Damon,
One of the ways I get command lines is to run ntbackup.exe, and go to the calendar tab, create a new scheduled job, and set the properties. Then, when it is set up, go to Task Scheduler (Start-> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools) and right-click -> properties.
You can then copy and paste the command-line arguments from there.
As to your other question, ntbackup allows you to choose full, incremental, or differential. We use Full on a sort of GFS strategy. Incremental will only backup files changed, but you need to have access to all the backups from the last full backup in order to do a restore. Differential works a little different, but as I haven't used in a while, I can't say for sure...
You can also chose a weekly backup, and then select only Monday through Friday, thereby not wasting time at the weekend backing up if you don't need to.
Once you set all of these options in the WIndows GUI and go to task scheduler, you'll get something like this:
Code:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTBACKUP.EXE backup "@C:\Documents and Settings\rclements\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\Will Test.bks" /n "will-test.bkf created 28/10/2004 at 17:55" /d "Set created 28/10/2004 at 17:55" /v:yes /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m daily /j "Will Test" /l:s /f "R:\temp\will-test.bkf"
Here, I am backing up a Daily backup (only files changed that day), and replacing each file in the backup that has changed, for only Monday through Friday.
Code:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTBACKUP.EXE backup "@C:\Documents and Settings\rclements\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\WillTest2.bks" /n "FullBack.bkf created 28/10/2004 at 18:00" /d "Set created 28/10/2004 at 18:00" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "WillTest2" /l:s /f "R:\temp\FullBack.bkf"
The above just runs a normal full backup once at 23:00 (note that the 23:00 schedules are not handled by ntbackup, but by the Task Scheduler).
hth,
Will
