01-28-2010 01:03 PM
Week one
Monday Full Backup (designated drive for week 1 gets plugged in)
Tuesday Incremental backup
Wednesday Incremental backup
Thursday Incremental backup
Friday Incremental backup
Week two
Monday Full Backup (Designated drive for week 1 unplugged, and taken offsite designated drive week 2 plugged in. )
Tuesday Incremental backup
Wednesday Incremental backup
Thursday Incremental backup
Friday Incremental backup
Week three
Monday Full Backup (Designated drive for week 2 unplugged, and taken offsite designated drive week 3 plugged in. )
Tuesday Incremental backup
Wednesday Incremental backup
Thursday Incremental backup
Friday Incremental backup
Week four
Monday Full Backup (Designated drive for week 3 unplugged, and taken offsite designated drive week 4 plugged in. )
Tuesday Incremental backup
Wednesday Incremental backup
Thursday Incremental backup
Friday Full Monthly Backup (Designated drive for week 4 unplugged, and taken offsite designated drive monthly plugged in. )
Designated Drive for Week 1 (Removable Backup-to-Disk Folder 1)
Designated Drive for Week 2
Designated Drive for Week 3
Designated Drive for Week 4
Designated drive for monthly
Backup Jobs
Week 1 Monday Weekly Full Backup
Week 2 Monday Weekly Full Backup
Week 3 Monday Weekly Full Backup
Week 4 Monday Weekly Full Backup
Week 1 Tuesday-Friday Weekly Incremental Backup
Week 2 Tuesday-Friday Weekly Incremental Backup
Week 3 Tuesday-Friday Weekly Incremental Backup
Week 4 Tuesday-Thursday Weekly Incremental Backup
Monthly Backups last Friday of every month
My question is. Do I create a Full incremental for the first three weeks and a full incremental full for teh fourth week so a total of 9 jobs
Or is there a way to setup the one full for everymonday, the one incremental for all the four weeks exclude teh last friday of the month
and one monthly full
the reason I ask is this is backing up to removable storage, and I have created teh backup to disk folder on the first disk, but I know I have to create teh same one on all teh disks, but I thought they had to be different.
I hope this makes sense I am working this so any help would be great thanks guys,