Incremental - reset archive vs. date

[dmvdmv]

Hello-

Can someone explain the difference between running an Incremental backup using "reset archive bit" or using "modified date". Is there an advantage to one or the other? Would it help with the restore? I am running Backup Exec v 9.1 and backing up to disk.

Thanks,
dmv

 

[justin2000]

Incremental(reset archive bit or modified dates incremental use 2 different types of full backups.

There is a full backup - reset archive bit.
and a full backup for the modified date incremental.

The modified date incremental was included for use with UNIX file systems - as these files don't have archive bits to reset.

If you aren't backing up UNIX file systems, just use Full and incrementals, reset archive bit.

 

[dmvdmv]

No wonder my incrementals seemed to be so large....I didn't realize I had Full with Reset and Incrementals with Date Modified.

Thanks a lot!
dmv