I'm using the latest v6 Pro release and am trying to setup a backup via ftp on my LAN, going from a server machine to an external drive on another machine upstairs. As of now I've set it up as a Fast Backup, though I think that's wrong...
My plan is to have the backup go to a single zip file for each day, mainly to reduce the reads/writes on the external backup drive, though I'm not sure if this is really a legitimate concern. Since this machine doesn't generate huge amounts of new data every day, then having a full backup every day is only going to cost me about 1GB per day (7GB total), but will reduce the reads/writes to a single file, as opposed to a few thousand files.
Is Fast Backup the way to go? If the backup is going to a zipfile then incrementals don't really apply because it doesn't scan inside zips for changed files, right? So what's the best way to setup a daily backup where all the files are backed up to a single zipfile?
Also, I already ran the profile as a test, and the resulting zip is just named '1' without an extension of any kind, and without a more descriptive name.
My current setup is:
Source: C:\
Destination (on FTP): \C\%DAYOFWEEK%\SourceMachineName_C.zip
Fast backup
Delete all files and folders on FTP before the backup (if not a rescan)
Use a different folder for full (rescan): \C\1
For rescan when: %DAYOFWEEK% = 1
(I can't figure out why my backup was created as '1' when I specifically entered "SourceMachineName_C.zip" as the destination)
I think the "different folder for rescan" and "force rescan when" is unnecessary, right? Just not sure what I should be setting up in this scenario. What I'd like is something more along the lines of every file going to the same target folder, but named something like SourceMachineName_C_%DAYOFWEEK%.zip
My plan is to have the backup go to a single zip file for each day, mainly to reduce the reads/writes on the external backup drive, though I'm not sure if this is really a legitimate concern. Since this machine doesn't generate huge amounts of new data every day, then having a full backup every day is only going to cost me about 1GB per day (7GB total), but will reduce the reads/writes to a single file, as opposed to a few thousand files.
Is Fast Backup the way to go? If the backup is going to a zipfile then incrementals don't really apply because it doesn't scan inside zips for changed files, right? So what's the best way to setup a daily backup where all the files are backed up to a single zipfile?
Also, I already ran the profile as a test, and the resulting zip is just named '1' without an extension of any kind, and without a more descriptive name.
My current setup is:
Source: C:\
Destination (on FTP): \C\%DAYOFWEEK%\SourceMachineName_C.zip
Fast backup
Delete all files and folders on FTP before the backup (if not a rescan)
Use a different folder for full (rescan): \C\1
For rescan when: %DAYOFWEEK% = 1
(I can't figure out why my backup was created as '1' when I specifically entered "SourceMachineName_C.zip" as the destination)
I think the "different folder for rescan" and "force rescan when" is unnecessary, right? Just not sure what I should be setting up in this scenario. What I'd like is something more along the lines of every file going to the same target folder, but named something like SourceMachineName_C_%DAYOFWEEK%.zip