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First Backup (Differential)

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I am about to do my first backup. I plan to do a differntial backup daily with a full backup weekly (after 6 diferentials)

Do I need to start my first full backup manually or with the diferential scheme seeing no previous full  backup will the firs one automatically be a full?

Thanks

Harry

 

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Harry, welcome to these user forums.

All types of backup scheme will always create a full backup from which the other backup types are then based, so choose the Differential backup scheme to achieve the process you want to follow.

I would recommend using the automatic cleanup actions to control how many backup chains you keep on your backup drive.

Thanks for the quick response Steve!