Storing Multiple Essbase Backups

Question

Hello,
We currently run a nightly backup using the MaxL script below. Due to a change in business practices, we now need to save mulitple days worth of backups instead of writing over the previous night's backup, as we do in this script. Does anyone know of a way to include today's date in the name of the file? Right now we have it named as Plan1BkupLv0.txt but I would like it to read "Date"Plan1BkupLv0.txt, where "Date" represents the date the backup is run. Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Start log file output. * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
spool on to 'G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\TelePlan\Plan1\Plan1bkStartlog.txt';
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Log on to application. * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
login ;
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Ensure Application and database               * */
/* *     is loaded before archive.               * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
alter application 'TelePlan' load database 'Plan1';
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Export all data in "Column" format. * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/*export database 'TelePlan'.'Plan1' Input data to data_file                */
/*     'G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\TelePlan\Plan1\Plan1BkupInp.txt';     */
export database 'TelePlan'.'Plan1' level0 data to data_file
     'G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\TelePlan\Plan1\Plan1BkupLv0.txt';
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Place database in archive mode * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
alter database TelePlan.Plan1 begin archive to file 'G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\TelePlan\Plan1\files2backup.txt';
/*Commented out the validate routine*/
/*alter database TelePlan.Plan1 validate using error_file 'G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\TelePlan\Plan1\validate.txt';*/
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
/* * Terminate the Log file output. * */
/* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* */
spool off;
logout;

Answer 1

Hi GlennS,
Thank you so much for the response. I am not versed in MaxL or batch scripts so the easier, the better for me. I am just trying to adjust scripts that consultants wrote during our Hyperion implementation. Below is what I now have for the batch script after adding your suggested changes and is not creating the mulitple files. Would you have a suggestion as to what I have done wrong and how to fix it? Thanks again!
@ECHO ON
REM --------------------------------------------------------------------
REM * *
REM * File Name: bkupbatch.bat     *
REM * Created By: Srinivas Uppalapati          *
REM * Created Date: July 12, 2008 *
REM * *
REM * Launches Hyperion MaxL and exports the data               *
REM * *
REM --------------------------------------------------------------------
REM
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------*
REM      SET SCRIPT VARIABLES FOR ESSBASE AND BACKUP DIRECTORIES          *
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------*
SET ESSBACKUPSCRIPTDIR=G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups\BackupScriptsPlan1
SET ESSBASEAPPHOME=G:\Hyperion\AnalyticServices\app
SET ESSBACKUPDIR=G:\Hyperion\Automation\Backups
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
REM *                                             *
REM *          Deletes existing log file                    *
REM *                                             *
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
del %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\Plan1bklog.txt
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
REM *                                             *                                   
REM *          Executes the backup Maxl script                    *
REM *                                             *                                                            
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
essmsh.exe %ESSBACKUPSCRIPTDIR%\Plan1BkupStart.msh
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------*
REM      COPY ALL CRITICAL ESSBASE FILES TO THE DATE DIRECTORY          *
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------*
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.otl %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.csc %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.rul %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.rep %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.alt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.zip %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.dbb %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
copy %ESSBASEAPPHOME%\TelePlan\Plan1\*.txt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
REM *                                             *                                   
REM *          Executes the backup Maxl script                    *
REM *                                             *                                                            
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
essmsh.exe %ESSBACKUPSCRIPTDIR%\Plan1BkupEnd.msh
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
REM *                                             *                                   
REM *          Stores Old Backup Copies                *
REM *                                             *                                                            
REM *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
del %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\5_Plan1BkupLv0.txt
rename %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\4_Plan1BkupLv0.txt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\5_Plan1BkupLv0.txt
rename %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\3_Plan1BkupLv0.txt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\4_Plan1BkupLv0.txt
rename %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\2_Plan1BkupLv0.txt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\3_Plan1BkupLv0.txt
rename %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\1_Plan1BkupLv0.txt %ESSBACKUPDIR%\TelePlan\Plan1\2_Plan1BkupLv0.txt