Synthetic Full Backups

For a discussion of synthetic cumulative incremental backups, see Synthetic Cumulative Incremental Backups.

Synthetic Full Backup Usage Example

1. Create a Standard or MS-Windows-NT policy for the 5.0 clients you want to back up. Include the following schedules:
   • A schedule for one full, traditional backup to run one Sunday every 3 months.
   • A schedule for daily (Monday through Saturday) differential incremental backups.
   • A schedule for weekly full, synthetic backups.
2. Make certain that the traditional full backup runs on the first scheduled Sunday. If, for some reason, the backup does not complete, run the backup manually.
3. Per schedule, run daily differential incremental backups for the clients throughout the week. The last incremental for the week will run on Saturday.
4. Per schedule, run synthetic full backups for the clients on subsequent Sundays.

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     Note    The synthetic full backups in this scenario will be only as current as the Saturday incremental backup.

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5. Per schedule, run a traditional full backup for the clients one Sunday every three months.