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Incremental backups on a weekly rotation

JeffreyLove
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I just received and installed Backup Exec 11.d and have Incremental Backups successfully running. 
 
What I want to implement is a weekly rotation whereby a full backup is created on Monday evenings and Tuesday - Friday evenings are incremental backups.  The following Monday, a new full backup is created and the rotation continues.  Is there a method to implement this scheme?
 
Thanks,
Jeff
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D_B_5
Level 6
Employee
Create a policy which containts the Full job and Incremental jobs.  You can assign the schedules as you note within each job inside the Policy.
 
Have a selection list created first for what you want to backup.  When you finish creating the policy and hit ok it will ask which selection list you want to use.  Once you assign it a selection list, BE will then create the jobs accordingly.
 
TIP: Make sure you change the Time window on either the Full or Incremental so the Full job runs first.  Easiest way to do so is just bump the time window of the full job to start time to no earlier than 1:00am and end time no later than 12:59am.  This will force the Full to run first.