Custom Scheme - Example 4

  • Full backups on Wednesdays.
  • Differential backups on Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri, appending to a separate differential tape that’s recycled every Thursday.
  • The tape is changed every Wednesday and Thursday.
  • The tape is changed every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
  • The media pool contains the full and differential tapes for the last 4 weeks, meaning a media pool of 8 tapes.

Example 1 Outline

The Backup Schedule should be configured in BackupAssist as follows:

Example 1 Backup Schedule

The Media Pool should be configured in BackupAssist as follows:

Example 1 Backup Schedule