He's incorrectly (I believe) assuming that the Synthetic backup picks up
differential information from the client, in the process of creating the
Synthetic Full.

Paul

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: February 20, 2008 4:04 PM
> To: Haskins, Steve; VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Question about synthetic backups
> 
> 
> As to TOP's question, have you tried running a full, then a series of
> incrementals, THEN a syn full or cumulative incremental?  That's what
> it's designed for.  Why would you make a syn full from a full?  The
> results would be the same a duplication of that same backup, 
> with a lot
> more work.  The use of it without any fulls is pointless 
> enough that the
> program is probably just barfing and saying "what are you doing? You
> don't have any incrementals to merge into a full!  All you have is a
> full!  Why don't you just copy it?"
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