# Powershell script for sysadmin to regularly download backups from server to computer

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**Category:** Extras
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [October 4, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/powershell-script-for-sysadmin-to-regularly-download-backups-from-server-to-computer/280983 "2023-10-04T01:10:40Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/powershell-script-for-sysadmin-to-regularly-download-backups-from-server-to-computer/280983/3 "2023-10-04T09:29:30Z")

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Indeed a very good reminder. I did suggest ([here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-should-warn-boldly-if-theres-no-recent-backup/257679)) that the update function could check and warn if the backup files have last-accessed-times too far in the past. We update every two or three months, so that check wouldn’t run too often, and the time of an update is a good time to be sure there’s a safe backup. Any means of copying a backup file to somewhere else should update the last-accessed timestamp.

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