How to add old backups to new Backup database
I have been using Acronis 2018 for quite a while to do a separate backup of a specific folder. The drive I had the Acronis software installed on died so I replaced it and then installed Acronis 2019. I want to somehow 'read in' all of the old backup file info (from the .tib files) into the new Acronis 2019 so that knows about the old backups. I then would recreate the job to continue doing the folder backups.
Or do I need to recreate the job first doing the backups and pointing it to the same external drive and directory I had the original job back up to, then somehow read in the old backup files that are in that directory?
Thanks,
Dan


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Enchantech, thanks for the help. I was able to add the last backup to Acronis then reconfigure the job. I have about 30 backup files for this backup job in a version chain that I want Acronis to know about. Do I have to add those one at a time?
I added a second backup file of this job then wanted to see if when I went to recover something, it would allow me to pick from which version of the backup I could get the file from. I don't see where, when you want to restore something, that you can pick from which backup you want to restore it from. What am I missing?
Thanks again for your help,
Dan
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I have about 30 backup files for this backup job in a version chain that I want Acronis to know about. Do I have to add those one at a time?
You should only add the latest backup file for any version chain created by the same task - it is not necessary to add any further files for that task, but you may need to perform a validation for that task to have it pick up the other files in the chain for the GUI task and the Recovery drop-down listing of restore points (one for each file available in the chain).
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Thanks, Steve. That seems to have done the trick. I now see the other backups when I go to Recover.
Dan
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Dan, good to hear all is ok now, thanks for the feedback.
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