Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery - Consolidating incementals and base.

[francisco_Vera]

Would like to know if its possible to consolidate incremental's and base images in order to create a new base, where your able to continue adding incremental's.

I know of Storage Craft having this function.

I am aware of the recovery point browser having the functionality to archive images, I find its very limited as i can only archive using the original base image.

If someone has looked at this before, your help would be much appreciated

regards

Francisco

[techno_nerd]

Fransisco,

You can create a Base line and incrimental. When you are setting up your schedule, there is an option to consolidate the incrimentals.

So at the end of the week, when the new base line is made, then you would have one baseline, and one incrimental.

Make sense?

Thanks,

Technonerd

[John_Rounds]

I was just looking for someone doing this in the forums because our option to do this is greyed out and I cannot figure out WHY. What would cause this to be greyed out?
Tnx.

[John_Rounds]

And yes, Fransisco, I WISH we could do that...
We have to make periodic base images. At LEAST once a month. I also wish you could do just one base and do incrementals thereafter and just consolidate. Too good to be true I guess.

[techno_nerd]

John,

You shoudl be able to do this just fine. Make sure that there is no hidden partition selected in the schedule for incrimentals. Other then that, you can definatly make an image of a drive once a month and incrimental it the rest of the time. I believe they recommend more like once a week baseline and rest of the week incrimentels.

[John_Rounds]

Consolidate is greyed out unless I select weekly backups.
We do monthly so that we can then replicate that off site (as well as the incremental each week). Would be great to consolidate.

[techno_nerd]

John,

How many incrimentals are you doing a day? I just went in and set mine to monthly, 1sd day of the month, and incrimentals every day. If I set it to one a day, I cannot consolidate. If I set it to more then one a day, I can.

thanks,

Technonerd

[Philip_Pearson]

The option for endless consolidated incrementals does not exist, just run a full every week or month and incrementals nightly,

Do you have particular time constraints?