Use powershell to set up Windows 10 Backup

Question

Update: I actually found this post where Christian Grue asks the same question. That was in 2017. Is this still the case in 2020?

Original Post:

I've found a number of articles on how to make a Powershell backup script, such as

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/53074.file-backup-with-powershell.aspx, and

https://medium.com/@pablo127/how-do-i-make-quick-automatic-backup-with-using-powershell-9fa8de3f1784.

However, these scripts include the actual backup routine. I'm not against this approach, but before I choose it, I was wondering if the Powershell API is capable of configuring the built-in Windows 10 Backup utility directly?

Here's my scenario, if that clarifies my project: We have a number of deployed systems on customer premises, and I need to retroactively configure backups of our application's data folder to a network share. These systems are nearly identical, and the only wildcard is the destination network share and its credentials.

P.S. I originally posted this question in the System Center Data Protection Manager forum, and was redirected here by a moderator. If this is still not the right forum, I would appreciate some help to get to the right place.

Answer 1

Hi，

If you want to create a backup schedule in Windows 10 you can run wbadmin enable backup
For more details you can refer to this link
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wbadmin-enable-backup

Best Regards，
Ian

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Answer 2

Not a PowerShell cmdlet but you can use the wbAdmin command for this:

# Creates a backup of C: and all required partitions and stores the backup on F:
wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:F: -include:C: -allCritical -quiet

# Creates a backup of C: and all required partitions and stores the backup on a remote computer
wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:\\[Remote-Computer]\[Share] -include:C: -allCritical –quiet

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten