Windows NTBackup

Windows NTBackup is a utility that allows you to back up your registry and data files. The NTBackup utility supports multiple command-line parameters for performing backups , as listed in Table 11.

Table 11: Windows NTBackup parameters.

Parameter	Description
/A	Appends backups
/D label	Specifies a backup set label
/DS server	Backs up the Microsoft Exchange directory service for the specified server name
/F name	Specifies full path and file name of the backup file
/G tapeID	Specifies to overwrite or append to the tape based on the specified tapeID
/HC: x	Controls hardware compression where x i s ON or OFF
/IS server	Backs up the Microsoft Exchange information store for the specified server name
/J job	Specifies a descriptive job name to record in the log file
/L:F	Specifies to perform complete logging
/L:S	Specifies to perform summary logging
/L:N	Specifies to not perform logging
/M copy	Backs up files and does not clear their archive flag
/M daily	Backs up today's changed files and does not clear their archive flag
/M differential	Backs up changed files and does not clear their archive flag
/M incremental	Backs up changed files and then clears their archive flag
/M normal	Backs up files and then clears their archive flag
/N name	Specifies a new name to give the tape
/P name	Specifies the name of the media pool to use
/R: x	Restricts tape access to the tape owner or administrators, where x is YES or NO
/RS x	Specifies to back up the removable storage database, where x is YES or NO
/T tapename	Specifies to overwrite or append to the tape based on the specified tapename
/UM	Specifies to find and format the media available
/V: x	Performs backup verification, where x is YES or NO