New full backup

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wvyhonsky
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Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:55 am

New full backup

Post by wvyhonsky »

Hi -

I am doing incremental backups daily to a external drive. About once a month or when the drive is almost full I want to use a new drive and start over with a new full backup, and then continue with the incrementals. What is the best way to do this without having to edit the backup job? Thanks!

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: New full backup

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

When you change the drive, just open Backup Properties->Advanced
In the "Run action before backup" section, select "Clear backup" and "Run only once".
Press Save.
That will delete the old backups from the catalog and a new full backup will be performed.
After that, if you use the Incremental type, incremental backups will be performed.

wvyhonsky
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Re: New full backup

Post by wvyhonsky »

Thanks - I will give it a try tonight.

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