Harald,
Doesn't matter much as to whether you use archive bit or modified time for the incremental, both have drawbacks. If some engineer runs ntbackup on Tuesday before they apply a service-pack then with incremental you'll end up with data missing...
hi frank,
OK, I understand now. I've just run a test and backed up some data which wasn't accessed for some time, then checked the access date, and that hadn't changed, so your script should be OK.
Berny
Hi Elvis,
The other option is to look at the servers/folders you are trying to backup and create a report for yourself on data size. Look at how many servers and which folders on the servers.
Berny
Not sure exactly what you mean. If a file that has been backed up and the archive bit reset afterwards, then gets accessed, this bit won't be touched. It will only be set again if there is a change done to the file.
Berny
What OS? Is it windows? I'm inclined to check the OS logs as well, and next time it happens, keep an eye on CPU and memory usage.
I've had issues before where stopping services for crashed programs on windows doesn't release the memory and can cre...