Collect True Image Restore Information

The Collect True Image Restore Information policy attribute specifies that NetBackup will start collecting the information required to restore directories to contain what they had at the time of any incremental (or full backup) that the user chooses to restore. Files that were deleted before the time of the selected backup are not restored. Otherwise, for example, a restore based on the date of an incremental includes all files backed up since the last full backup, including those that were deleted sometime during that period.

NetBackup starts collecting the true-image restore information beginning with the next full or incremental backup for the policy. The true-image restore information is collected for each client regardless of whether any files were actually changed.

NetBackup does not provide true-image restores based on the time of a user backup or archive. It does, however, use the backups from user operations for a true-image restore, if they are more recent than the latest automatic full or incremental.

To have true-image incremental backups include files that were moved, renamed, or newly installed in the directories, you must also select With Move Detection.