There would be no point to use /hash or /usemd as they affect a changes only backup (the next backup).
Using /mdudd option
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Re: Using /mdudd option
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Re: Using /mdudd option
That's what I read in the UG for /hash and /usemd.TeraByte Support wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:44 pmThere would be no point to use /hash or /usemd as they affect a changes only backup (the next backup).
However, in post #2, you said -
"That option only applies if using /usemd (Use Metadata Hash Files)."
So, that's why I added it with /mdudd.
The whole point of this was what I quoted from the IFW User's Guide on /mdudd -
Use this option to have Image for Windows look at the full contents of directories to calculate the metadata hash.
This can prevent validate byte-for-byte errors due to normal and safe changes in the directory area, but requires more processing gathering
information.
So, does that only apply to B4B errors for differential/incremental backups?
I mentioned in the OP that I was looking into /mdudd for full backups.
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Re: Using /mdudd option
Yes, it only applies when using /usemd which only applies to differential/incremental backups that use that.