jmengel Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 If I want to do a full backup of a folder daily, should I be able to just use a different CD-RW disc every day, but always use the same backup set name, and specify "Recycle" backup? Thanks. jmengel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 If you want to do a full backup to the same CD, use Recycle with CD-RW If you want to do a full backup to a different CD, use New Media backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmengel Posted March 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Amy, Thanks for the reply! If I set it for a "Recycle Backup," and rotate the media (sometimes with a new CD-RW and sometimes with a previously used CD-RW disk)...as long as I say "Yes" every time it asks me if I'm SURE I want to erase everything... that should work, right? Since Retrospect will think that I only really have one CD-RW disk with backup information, and I'll really have many, will I run into problems if I have to do a Restore operation from a disk other than the most recent backup? I think Retrospect keeps a database of recent backups...so, in this case, it might be wrong. Can I just put in one of the older backups and have it read the backup into the database catalog before doing the restore? Thanks. jmengel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 Quote: If I set it for a "Recycle Backup," and rotate the media (sometimes with a new CD-RW and sometimes with a previously used CD-RW disk)...as long as I say "Yes" every time it asks me if I'm SURE I want to erase everything... that should work, right? Yes - that will work. However...(see below) Quote: Since Retrospect will think that I only really have one CD-RW disk with backup information, and I'll really have many, will I run into problems if I have to do a Restore operation from a disk other than the most recent backup? Yes - while you can rebuild the catalog for the old discs, should you need to restore, it is not possible to have two catalogs with the same name - which can make things messy and confussing. If you plan on keeping the old discs, you should use a New Media backup - this will allow you to keep the catalog for each saved disc (backup set). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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