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Problem/question about backup chain

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Hi guys :)

I have a question: I am using Acronis True Image 2020 and currently I am backing up using the enwer format tibx.

In the past I used to back up in the ATI 2019 tib format and migrated those backup jobs to ATI 2020. I always received one backup image that was valid by itself. I kept the last five backups and auto rotated older backups away. This worked fine for backup and restore. One backup tib image was one complete backup and only one backup was within those tib files.

Now I reinstalled ATI 2020 and set up my backup jobs again like in the attached screenshot.

- Backup schema: custom

- Backup method: complete backup

- Keep last 5 backups

 

The problem now is, that I now end up with the files listed in the second screenshot. I get one small 12kb file and 5 tibx data files. If I open any of those backup files, there are 5 backups within every file ... not just one. See third screenshot. If I move one tibx to a different location, I cannot open the file, also not together with the first configuration tibx file ... It just gives me an error. As to my understanding I was disabling chaining of the backups by selectin backup method complete, so that each backup is a full backup. Why does ATI 2020 link those backup files together?! Now I need to keep all 5 files to do a successful restore instead of just ONE file like it was with the same configuration back in ATI 2019 :(

 

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Shiiiit :(

So if I want to restore the last backup, I need all files ... thats not good :( Such a waste of space on backup medium, as I always need to keep 5 times the space it actually needs... thats a huge step back.

Is there a better solution in newer Acronis versions or is it time to move on to a different software? :(

See forum topic: How to create a Disk backup as .tib (not .tibx) which will create a new backup task using the older .tib format in the Windows ATI 2020 or 2021 GUI.