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Frontview Backup Job Always Performs FULL Backup
I have several backup jobs set up in Frontview Backup. Each of these are set to perform Full Backups only every 3-4 weeks. The backup jobs that are backing up data from my Windows machines are worki...
I may have fixed the problem, not sure.
I used the DOS "attrib" command to go through all of my NAS shares and remove the "A" attribute for all the files and folders. Since I have just completed a full backup of all of these shares this should have been done by the system anyway. Then I changed the BACKUP SOURCE in each of my backup jobs from "Share: XXXX", which was the shared volume name, to "Remote: Windows (Archive Bit)". It now appears the "A" attribute is getting modified when a file changes and reset after the backup completes. The incremental backup jobs now appear to only be backing up the files with the "A" attribute set.
So it seems that if in the dropdown list for BACKUP SOURCE you choose the shared folder name it will always backup the entire shared volume and never reset the "A" on the files. The selection for SCHEDULE FULL BACKUP: Every XX Weeks does not appear to impact anything and there does not appear to be anyway to do an Incremental backup when the share name is used.
Still not sure I fully understand, but right now it does appear to be working.
FYI, I am running RAIDiator 4.2.25 on an Ultra 4.
I used the DOS "attrib" command to go through all of my NAS shares and remove the "A" attribute for all the files and folders. Since I have just completed a full backup of all of these shares this should have been done by the system anyway. Then I changed the BACKUP SOURCE in each of my backup jobs from "Share: XXXX", which was the shared volume name, to "Remote: Windows (Archive Bit)". It now appears the "A" attribute is getting modified when a file changes and reset after the backup completes. The incremental backup jobs now appear to only be backing up the files with the "A" attribute set.
So it seems that if in the dropdown list for BACKUP SOURCE you choose the shared folder name it will always backup the entire shared volume and never reset the "A" on the files. The selection for SCHEDULE FULL BACKUP: Every XX Weeks does not appear to impact anything and there does not appear to be anyway to do an Incremental backup when the share name is used.
Still not sure I fully understand, but right now it does appear to be working.
FYI, I am running RAIDiator 4.2.25 on an Ultra 4.
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