append date to archive name
Using acronis home 2011 on Win 7 Ultimate @ 64bit
Can't get TI2011 to append date to archive name. Archives are not created in secure zone but on a second harddrive. Backup method is set to "full" (I want a new backup every months and keep the old ones), schedule is monthly. Tried appending @date@ to the archive name (documents@date@) and tried using following bat file as both pre and post command (not at the same time!)
cd /d D:
dir
pause
rem You should edit the next line beginning with if and substitute your real
rem backup_filename. The file extension can be whatever you need
if exist documents.tib rename documents.tib "%date:/=.%.tib"
dir
pause
How do I get the date to be appended to the archive name?
Yes, for some quirky reason, to do this with the filename you have to go through "choose destination" and the next time you want to change it or do it with a new backup, if you are like most of us, you won't remember where that function is located. We're hoping this will be revised in whatever version comes next. One might guess that the reason it's done this waay in ATI is because the programmer thought that dealing with a path & filename was the same thing -- when you code it pretty much is -- although for a user, there are important diffs, as you have encountered.
Cyanna,
In my testing, I have encountered several issues with these tags. If your backup is simple (full, differential/incremental) and you don't move, change major settings (like destination), delete versions you are going to be OK.
The issues are compounded by the fact that using these tags result in the taks name being different from the archives names.
I stopped using them after trying to reproduce the cases where they fail. No issues since then.
Important: do not put the tags at the end of the name.
"I stopped using them after trying to reproduce the cases where they fail."
Would you mind elaborating? How did they fail?
I seem to have learned at least one lesson here: any change like moving backup location, upgrading software............re-do the schedule!
I tried using the tags in the Acronis Secure Zone. They were instantiated once, and then the backup name froze with the tags. So I got
2011-01-14 My Backup.tib on 01/14/2011, and then 2011-01-14 My Backup(2).tib the following day (for example).
They also failed after deleting some intermediary backup and/or consolidating.
I am not quite sure of the exact circumstances any longer as I didn't document my testing plan.
Avoid modifying a task. It is better to kill the schedule and start a new task with a different name in another folder.
Make sure you validate your backups from time to time.