Daily Automatic Backup Using Powershell Script

Mention in Task Scheduler powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\FFScript.ps1" ----------------------------------------- Copy Below Script ----------------------------------------- ===== CONFIGURATION ===== Source (Main Server) $source = "\\192.168.10.12\c$\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Dahua & Hikvision Camera Config Tool" Base Destination (VM Machine) $baseDestination = "D:\Data Backup\May-2026\Dahua & Hikvision Camera Config Tool" Log folder $logFolder = "D:\Data Backup\log" Target Date $date = Get-Date ===== DATE RANGE ===== $startDate = $date.Date $endDate = $startDate.AddDays(1) ===== CREATE DATE FOLDER ===== $dateFolder = $date.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy dddd") $destination = Join-Path $baseDestination $dateFolder ===== CREATE DESTINATION FOLDER IF NOT EXISTS ===== if (!(Test-Path $destination)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $destination | Out-Null } ===== CREATE LOG FOLDER IF NOT EXISTS ===== if (!(Test-Path $logFolder)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $logFolder | Out-Null } ===== LOG FILE ===== $logFile = Join-Path $logFolder ("backup_" + $dateFolder + ".log") ===== START LOG ===== "===== Backup Started: $(Get-Date) =====" | Out-File $logFile -Append ===== GET FILES AND FOLDERS ===== Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -ge $startDate -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt $endDate } | ForEach-Object { try { Create relative path $relativePath = $_.FullName.Substring($source.Length).TrimStart("\") Destination path $targetPath = Join-Path $destination $relativePath If item is a folder if ($_.PSIsContainer) { if (!(Test-Path $targetPath)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $targetPath -Force | Out-Null } "FOLDER SUCCESS: $($_.FullName)" | Out-File $logFile -Append } else { Create parent folder if not exists $parentFolder = Split-Path $targetPath -Parent if (!(Test-Path $parentFolder)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $parentFolder -Force | Out-Null } Copy file Copy-Item $_.FullName -Destination $targetPath -Force "FILE SUCCESS: $($_.FullName)" | Out-File $logFile -Append } } catch { "ERROR: $($_.FullName) - $_" | Out-File $logFile -Append } } ===== END LOG ===== "===== Backup Completed: $(Get-Date) =====" | Out-File $logFile -Append Write-Host "Files and folders copied to $destination. Log saved at $logFile"