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How do I create an incremental backup?

To create an incremental backup: Select a job from the job manager, right-click to bring up the job’s menu. Select Create -> Smart Backup from this menu. This will bring up the Create Smart Backup dialog. On this dialog, select Incremental Backup.

What is an incremental backup?

An incremental backup is a backup type where only the changes that have occurred since the last backup are backed up. An incremental backup is different from a differential backup in the sense that the last backup can be of any type i.e. full, differential, or even incremental. Incremental backups offer faster backup creation and …

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How do I restore differential backups?

To restore a differential backup: Select a job from the backup manager, select a differential backup from the backup manager, and right-click to bring up the backup pop up menu. Select Restore Backup from this menu.

How do I create a differential backup?

To create a differential backup: Select a job from the job manager, right-click to bring up the job’s menu. Select Create -> Smart Backup from this menu. This will bring up the Create Smart Backup dialog. On this dialog, select Differential Backup.

What is a differential Backup?

A differential backup is a backup type where only the changes that have occurred since the last full backup are backed up. Differential backups are more storage space-efficient than full backups. However, these backups take considerably longer to restore as the underlying full backup has to be restored first. Some advantages of differential backups: Backup creation is …

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How do I restore a full backup?

To restore a full backup: Select a job from the backup manager, select a full backup from the backup manager, and right-click to bring up the backup manager pop up menu. Select Restore Backup from this menu.

How do I create a full backup?

To create a full backup in IvyBackup: Select a job from the job manager, right click to bring up the job’s menu. Select Create -> Full Backup from this menu

What is a full backup?

A full backup is a comprehensive backup method. In a full backup, a copy of all the files you select is made. This means that each time a backup runs, an entire copy of every file is backed up regardless of whether changes to that file have occurred or not. Some advantages of full backups …

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Reports

To get to the Reports tab, select the Reports  icon on the access toolbar. From the reports page, you’ll get useful backup statistics on backup activities, backups, storage space and backup performance.

Backups

To get to the backups tab, select the Backups  icon on the access toolbar.