First we work very, very hard trying to convince people that full backups
aren't necessary with ADSM, often failing.  But, our standard is to do only
incrementals on workstations and file servers, and then work with the
retention periods and management classes to make the clients feel comfortable
about getting the data they want back when they need it.   For
point-of-time-type data that they need to keep for a certain period of time,
such as financial, research or government data, we recommend archiving.

ADSM is very flexible in the retention possibilities and it is ever so much
more efficient to back up only data that has changed, both from a storage
viewpoint and a transfer standpoint.




ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 02/04/98 11:15:10 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
cc:
Subject: selective vs incremental

Hi ADSM'ers;
     I am interested in experiences of full backups vs incrementals. So far
I have done only selectives. My objective is to get one good full backup
for each client to gauge space and time variables. What does the rest of
the world actually do?

Thanks, Ann Courchaine