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Re: hmmm...how do I do full backup?

2000-05-01 15:51:12
Subject: Re: hmmm...how do I do full backup?
From: "Tracy T." <adsmigmo AT YAHOO DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:51:12 -0700
Yes, you are relient on your first incremental (which
in essence is a full backup).  To restore your system
completely you need your entire set of backup tapes.



--- Chan Cao <ccao AT BROOKS DOT COM> wrote:
> well yah but then don't these incrementals depend
> well yah but then don't these incrementals depend
> on the last (first full)?  then you have to need
> the first media, plus all the incrementals before
> the
> last to bring the fs up to date?
>
> I guess the question again is how does incremental
> work?
>
> C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy T. [mailto:adsmigmo AT YAHOO DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:03 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: hmmm...how do I do full backup?
>
>
> Maybe what you are looking for is an archive instead
> of a backup.  An archive done on a filesystem
> captures
> the filesystem as it is completely at a given point
> in
> time.  It's more analogous to the non-ADSM concept
> of
> what a full backup is.  Keep in mind, though, that
> the
> ADSM concept of incremental backups *should* provide
> for a restore of all data in the event of a
> disaster.
> It's not a disaster recovery solution (an entire
> topic
> in and of itself), but it is a portion of the DR
> solution.
>
> --- Chan Cao <ccao AT BROOKS DOT COM> wrote:
> > There seems to be only incremental and partial
> > incremental
> > and selective.  I'm lost in IBM conventions.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > C
> >
>
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