EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
04/04/2008 12:36:03 PM:

> > level 1 - Backs up all files that have changed since the most 
> recent full backup (considered a level zero).
> 
> >If I run a Full and then 6 level 1 backups is that the same as 
> running a Full and 6 incrementals.
> >F 1 1 1 1 1 1 vs. F i i i i i i
> 
> In this case your Level 1 backups always go back to last Level that 
> is less than the current Level, so all of your Level 1 backups will 
> go back to the Level 0. To implement the "Incremental actions", 
> you'd need to do a Level 1, followed by a Level 2, Level 3, etc. I 
> did this with our NDMP backups to make it "Incremental Like", 
> followed by a Level 1 on Friday which would go back and get 
> everything since the Level 0 from the weekend.

A "F 1 1 1 1 1 1" is (effectively) a FULL, followed by 6 differentials (or 
6 cumulative changes, each cumulative since the last FULL).

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