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I would just like to add some comment regarding Incremental Backup, in order to sum-up things properly, for all the users to understand what really happens there.
In Backup Exec 2012, each time you create a new backup job, BEX will include a Full backup job, as well as an Incremental backup job by default in the task. Then you can either remove the Incremental task or not.
On a Windows Client, when you select the whole server content (e.g>> C:\ and System State) the System State will never be backed-up using the Incremental method. Never ; it will use the Full backup job method. That means if your System State is 10 Gb for instance, your Incremental job will include these 10GB + the C Drive Incremental job, which makes the System State backup redundant.
So if you really want an effective and clever Incremental backup Job, especially if you are running a Backup 2 Disk equipment, here is how you should schedule your backup jobs :
<The target is Server_1>
1st job : Run a Full backup job, including C:\ and System State of the server. This one will be performed, say, once a week.
2nd job : Run a Full D:\ WITHOUT System State (once a week) - where D:\ holds the Data.
3rd Job : Run an INCR backup job based on the 2nd backup job (every day)
This way, you'll backup the System State only once, so that you'll save much storage space.
Hope this helps.
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