04-19-2012 06:02 AM
BE 2010 R3 on Windows server 2k3. We use B2D on a NAS (ReadyNAS) with 2TB's of storage. I changed 1 other server to full backup with incremental backups using the wizard. When doing full backups w/o incrementals, we had plenty of space on the NAS. Now, with incremental, we use the whole 2TB of space within a week or so! I look in the folder on the NAS in relationship to that server backup and there are ~29 or more 4.1GB bkf files!? On the 17th, there is 593GB of backups for 1 server? Something does not add up 'cause that server being backed up does not even have that much HDD space. Do i not understand the different backup types:
[quote]An Incremental backup backs up only the selected files that have their archive bit set to ON, setting them back to OFF. This results in a backup of all files that are new or changed since the last backup, whether it was a full or an incremental. The advantage of an Incremental is that it takes the least amount of time and media of all the backup methods.[/quote]
Taken from here. Maybe the wizard is hosing things up? Maybe the incremental backup is some how messed up? Not sure what is going on. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
04-19-2012 06:14 AM
What sort of data/server are you backing up ? for egs are you backing up a Linux server or are you backing up a server where no agent is present ?
Are you using modified time or archive bit ?
04-19-2012 06:59 AM
Linux server is being backed up. Archive bit, i believe.
04-19-2012 07:08 AM
Change it to modified time for Linux machines ...run a full backup first followed by the incremental & observe the size of the backed up data now
Here are couple of KB articles for your reference
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75160
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH180111
04-19-2012 09:34 AM
Done. Full backup running now, then a incremental. Thanks for the info.