On 11/3/06, Jaap Stolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if i could do without the differential backups altogether ?
(in reply to my own post) I did some more reading and found that the differential backup only looks at the file date/time, exactly like the incremental backup. so this is no reason to use a differential backup. The other thing is a differential backup would reduce the number of incremental backups i need to scan when restoring files, but since i backup to a file this doesn't involve manual tape changes, so this is also not a problem in my case. I think i can detect files that are missed in the incremental backup (because of an old file timestamp) using a verify job, and either manual or automatically touch these files, so they will be backed up in the next incremental backup. so i have no further questions, unless someone sees a bog problem in my setup. Kind regards, Jaap Stolk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
