Incremental / Differential Backup
I'm new here and will appreciate assistance from experienced True Image 2013 users.
I have recently purchased Acronis True Image 2013 and I've carried out a full backup without any problem. However, when I then attempt to do an Incremental or Differential backup, True Image again attempts to do a full backup. I had been to Disk Backup Options / Backup scheme and configured things as required before pressing OK. However, I'm still unable to obtain an Incremental or Differential backup.
Thank you.
JeremyB
The diff or inc type backups have to be created as that in the very beginning and then executed either via schedule or backup now or desktop shortcut.
Click on link #2 below and look at illustrations 11-inc or 11-dif.
Many thanks for your comments. I have started with a full backup. The difficulty I am experiencing is when I then tried to do an incremental or differential backup subsequently. Having read a bit more about it, it seems to me that what I would like to do is the differential backup.
GrooverH - thank you for your links. When you say that "diff or inc type backups have to be created as that in the very beginning", do you mean that my very first backup should have been created as a differential, and not as a full? If that's the case, I assume that as it would be the first it would in fact be a full backup, and would then automatically be followed by differential backups?
I apologise if I'm sounding rather slow on this subject, but I do find the True Image 2013 procedure a little bit confusing.
Cheers, Jeremy
Create the backup task as a Differential backup. The first time that task runs it will create a full backup, as the baseline. Subsequent runs of that task will create Differential backups.
The first backup will always be a full backup.
In order to have the second be a diff type backup, you must set those parameters in the backup scheme at time of task creation. Note my example of the 11-dif.
It sets the backup scheme as custom
and then further set as Diff
followed by how many diff to create before the next full
followed by now many recent version chains to retain.
So if you want 1 full plus 6 diff for each chain and you want to keep 4 chains, you would be retaining 28 files on a rotating basis-- Which is
after the 5th full, the first 7 files wold be deleted as it is the oldest chain and it would retain chains 2,3,4 an 5 which 5 was just completed.
Thank you tuttle and GrooverH. I think you've explained things clearly. I'm also very impressed by the rapid response. Do you ever sleep!
Cheers,
Jeremy