On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Peter Valdemar Mørch wrote: > flexbackup-at-worreby.ch |Lists| wrote: > > 1. Have you the slightest idea how it's done in the reality? > > That's standard procedure to restore full backup plus all > > incrementals you have...
That is standard procedure, unless you have fancy expensive tools. > Wouldn't you rather end up with a directory containing *exactly* b.conf > - the exact contents of the directory when the incremental backup was made? Sure, but to create such a thing, you need a considerably more sophisticated process for creating incremental backups. The 'standard procedure' backs up all data created or modified since the last full backup. You only need the metadata of all the current data to do that, and that's all in the file system. You want deletion records for all data deleted since the last backup. You need both old and new metadata to construct that. Only the new metadata is contained in the file system. You also need an archive structure which contains deletion records. AFAIK tar, cpio etc don't handle that. > You are right, I don't know "EMC Networker, Veritas Netbackup, HP Data > Protector", but I'm willing to bet they can restore a directory > containing *exactly* b.conf. (Am I right?) I don't know. Is that question relevant to this list? Are you offering to sponsor the development of the features you find missing? Or are you complaining because the gift you received isn't exactly what you want? -- Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help
