Initiating backups manually

Once a backup policy is defined, the backups will occur automatically according the defined schedule. However, there are occasions when an on-demand or one-off backup is necessary—for instance before performing system maintenance or installing new software.

In this recipe, we will show how to perform an on-demand backup using the existing backup policy outside of the predefined schedule. Additionally, we will create a one-off backup policy to back-up the files and folders in C:\InetPub and store them on the E:\ drive.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will be using a system configured for backups similar to the previous recipe Configuring backup policies.

How to do it...

1. Initiate the default backup policy.

   Get-WBPolicy | Start-WBBackup

2. Monitor the backup using Get-WBSummary command:

   Get-WBSummay

   When executed, the status is displayed, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

3. Perform a one-off backup of C:\InetPub using the following command:

   $myPol = New-WBPolicy
   $mySpec =...