Backup solution using free components

This is documentation for a mostly secure backup mechanism that takes advantage of:
7 zip
Autoit/autohotkey
WinDirStat
WMIC/ powershell
Sysinternals
Winscp
Microsoft System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System
Winmerge
Barracuda copy.com cloud storage


The purpose of WinDirStats is to select the folders you want backed up. The information is them passed to winmerge that scans the current folder with the backup folders and scan for differences. By adding winscp to winmerge using opening winscp and going to
2. Fill In Description and Custom Command
3. Click Local Command Choice
4. Select Apply to Directories Check Box & Click OK
To Use:
1. Left-click on a Local Directory
2. Right-click on the corresponding Remote Directory & select the name of the custom command you just added.
3. WinSCP will make a temp copy of the Remote Directory on your local machine and present a directory diff in the WinMerge format. commands and adding the path to winmerge.

The advantage of this is that SMB can be turned off at the backup location NAS and winscp can use FTPS but Winscp handles the specifics.

I am currently working on making WinDirStats work with an autoit or autohotkey script. I am also working on code that uses powershell to query folders on remote machines as if they are local. Unfortunately to increase reliability the autoit and autohotkey scripts must be compiled to exe forms. The Microsoft System Center Management makes it possible to convert the process into a service using the sc command and using Microsoft System Center Management to monitor this service.

To store the destination, use an encrypted 7 zip archive. To do so use the command line extension to hide the header. This extension is -mhe extention. The backup scripts can be taken from http://www.ntwind.com/tutorials/perform-automatic-backups.html The main difference is that we substituted Microsoft's System Center Management with Hstart for better logging.

How to run sc to make service https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/251192
http://www.ntwind.com/tutorials/perform-automatic-backups.html

To produce a backup of the servers that are backed up, should a full image be wanted, see Sysinternal's disk to VHD found here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee656415.aspx

One possible idea of a backup location besides a NAS is to use Barracuda's copy.com cloud storage for remote backup. Barracuda has been servicing enterprise networks for a while.

Microsoft System Center Management tools
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44231
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx%3Fid%3D9296