Re: [Networker] "level=" question

Robert,

The numeric levels correspond to UNIX "dump" levels.  A level "n" backup
includes files that have changed since the last backup of a lower level.  A
full is the equivalent of a level zero backup.  An incremental doesn't have
a dump level equivalent.

So, if you did a full on Sunday, and set level 1 for the other days, each
day's backup would include the files that had changed since the Sunday full.
This is commonly referred to as a "differential" backup scheme.

There are examples in the NetWorker Administrator's Guide.

Wes

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris AT RDLG DOT NET]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:01 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] "level=" question


  Digging through mminfo while cleaning up the system of cruft I found
some old backups sitting around.  I saw we have "full", "incr" and
"1"...  I'm thinking the previous admin was tyring differnt levels for a
while and changed his plan but never cleaned up the cruft.  What would a
level 1 be equivalent of, is it an incremental or what?




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