Force full backup on Sundays, incremental otherwise
Using ATI 2020 Build 25700.
I have backups set to create a full version on Day 1 and then incremental versions on Days 2-7. Sometimes the computers are off overnight, so no backups are run and I don't do any "catch-up" backups (this is OK). However, this will eventually shift the full backup to a different day which is not desirable.
Is there a way to always do a full backup on Sunday early morning (when I'm not usually using my computer) and do incrementals on the other days of the week? Any solution needs to avoid doing a full and an incremental backup on Sundays if possible.
If you have any questions or need more info, please let me know.
thanks,
randy


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Randy, I've been thinking about this. While there is no way I've found within the Acronis sphere, here's how I might approach it.
I would create a post-command which would simply increment a counter somewhere. The counter would desirably run from 0 to 7. Create a Windows scheduled task to run a script before the scheduled backup in which you want the full which will read the counter. If the counter is 7, all is OK. But if less than 7, just run the backup task from the command line however many times you need to bring it up to 7. As incremental backups, they should run quickly. Then reset the counter to 0.
A bit of a hack, but it should work... so long as you plan for what can happen if the counter goes over 7.
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Steve and BrunoC -- Thanks for the replies! I'll take a look at your suggestions to see what I can do.
thanks,
randy
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