Incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backups (Windows)
Your administrator might set up schedules to automatically back up files. This section contains information about how to back up files without a schedule.
There are three types of incremental backup: full, partial, and incremental-by-date.
If you migrate files with Tivoli® Storage Manager HSM for Windows, there can be consequences for backup operations.
- Full and partial incremental backup
An incremental backup backs up only new and changed files. The type of incremental backup depends on what objects you select to be backed up. - Incremental-by-date backup
For a file system to be eligible for incremental-by-date backups, you must have performed at least one full incremental backup of that file system. Running an incremental backup of only a directory branch or individual file will not make the file system eligible for incremental-by-date backups. - Comparing incremental-by-date, journal-based, and NetApp snapshot difference to full incremental and partial incremental backups
Incremental-by-date, journal-based, and NetApp snapshot difference are alternatives to full incremental and partial incremental back methods. - Snapshot differential backup with an HTTPS connection
You can use a secure HTTPS connection for the backup-archive client to communicate with a NetApp filer during a snapshot differential backup. - Selective backup
Use a selective backup when you want to back up specific files or directories regardless of whether a current copy of those files exists on the server.
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