On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 11:33:32AM -0400, tkutil wrote:
> According to the NWadmin guide:
> Incremental - Backs up files that have changed since the last backup, 
> regardless of level.
> 
> 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

No.

> or does running Level1 capture more changes as the week goes on. So
> for example after running a full the Level 1 captures changes made on
> a Monday when the backup is run Monday evening. Then Tuesday another
> Level 1 backup is run Tuesday evening and caputures Tuesdays changes
> as well as Mondays?

Exactly.  As your definition states, it's all changes since the last
full backup (or the last backup of any lower level).  That meanst that
any intervening backups of level 1 or higher are irrelevant.  Each level
1 backup in that sequence is independent of the others.

> I'm trying to understand what is the best way to capture only changes
> made the day of the backup.

That's whan an incremental does.  Files changed since the last backup of
any kind.

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