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After the initial backup does sesam do incremental backups?

April 26, 2017backup backups incremental initial sesam

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After the initial backup does sesam do incremental backups?

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sesam can be set to full, incremental, differential or copy. The disadvantage to incremental is that only changes are backed up to a daily/weekly tape file. In the event of a data restore it will require loading all the incremental tapes up to the data restore. Differential does not require this extra effort. With Differential Backups, restores can be accomplished in Generational View. In this mode, Sesam will automatically restore the base file and the latest differential backup. Sesam will request/mount the appropriate medias, simplifying the restore process. It will manage this for all files selected for restore. Copy allows you to make a copy of the data without taking the place of the normal archival activity set by the Master Administrator–it is not to be used when doing a data or a system restore.