jotrago 24 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Docs imply that a snapshot is a "COMPLETE" listing of "ALL" the files on a volume at the time a backup runs. Is this true? I suspect it is, ONLY if the backup selects the ENTIRE volume What if only a certain selection of data is backed up. Does the snapshot list every file on the volume, or only those in the selection? (Whether they were actually backed up or not in the matching session) EG: If I backup C:\Users, will the snapshot show files in C:\ Windows even though they would never be backed up 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lennart_T 148 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 It only shows what was actually backed up. Or more precisely, what can be restored. If you choose to omit files during the backup (by various means), the omitted files are not part of the snapshot. Where does the docs imply what you write? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jotrago 24 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Retro 9 Win User Guide "SnapshotsRetrospect’s Snapshots make it easy to restore an entire volume or a selected file to itsexact state as of a given date and time. A Snapshot is like a picture of the contents of avolume at a point in time. It contains a list of all of the files and folders on a volume and thesessions during which they were backed up." It seems that if you do a selected backup the Snapshot contains ALL the folders on the volume, but only the ones backed up have content. If you do a full volume restore, you get the data you backed up PLUS all the empty folders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lennart_T 148 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Retro 9 Win User Guide "Snapshots Retrospect’s Snapshots make it easy to restore an entire volume or a selected file to its exact state as of a given date and time. A Snapshot is like a picture of the contents of a volume at a point in time. It contains a list of all of the files and folders on a volume and the sessions during which they were backed up." It seems that if you do a selected backup the Snapshot contains ALL the folders on the volume, but only the ones backed up have content. If you do a full volume restore, you get the data you backed up PLUS all the empty folders. I think that paragraph implies that you backed up an entire volume. (You can't restore an entire volume if did not backup an entire volume.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jotrago 24 Report post Posted April 5, 2015 You've hit the nail on the head there Lennart. The Snapshot shows what "Can Be Restored" as a result of any given backup That's a good way of thinking of it. Conversely the Session shows "What Was Backed Up" during any given backup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
