Backup.bat

This article is about the file and versions of backup.bat; for more information about the News and backup process see that article.

Log

2014-09-28

• moved any variable generation that is now consistent across region into backup.bat.

below here are legacy log entries before we had separate logs for the two batch files

v2013-06-24

This won't be rolled out either since the change is only relevant during setup of a new file.

• changed the ml to a place-holder and added error checking to complain if place-holder has not been changed to something sensible. Ttenbergen 15:05, 2013 June 24 (EDT)

v2013-05-02

These won't be rolled out so much as they will be manually installed at the next site visit. Ttenbergen 15:41, 2013 May 2 (EDT)

• changes to backup.bat
  • adding running of compact_repair_data.vbs to the end of the sd card backup
  • removed code to transition to "new" regional server summer 2012
• changes to batstart.bat
  • removed reference to pre-encrypted SD cards
  • removed all mention of the regional server since that has been set in backup.bat since summer 2012

v2012-09-04

was the version being updated to the next; undocumented, likely the change was moving the regional server variable into the backup.bat file and updating it to the new location

v2011-07-07

rolled out Ttenbergen 11:57, 7 July 2011 (CDT)

• changed call to open wiki to reflect new wiki URL

v2011-04-14

rolled out Ttenbergen 10:22, 15 April 2011 (CDT)

• changes you may notice:
  • what you need to do to back up does not change
  • the text that pops up in the black box during backup will be different; you don't need to worry about this change, it is only relevant to troubleshooting
  • a log of the backup is now copied to the regional server, which will help me if I need to troubleshoot

• changes in the background:
  • added line to add the version of the backup.bat to the log file
  • added reference to this log to the backup.bat and to the log file generated
  • added line to copy log to data directory on the server Ttenbergen 11:06, 14 April 2011 (CDT)
  • added code to replace mounttruecrypt.bat if it exists Ttenbergen 11:53, 14 April 2011 (CDT)
  • made logging more detailed Ttenbergen 09:59, 15 April 2011 (CDT)

V1.99

rolled out Ttenbergen 17:18, 25 October 2010 (CDT)

• Version to copy down the new ccmdb_data.mdb from Regional Server\programs\<local> in preparation for updated data repository Ccmdb_data\ccmdb_data.mdb.

Master file location

• Regional Server\maintenance\laptop batches\