This section describes how to configure a rotation scheme for a backup job by using ARCserveIT's default scheme or by specifying your own rotation parameters.
The basic configuration of a rotation scheme consists of specifying one of the following parameters for a backup on a given calendar day:
- Full backup - Performed each time the job is repeated.
- Incremental backup - Backs up only those files that have changed (determined by date/time of last saved changes) since the last backup was done will be backed up. After each backup, the date and time are recorded so that they are not backed up during the next incremental backup job.
- Differential backup - The backup is performed daily after one weekly full backup and the following occurs:
- - A full backup will be made of the job and all dates and times are recorded.
- - The next day, the differential Backup will back up files that have their dates and/or times changed. (The dates and times will not be recorded after the backup.)
- - The following day, the differential backup will contain all files that have their dates and times changed from the previous two days.
- No backup