[Backup] Hotcopy bat file

Aure69

Hi,

I try to use hotcopy for the first time. I tried to do the following .bat file :

c:
cd\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Database Server\
HotCopy.exe source=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Boc_Prod.fdb destination=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Backup Server=BOCPROD user=admin password=prod  dbtest=minimum

When I launch it I only see the prompt which opens and closes so quickly I cannot read any message. It seems that nothing happens. I had a look at the Navsion documentation but I don't see what is wrong with my bat.

Do you have any idea of what could be wrong ? Thanks in advance.

jm

Hi,

I don't know what is wrong in .bat file, but if you append

pause

you should see the error.

br
Josef Metz

DenSter

Also, if you run a *.bat file from a command prompt, it will display the messages but it won't close.

kine

I highly recommend to use Backup Description file to set the parameters instead command line parameters. See Documentation for this. It will remove some problems...

Aure69

Thanx Denster, that's what I have done, it seems that I have a wrong character

See the screenshot :
http://img272.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hotcopyerror10kn.gif

kine wrote:

I highly recommend to use Backup Description file to set the parameters instead command line parameters. See Documentation for this. It will remove some problems...

OK I've seen it, I will try to do so.

Timo_Lässer

Aure69 wrote:

[...]

c:
cd\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Database Server\
HotCopy.exe source=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Boc_Prod.fdb destination=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Backup Server=BOCPROD user=admin password=prod  dbtest=minimum

[...]

The error seems to be here:

c:
cd\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Database Server\
HotCopy.exe [...]

It should be

cd c:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Database Server\

HotCopy.exe [...]

As you can see in your screenshot, all commands will be executed in the directory "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\tunesi"

Further more, I suggest that you will put your commands in " :

[...]
HotCopy.exe source="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Boc_Prod.fdb" destination="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision\Bocage_Prod\Backup" Server=BOCPROD user=admin password=prod  dbtest=minimum
[...]

Aure69

Thank you Timo, that works