2023 Vanilla BatchFile ServerStart and Backup

NEW FOR 2023+

UPDATED BACKUP AND SERVER START

The following is a vanilla version that can be easily modified for any MC server. I made some changes from the original one since that one is based a lot on my BLAZEPANEL.  Both ServerStart and backup can be used independently of each other. currently is set to make a max of 7 backups

UPDATES:

• ServerStart: Server now checks and downloads updated minecraft server for you
• Backup: Server does not need to be shut down to backup world. The only file that is not backed up is the "server.lock" which is not needed
• Backup: Default set to 7 days, for slow servers. See line #64 change the "-7" to whatever number (make sure it is a negative).

TODO: Backup to dropbox (or your favorite online site - better than backing up to the same computer). Bookmark 

Install is easy.

1. Get CURL* for windows. This is used to check for newer MC server updates.
2. Place both of these batchfiles in your server directory.
3. Open windows TaskScheduler (or cron) and set a time for the backup script to run.
4. Run the ServerStart.bat (acts as a restarter as well). Your done.

*I could never get WGET to work.

SERVERSTART.BAT

@echo off
:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: :::: S T A R T S E R V E R . B A T                    ::::
:: :::: CONTACT INFO: RSCORPIO64@GMAIL.C                 ::::
:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

title Minecraft Server Starter

:: NEED ABSOLUTE PATH TO MINECRAFT SERVER
c:
cd "\mcserver\"

:: LOAD UP THE BATCH FILE
:: start /min "SERVER_BACKUP" backup.bat

:LOAD_SERVER
cls
echo.

echo "   _____            ___________________    _____ _____________________"
echo "  /     \           \_   ___ \______   \  /  _  \\_   _____|__    ___/"
echo " /  \ /  \   ______ /    \  \/|       _/ /  /_\  \|    __)   |    |   "
echo "/    Y    \ /_____/ \     \___|    |   \/    |    \     \    |    |   "
echo "\____|__  /          \______  /____|_  /\____|__  |___  /    |____|   "
echo "        \/                  \/       \/         \/    \/              "
echo "  ________________________________   _______________________          "
echo " /   _____|_   _____|______   \   \ /   |_   _____|______   \         "
echo " \_____  \ |    __)_ |       _/\   Y   / |    __)_ |       _/         "
echo " /        \|        \|    |   \ \     /  |        \|    |   \         "
echo "/_______  /_______  /|____|_  /  \___/  /_______  /|____|_  /         "
echo "        \/        \/        \/                  \/        \/          "
echo "__________ ____ __________    _______  .___ _______    ________       "
echo "\______   \    |   \      \   \      \ |   |\      \  /  _____/       "
echo " |       _/    |   /   |   \  /   |   \|   |/   |   \/   \  ___       "
echo " |    |   \    |  /    |    \/    |    \   /    |    \    \_\  \      "
echo " |____|_  /______/\____|__  /\____|__  /___\____|__  /\______  /      "
echo.

:: next line optional for title display
timeout /t 2

:: GET LATEST SERVER ON EACH LOAD
del server.jar /Q
:: CURL manditory to work
:: https://www.mediafire.com/file/a2tpm3u28k233qt/curl-7.64.1.7z/file
echo.
echo Checking for latest MINECRAFT version
echo ------------------------------------------
curl -O https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/c9df48efed58511cdd0213c56b9013a7b5c9ac1f/server.jar
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo STARTING SERVER
echo.
echo.
:: LOAD YOUR SERVER HERE
:: ## CHANGE MEMORY REQUIREMENTS HERE AS DESIRED
:: start /b /wait java -server -Xmx4G -Xms1024M -Xmn512M -XX:NewRatio=2 -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=2048 -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Xnoclassgc -oss4M -ss4M -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:UseSSE=4 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -XX:+AggressiveOpts -cp "server.jar" -jar "server.jar" nogui
start /b /wait "MINECRAFT WATCHDOG" java.exe -Xmx4G -Xms4G -jar server.jar nogui
echo.

