Re: strategy to prove backups are good

Cumulative vs. incremental makes a big difference. The terminology (potentially) gets in the way.

Cumulative is all the changes since the last full save, so to restore I need the full, then the last cumulative.

Incremental I would need the full save, then every incremental since then, validating your point.

So if it’s a cumulative, no worries.


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Apr 21, 2025, at 2:11 PM, Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Rob,

Am 21.04.2025 um 14:11 schrieb Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>:

However the scenario was that the retention on the incremental backups was only 14 days. It's been well over 14 days since that was saved.

Did I get this straight, differential backups were expired before the next full save?

:wq! PoC


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