Thanks for the confirmation Ed! Knew I should have started the new Policies
on Friday night!!

Simon Weaver 
Technical Support 
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium 
Tel: 02392-708598 

Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net 



-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org] 
Sent: 06 December 2005 12:29
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Policies - Full & Incr


On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:44:28AM -0000, WEAVER, Simon wrote:
> I performed a full backup on 2 clients over the weekend using their 
> existing policies. The backups were successful.
>  
> Yesterday, to keep in line with procedures, I created 2 brand new 
> policies and set off the Incrementals - this morning they are still 
> running!
>  
> Is this because they are running under the NEW policies I created? 
> Just want to clarify if this is the case, or whether there is another 
> issue

The incremental is based off the last full in the same policy.  If you
created a new policy separate from the full, then the first backup will
consist of everything.

Each policy should have all the schedules in it - i.e. Full and Incremental
in the same policy.  

If you rename a policy, the same thing happens - you trigger a full backup.

-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org