Listing 1: Backup.txt

[General]

JOB_TYPE=Backup
JOB_NAME="Backup 0051"
// The job name must be unique or the application
// will return a -1, meaning the job failed.
SERVER=
USERNAME=
PASSWORD=
// These three values are text values that anyone
// can read (a primary reason not to use the command-
// line application). If you leave the values blank, as shown,
// the default local values are used.
JOB_PRIORITY=HIGHEST
//The options for priority are Lowest, Low, Medium, High,
// and Highest. Because I run scripts at night, I always set
// the priority to Highest. Medium is the typical value.

[Backup_Options]

BK_METHOD=0
// Values for method can range from 0 to 9; 0 represents a
// full backup. You can perform an image backup by using
// the string IMAGE_BACKUP=1,2,or 3
// with 2 being the value for the image backup.
DEVICE_NAME=DEC1
// You can obtain the device name (DEC1 in this example)
// from the GUI application.
OPEN_FILES_METHOD=2
// The 2 value backs up open files with a lock.
RETENSION_MEDIA=NO
PRESERVE_TREE_ON_ARCHIVE=YES
SINGLE_INSTANCE_FOR_NTFS=YES


[Media_Options]

MEDIA_NAME=dlt000001
APPEND=no
APPEND_NO_OVERWRITE=YES
VERIFY=NO
COMPRESSION_TYPE=2
// The 2 value indicates hardware compression.
// If hardware compression is unavailable, use
// software compression.
CHECKSUM=YES
EJECT_MEDIA=no

[Miscellaneous]

PRINT_LOG_FILE=NO

[Machine]

MACHINE1=computername
// You can back up a remote machine but must use a
// remote agent to do so. If you do so,
// machine 1 should finish before machine 2 is backed up,
// and systemstate is always backed up last.
[Selections]

PATH1=\\computername\c$\program files\*.*
INCLUDE1=YES
SUBDIRS1=YES
// Include all program files, including subdirectories, in the backup.

PATH2=\\computername\c$\*.*
INCLUDE2=YES
SUBDIRS2=YES
// No subdirectories are backed up; only single files are in this backup.

PATH3=\\amd-asus\SYSTEM?STATE
INCLUDE3=YES
SUBDIRS3=YES

[schedule]

Run_IMMEDIATE=yes
// Instead of running immediately, you can schedule the task.
// Be sure to test run a generic script with the GUI open.
// The user must have administrator privilege with Backup Exec.