Christopher Greaves

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Encryption And Off-site Backup Storage (Home) ; Overview ; The Problem ; The Essence Of The Solution ; How Long Does It Take To Do A Backup? ; Assumptions ; Breakdown Of Tasks ; The Stand-Alone Solution ; The Networked Solution ; Let’s Get Started ; Mounting The Backup Drive ; Mounting An Encrypted Drive ; Waiting For The Backup Drive ; Processing Each Local Drive ; RoboCopy New And Later Files ; RoboCopy Parameter Files ; Append Session Details To A Log File ; Shutting Down the Computer ; Review For Local Systems ; Putting Together The Local Backup System ; SUBSTituting A Drive For A Folder ; Assembling The Batch File ; ( TITLE commands ); Running The Backup Batch File ; Examining Our Results ; Waiting For A Set Of Drives ; Issue the Backup Command To A Set Of Drives ; Modifying The Driving Batch File ; What About The Log File? ; The Upgraded Set Of Batch Files ; Encryption of backup data ; What Is Involved In Encrypting A Backup Device? ; ( Advice On Passwords ); What Is Involved In Mounting An Encrypted Device? ; User Mounted Or Automated? ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Mounting ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Dismounts ; Making The External Drives Available Across The Network ; Mounting A Shared Drive For Sharing ; Installing On A Networked Computer ; Running On The Big Beige Box ; An Improved Method Of Waiting ; Shutdown Or Restart? ; At Long Last! A Working Version! ; The Backup.BAT file ; The Mount.BAT file ; The ProcessDrive.BAT file ; The Shutdown.BAT File ; The Encryption Process

Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:27 AM

Waiting For A Set Of Drives

We maintain our original WaitOne.BAT batch file, which will wait patiently for a single drive to be mounted, and we will use that batch file in a loop, to wait until all drives have been mounted.

WaitSet.BAT

Title %0 - wait for SET of backup drives to appear
REM parameter 1 should be the wait time in seconds e.g. "120"
REM parameter 2 and on should be the anticipated Drive letters e.g. "X Y"
:Loop
if "%2"=="" goto Finish
call WaitOne %1 %2
call %0 %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
:Finish
REM END

Issue the Backup Command To A Set Of Drives

Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:27 AM