4.2 Backup types

In principal, there are two different classes of backups. Full backups or incremental backups . During a full backup, all files specified get backed up, while in an incremental backup you will only find those files modified after a certain date or time. This usually is the date and time of the last backup. Doing incremental backups can save you lots of time and space on your backup medium, but for a full restore you will always need the first full backup as well as all incremental backups. So better do a full backup from time to time or you might run into trouble.

There is no difference between normal and multivolume backups. All backups are handled by the MULTIBUF program.