Hi Tommy, see my answers below.
> 1. I don't see anywhere in the tool where you specify the type of backup.
> Is
> a full backup taken when you manually start the backup, and incremental on
> automatically scheduled backups?
The first backup you run is full. Subsequent scheduled backups are
incrementals. However, there are cases where a full backup is triggered. We
have a flowchart to illustrate this at
http://cfsbloggers.members.winisp.ne...crementall.jpg.
That being said, I don't think there's a way to have two schedules running
concurrently, one for daily and one for monthly. The full/incremental logic
tries to ensure that you do have a periodic full backup. Once you set up
your scheduled backups, you can run through the wizard again (using the
Change Settings option) and there is a check box on one of the pages that
says "Create a new, full backup now in addition to saving settings."
> 2. My assumption would have been that a new backup set folder is created
> for
> each full backup, and that the incrementals would be in that backup set
> folder. Is that the expected behavior? I have yet to see a new backup set
> folder created since I did the original manual backup.
Yes, your assumption is correct.
> 3. Some of the "incrementals" in the backup set are not incrementals at
> all
> - they are full backups and my auxiliary drive ran out of space! Last
> modified dates of files haven't been changed since the last full backup,
> is
> the "archive bit" (or whatever the utility uses) getting screwed up here?
Those files changed in some way that's not reflected in Last Modified Date.
See
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...-expected.aspx
for details.
> 4. I ran a test restore of a folder to alternate location, and it seemed
> to
> work OK. When I went to File Explorer I couldn't find the restored
> folder.
> Ironically, I found it with a Search, but I could not see it when I
> navigated
> with F/E.
Hmm, not sure what to tell you with this. Can you reproduce this
consistently?
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"TommyVee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> OS is Vista Home Premium. In a nutshell, what I'd like to do is to
> manually
> run a full backup for Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos on a monthly
> basis. On a daily basis, I'd like to automatically schedule an
> incremental.
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1. I don't see anywhere in the tool where you specify the type of backup.
> Is
> a full backup taken when you manually start the backup, and incremental on
> automatically scheduled backups?
>
> 2. My assumption would have been that a new backup set folder is created
> for
> each full backup, and that the incrementals would be in that backup set
> folder. Is that the expected behavior? I have yet to see a new backup set
> folder created since I did the original manual backup.
>
> 3. Some of the "incrementals" in the backup set are not incrementals at
> all
> - they are full backups and my auxiliary drive ran out of space! Last
> modified dates of files haven't been changed since the last full backup,
> is
> the "archive bit" (or whatever the utility uses) getting screwed up here?
>
> 4. I ran a test restore of a folder to alternate location, and it seemed
> to
> work OK. When I went to File Explorer I couldn't find the restored
> folder.
> Ironically, I found it with a Search, but I could not see it when I
> navigated
> with F/E.
>
> Once again, I am baffled by this behavior and I am getting nervous that my
> data isn't getting properly backed up.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help, Tommy
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