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Sharon_E's avatar
Sharon_E
Level 3
11 years ago

differential backup device type

Hi I want to make a weekly differential  backup I defined 1 Mediapool Overwrite Protection Time 1 Week, Append Time 4 Days & first  Job with Options set to Full Backup and Overwrite on we...
  • pkh's avatar
    11 years ago
    It is up to you whether you want to use 1 or 2 disk storage. If your retention period for both the full and differential backups are the same then you only need one media set. For disk storage, you should always specify Overwrite. There is no advantage in appending to disk media