Can I backup same partition with two different backup jobs?

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Windows 10. Acronis True Image 2016. Can I backup the same partition with two different backup jobs?

Specifically, I would like one to do an incremental backup hourly, doing up to 24 backups per full backup.  This will result in approximately one full backup per day.  I'd like it to automatically clean up any versions older than 2 days.  (I'm not sure if this will leave two full backup w/ incremental sets, or three, or sometimes 2 and sometimes 3, depending on timing.)

Then, I'd like the other job to do an incremental backup daily (at night), doing up to 30 backups per full backup. This will result in approximately one full backup per month.  I'd like it to automatically clean up any versions older than 90 days.  (I'm not sure if this will leave two or 3 full backup w/ incremental sets.)

Altogether, this will give me hourly backups for a a day or two history, then daily backups for at least 30 days, perhaps 90 days.

Will these two backup jobs co-exist and operate without problems or interference?

Also, I don't know what it does when it starts a new full backup and incrementals.  Does it keep the old full and incrementals?  Or does it keep only the full and delete the incrementals?  Is there a way to set up the latter (only keep the incrementals for the currently active backup set, but keep all or many of the fulls)?  If I can, I may change the strategy slightly.

Thanks

Mon, 02/01/2016 - 18:40
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This should work. I recommend you choose different directories for each backup though.

When ATI deletes something, it deletes the full and the attached incremental.

You cannot delete the incremental. There is a consolidation feature that could do what you want (the incrementals are stuffed back into the full which becomes an updated full), but this process is very long, takes a lot of space and not worth it.

Remember that with your system you will have at least one full for each backup task. This might mean a lot of storage is needed.

Also, know that ATI does complete first a new full before deleting any prior (full + incr).

So you need space for at least 3 fulls on the destination.

Tue, 02/02/2016 - 04:52
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This ATI is performing progressively worse and worse.  Perhaps you or another has a solution.

I deleted all my backup tasks and moved what they had done to an _archive folder.

I created 5 new backup tasks.  Three haven't reached time to run for the first time yet.  The other two aren't working properly.  Changing the names, here are the five tasks.  They all go to different folders by the same name as the task, in a common folder on an external USB 3.0 drive.

  • MyData_Daily
  • MyData_Hourly
  • Boot
  • ClientData_Daily
  • ClientData_Hourly

Only the two hourly tasks have run so far.  The others aren't scheduled until tonight.  The MyData_Hourly folder now has a full and five differentials, last modified at 11:41am, 1:52pm, 2:14pm, 2:36pm, 2:55pm, 3:17pm.  Well, I won't complain yet about how that's hourly.  In the ATI GUI for MyData_Hourly, there's an orange exclamation with message "The last backup failed.  We will rerun... Failed to open data stream...".  Why?

The ClientData_Hourly folder has one full and four differentials, last modified at 1:50pm, 2:12pm, 2:35pm, 2:53pm, 3:15pm.  The GUI has the same error message.

Windows 10.  When I windows explorer browse the folders, I find I can look inside the tib files.  But I get to a point of "empty".  Even on the full backups which are several hundred GB, I double click and get a cylinder icon, double click and get the correct drive letter icon, then double click and get "This folder is empty".  Should I be able to browse the backup this way?

I realize the GUI reported an error, but it did the full backup.  I find no restore buttons anywhere.

I've been trying for four days to get these backups performing properly.  My data is at increasing risk.  

Tue, 02/02/2016 - 20:23