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dormi98
Level 3
13 years ago

NDMP - NetApp Incremental Job size

Hello! I got a Netapp with CIFS Shares (total 700GB at the moment) which is backed up by NDMP I created two jobs. Job 1: runs on friday and does a full Backup (Level 0 - full Backup - in the ND...
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    pkh
    13 years ago

    Level 1 will backup all the new or modified files since the Level 0 (full) backup.  Since you kept using Level 1, you are effectively doing a differential rather than an incremental backup.  If you want to do an incremental backup you should do the following

    Fri - Level 0 (full backup0

    Mon - Level 1 (incr)

    Tue - Level 2 (incr)

    Wed - Level 3 (incr)

    .....

    See the backup method of the document below

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO74004

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pkh
Moderator
13 years ago

Level 1 will backup all the new or modified files since the Level 0 (full) backup.  Since you kept using Level 1, you are effectively doing a differential rather than an incremental backup.  If you want to do an incremental backup you should do the following

Fri - Level 0 (full backup0

Mon - Level 1 (incr)

Tue - Level 2 (incr)

Wed - Level 3 (incr)

.....

See the backup method of the document below

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO74004