
- delete backups sets for each day when overwritten
- also check for all files are being copied
- backup log

Thanks a million in advance

Hello,

I have several ROBOCOPY commands in a script. 1 of the command lines fails when running it in the script.

The error I receive is: ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Accessing Source Directory W:\sales\Bibliothèque sacs Holweg\ The system cannot find the file specified.

When I run the ROBOCOPY command in the command window it executes flawlessly.

Here is the specific command line: ROBOCOPY "W:\sales\Bibliothèque sacs Holweg" "d:\dept\sales\Holweg Transfer\Bibliothèque sacs Holweg" /MIR /COPY:dat /R:1 /W:1 /TEE /LOG:d:\Scripts\Logs\Hol_sales_2.txt

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

As regards the template towards the end of the first post in this thread, I am curious as to what the following line means:

rem --- The /mir option has been left out for safety sake

Why is it more safe to disallow the creation of a new file alongside the original?

Hi Golden,

This is my first time using this program; your tutorial is the only thing I've come across that is actually helpful (I am not a tech person and other how-tos have assumed the reader is tech-savvy already).

So, thank you for this!

I was finally able to write a script that did what we want it to do; however, I noticed that it skipped a file/folder the second time, but hadn't skipped anything the first time.

The difference between the first and second times are that on the second run, I'd added the /log: switch to create a log file.

How can I find out what folders/files are skipped after a backup has been completed? Is there anything in the log that identifies skipped data?

Thanks much,
Jenee

Sure, here is the .bat script:

robocopy "J:\SOPs_from Public Drive" "H:\Work Stuff\SOPs\BACKUPS\SOP Public Backup as of 02-19-15" /E /tee /log:backup_log.txt
robocopy "J:\Standard Operating Procedures_SOPs" "H:\Work Stuff\SOPs\BACKUPS\SOP Training Backup as of 02-19-15" /E /tee /log:backup_log.txt
pause

I will attach the log file because it is a LOT of data....you might even change your mind about looking through it for me, lol.

I've tried this script verbatim with no luck. I even created the test directories manually, and the script still wouldn't work (Windows 7, Windows 10).