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Backup Sets
A backup set is a set of files (usually a file for a full image of an object and a number of its incremental/differential backups) which R-Drive Image treats as one unit. Backup sets may be used when a number of tasks/scripts are used to create images of the same objects with the same filenames but with different parameters. Backup sets make it possible for you to flexibly control the parameters of complex backup tasks.
You may specify a total size allocated for the image files, a number of image files you want to keep, and the time for which you want to keep the data, etc.
You may do that on the Imaging Mode panel.
Backup sets parameters
Note: R-Drive Image will keep at least one backup set, regardless of the parameters specified.
Zero parameter value disables the parameter.
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Backup set size quota |
Specifies the total size on the disk in MB allocated for the backup set. If it is exceeded, the older backup set (all its files) will be removed when a new backup set is created. |
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Maximum number of backup sets |
Specifies the number of backup sets If it is exceeded, the older backup sets (all their files) will be removed when a new backup set is created. |
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Maximum number of image files |
Specifies the number of files in all backup sets. If it is exceeded, the older backup sets (all their files) will be removed when a new backup set is created. |
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Maximum backup set age |
Specifies the number of days for which R-Drive Image will keep the oldest backup set. Then the backup set will be removed when a new backup set is created. |
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Also apply the settings before creating a new image |
If this option is selected, the settings will be applied twice, before and after a new image file has been created. For example, if the number of files is set to 2, and there are 2 files already, one file will be deleted before a new image file will be created. |
Backup set example
For example, you want to create an image file of your disk with the following conditions:
• A full backup of a disk once a week (Friday, 8:00 PM) and incremental backups on other days at the same time.
• The total size on the disk that may be used to store the image files is 20 GB.
• The number of backup sets is 3, the total number of files not exceeding 30.
• The oldest backup set should be removed in 21 days when a new backup set is created.
Then you need to create two tasks: one for the full data backup on Friday, the second one for the incremental data backup at 8:00 PM on all days except Friday.
The setting should be the following:
On the Image Destination panel
For the both task:
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File name: |
I:\Test_Image.rdr |
On the Imaging Mode panel:
For the both task:
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Use backup sets |
Selected |
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Backup size quota |
20000 |
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Maximum number of backup sets |
3 |
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Maximum number of image files |
30 |
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Maximum backup set age |
21 |
For the full data backup task
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Create a new full image |
Selected |
For the incremental backup task
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Append changes incrementally to the last image in the backup set |
Selected |
On the Time/Event panel:
For the full data backup task
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Perform the task |
Weekly |
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Run this task every |
1 week(s) |
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On the days |
Friday |
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Start time |
8:00 PM |
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Start Date: |
4/4/2008 |
For the incremental backup task
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Perform the task |
Weekly |
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Run this task every |
1 week(s) |
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On the days |
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday |
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Start time |
8:00 PM |
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Start Date: |
4/4/2008 |
File name convention:
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Full backup: |
<FIleName>_<Date_of_First_Backup>_<Time_of_First_Backup>_1.rdr |
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Incremental backup: |
<FIleName>_<Date_of_First_Backup>_<Time_of_First_Backup>_N+1.rdr |
N is the number of incremental backup
The files created
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Date Day |
Files created on the destination;Comments |
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4/4/2008 Friday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 |
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4/5/2008 Saturday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 |
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4/6/2008 Sunday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 |
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4/7/2008 Monday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 |
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4/8/2008 Tuesday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 |
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4/9/2008 Wednesday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 |
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4/10/2008 Thursday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 |
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4/11/2008 Friday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 |
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4/12/2008 Saturday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 |
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4/13/2008 Sunday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 |
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4/17/2008 Thursday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 |
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4/18/2008 Friday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 |
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4/19/2008 Saturday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:1 |
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4/20/2008 Sunday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:1 Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:2 |
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4/24/2008 Thursday |
Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:1 Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:2 Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:3 Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:4 Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:5 Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 1:6 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:1 Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:2 Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:4 Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:5 Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:6 |
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4/25/2008 Friday |
;Full backup 1 is deleted (All its files) Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:1 Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:2 Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:4 Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:5 Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:6 Test_Image_25042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 4 |
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4/26/2008 Saturday |
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:1 Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:2 Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:3 Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:4 Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:5 Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 2:6 Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:1 Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:2 Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:3 Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:4 Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:5 Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.rdr ;Incremental backup 3:6 Test_Image_25042008_200000_1.rdr ;Full backup 4 Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.rdr ;Incremental backup 4:1 |
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Please note, that the oldest backup set would be deleted if the total size exceeds 20 GB or the number of all files from all backup sets exceeds 30.
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