Creating an incremental backup in 2.78

[11ss]

The documentation for creating an incremental backup in the manual is about as clear as mud. How does one create an incremental backup as opposed to a differential? Thanks!

[TeraByte Support(PP)]

Base the incremental backup on a previous changes only backup (or full backup, if starting a chain). For example, if you have FullBackup.tbi and one changes only backup (FullBackup_IncA.tbi) and want to create a new incremental (FullBackup_IncB.tbi), base the new backup on FullBackup_IncA.tbi. When you're starting a new incremental chain, the first incremental backup created would be exactly the same as if you created a differential -- it's just the changes from the base full image.

[11ss]

That makes sense now. And to continue making differentials just keep basing it off of the full backup.
Thank you.

[TeraByte Support(PP)]

Right. For differentials, base on full image. For incrementals, base on last incremental in chain (normally).

[DrTeeth]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 16:11:02 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
TeraByte Support(PP) disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Right. For differentials, base on full image. For incrementals, base on last incremental in chain (normally).

If one has a folder with several backup files in them, how can one
tell which are differentials and which are incrementals?
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Cheers

DrT
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