:: SYSTEM COMES HERE WHEN THE SERVER STOPS
:: WHAT WE DO HERE IS DO A TIME OUT INCASE THE EXIT WAS INTENTIONAL,
:: IF NOT IT WILL BE TREATED AS A CRASH
:: ALLOW 10 SECOND DELAY,
echo Server stoppped!! Server will reload in 10 seconds,
echo PRESS ANY KEY TO EXIT SERVER
call :controlTimeout 15
if errorlevel 1 (
    GOTO EXIT_SERVER
) else (
    GOTO CRASH
)
exit /b

:controlTimeout
:: TIMEOUT IS A BUILT IN WINDOWS FEATURE
setlocal
start "" /belownormal /b cmd /q /d /c "timeout.exe %~1 /nobreak > nul"
timeout.exe %~1 & tasklist | find "timeout" >nul
if errorlevel 1 ( set "exitCode=0" ) else (
    set "exitCode=1"
    taskkill /f /im timeout.exe 2>nul >nul
)
endlocal & exit /b %exitCode%

:CRASH
:: ADD TO LOG HERE IF CTRL-X WAS NOT PRESED
set this_date = date /t
echo Server Crashed on !this_date! >> crash.log

:: IF NOT, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A CRASH, RELOAD THE SERVER
GOTO LOAD_SERVER

:EXIT_SERVER
del /q server.up
exit 0

 

 

BACKUP.BAT

:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:: ::::              B A C K U P . B A T                 ::::

:: ::::            MINECRAFT SERVER BACKUP               ::::

:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:: AUTHOR: R.SCORPIO rickscorpio64@gmail.com

:: WEBSITE: https://rustycraftmc.blogspot.com/

@echo off

title "BACKUP SERVER"

:: ----------- EDIT THIS SECTION ------------------------------------

:: mc drive and directory

set mcdrive=c

set mcfolder=c:\MinecraftServer

    :: put the name of the world you want to backup

    set worldname=world

    :: BACKUP folder name

set backupDrive=c

    set backupFolder=c:\MinecraftServer\backups

   

   `if not exist %backupfolder% mkdir %backupfolder%

:: ---- DO NOT EDIT PAST HERE ---------------------------------------

:backup

cls

echo "    _____                                           

echo " __|___  |__  ______  _____  __    _ ______  _____  

echo "|   ___|    ||   ___||     |\  \  //|   ___||     | 

echo " `-.`-.     ||   ___||     \ \  \// |   ___||     \ 

echo "|______|  __||______||__|\__\ \__/  |______||__|\__\

echo "   |_____|                                          

echo "    _____                                           

echo " __|___  |__  ____    ______  __  __  __   _  _____ 

echo "|      >    ||    \  |   ___||  |/ / |  | | ||     |

echo "|     <     ||     \ |   |__ |     \ |  |_| ||    _|

echo "|______>  __||__|\__\|______||__|\__\|______||___|  

echo "   |_____|                                          

                                                

echo.

:: get on the chosen backup drive

%backupDrive%:

:: switch to backup folder

cd "%backupFolder%\"

:: get current time

for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('DATE /T') do (set var=%%c-%%a-%%b)

:: create a dated folder in the backup folder based on the date from above

md %var%

:: start the backup

echo Backing up %worldname% one moment...

xcopy /Y /e /c /exclude:%mcfolder%\exclude.txt "%mcfolder%\%worldname%\*.*" "%backupFolder%\%var%" 

echo Backup completed successfully..

echo.

echo Cleaning up backup folder

:: we dont want anything longer than 7 days of back up. thats plenty.

%backupDrive%:

cd "%backupfolder%\"

FORFILES /S /D -7 /C "cmd /c IF @isdir == TRUE rd /S /Q @path"

:: get back to the minecraft folder

:: some problems testing.. hard code this if vars do not work.

:: %mcdrive%:

c:

cd "%mcfolder%"