Rotating backup types is recommended for a more reliable backup solution. The following examples will demonstrate how to perform this practice easily Using the Advanced Schedule of Genie Backup Manager (GBM).
Example 1
Perform full backups on the first Sunday of the month and differential backups weekly on Fridays:
- In the Advanced Schedule view, and under Full backup, select Run Monthly → Set the time you wish the backup to run, and then select on the first Sun of the month.
- Mark the checkbox next to Differential Backup (optional) to enable differential backup schedule.
- Select Run Weekly and set the time for the backup to run and under on the following days select Fri.
Example 2
Perform full backups weekly on Sunday, incremental backups daily every 5 hours the rest of the week, and on the beginning of a new week, delete the backups of the last week:
- In the Advanced Schedule view, under Full backup, select Run Weekly → Set the time you wish the backup to run, and under on the following days select Sun.
- Mark the checkbox next to Incremental Backup (optional) to enable incremental backup schedule.
- Select Run Every Few Hours, in Run Every set it to 5 hours, and under on the following days select Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Sat.
- Under More Settings, change Limit number of backup sets to (if supported by media) from unlimited to 01.
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