Sharepoint backup script

(1) Open notepad

(2) type following command

@echo

echo Back up the farm to "Optimus\Share"

echo ===============================================================

For /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do (

Set Day=%%A

Set Month=%%B

Set Year=%%C

Set todayDate=%%C%%B%%A

)
set WORKINGFOLDER="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN"
pushd "%WORKINGFOLDER:"=%"

cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN

echo Starting Backup ========================

stsadm -o backup -url http://optimus:3333 -filename \\Optimus\Share\SharepointPortalBackup_%todayDate%.bak -overwrite


pause


(3) Save the file as .bat or .cmd
(4) Run & test (This will create a backup with the date (SharepointPortalBackup_1406Mon.bak) )
(5) Add a "Task Scheduler" in server

:) :) :) Simple