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Setting up groups for multiple servers
I'm having a hard time understanding how I might set up a group for multiple servers in which the data that needs to be backed up varies. For example, I need to back up the application directories on several servers as well as a copy of their database backups. For server1, the folder I need to backup is on C:\application but on server2 it is C:\Program Files\application. Of course on many, the SQL backups are way down in the MSSQL folder, but some put it elsewhere. I've tried to add each location to a single dataset, but I receive "Backup Completed w/Exception" warnings. Am I thinking about this the wrong way? Any help is greatly appreciated.
umichklewis
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Posted September 14th, 2016 08:00
Think of the dataset as being the way to backup the content that is common between the servers that will use the dataset. If you have servers that put the applications and databases in different directories, you might want to try arranging your datasets in that fashion.
For example, the SQL dataset I use contains "SQL" as the Source Data and "(local)/" in the inclusion list. For me, this seems to grab all of the local SQL databases, regardless of the installation directory/path to SQL. I also have an exlusion list of each of the local databases that I don't need (or want) to keep. I have this single dataset applied to a group that includes every server with a local SQL instance.
In the case of your application data, you could try simply excluding the SQL directory structure. That is, create a dataset that includes all the local disks, but excludes directories that have SQL, antivirus software or other things you wish to skip.
This was just a quick-and-dirty example - wouldn't recommend following this verbatim. However, the idea is to include everything in the source data, then just exclude things you don't want to backup or are already capturing in another dataset (SQL).
Let us know if that helps!
Karl