Restore from tibx file!
From much reading here in the forum, as well as several KB files and the user guide, I understand that all tibx files created by a ATI 2020 task are interdependent and any one of them being corrupt or deleted makes the whole string unusable. I suddenly today had the thought that my backup procedures may be flawed and unusable, although they complete successfully without error.
All my tasks are non-scheduled, run only full backups, “keep no more than 3 recent versions”! They are started manually when needed (after new installs, software updates, data changes, etc) and all run attended after hours via a batch file.
The source of my concern was noticing the list of tibx files in a target drive:
FileName.tibx
FileName-0009.tibx
FileName-0010.tibx
FileName-0011.tibx
I feel sure there must by more going on here than I understand yet! Are files FileName-0001 thru 0008 actually deleted, but not making the backup unuseable? If I need to restore from this backup, do I select the newest tibx file, or the un-numbered file?
I have needed to do a restore a number of times in the past, but with tib files, without these concerns.
Thanks for any comments…. Robert


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See the following KB documents published by Acronis with regards to .tibx files.
KB 63518: Acronis True Image 2020: do not delete first tibx file
KB 63227: Acronis True Image: Do not delete .TIB or .TIBX files outside of Acronis True Image
KB 63498: Acronis True Image 2020: new tibx backup format FAQ
KB 63425: Acronis True Image 2020: Limitations of tibx backups
KB 63445: Acronis True Image 2020: how to view and manage backup versions in new backup format
KB 63444: Acronis True Image 2020: tibx backups in local destinations
KB 63613: Acronis True Image: local backups are not available for recovery if "metadata" file appears in the backup destination - if you see metadata file(s).
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