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# Snapcontrol
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## Short description
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Drive Snapshot backup controller.
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A backup wrapper program for Windows boxes.
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Features:
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- Starts a backup via Windows Scheduler using Drive Snapshot by Tom Ehlert
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- Can ask the user for permission to start a backup
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- Can do a shutdown after backup
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- Different backup targets (local DRIVE, SMB, FTP)
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- Encryption support (via Drive Snapshot)
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- Verifies the backup (optional)
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- New full backup every month
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- Daily differential backup
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- Writes detailed logfile and history log
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- Sends reports via email (using cmail.exe)
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## Requirements
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You will need the tool [Drive Snapshot](http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/order.htm) by Tom Ehlert Software.
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Download here: [snapshot.exe](http://www.drivesnapshot.de/download/snapshot.exe)
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64-bit version: [snapshot64.exe](http://www.drivesnapshot.de/download/snapshot64.exe)
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You can test Drive snapshot for a limited time. Please support this great tool and consider to buy a license.
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You will also need [CMail](https://www.inveigle.net/cmail) for sending emails.
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Get it from here: https://www.inveigle.net/cmail/download
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## Installation
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- Download the latest release and unzip the files (.exe and .ini file) to some path of your choice
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- Open "snapcontrol.ini" with the editor of your choice and set the following variables:
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- BinPath
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- TargetPath
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- TargetUser
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- TargetPassword
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- Disks2Dump
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- Copy the Drive Snapshot binary to "BinPath"
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- Optional step: set "InstallTo" to your desired location
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- Open a dos box and execute:
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```dos
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snapcontrol.exe /I
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```
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Snapcontrol will find "snapcontrol.ini" automagically in the path where snapcontrol.exe was *installed*!
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That's all. Snapcontrol will now be called by the Windows scheduler. See "snapcontrol.ini" for detailed comments on the features.
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## USAGE
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```dos
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C:\>snapcontrol.exe /?
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usage: snapcontrol.exe [ /S | /I | /V | /D | /? ]
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/S = silent mode (no user interaction!)
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/I = install/update scheduler job
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/V = show version
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/D = dry run
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/? = help
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RETURNCODES:
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-----------------------------------------------------
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99 = usage was called / wrong arguments or parameters
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98 = cannot read inifile (does not exist ?)
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97 = i don't have admin rights
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96 = mailer (cmail) not found or not working
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95 = Drive Snapshot version is not supported
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94 = Drive Snapshot exe not found
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0 = OK
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```
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*HINT:* Everytime you change the values in "BackupSched" or "BackupStart" you will have to call snapcontrol.exe with the /I switch.
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