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In this scenario, create a backup plan with a daily schedule. When creating the backup plan, specify

ServerFiles[Date] as the archive name, select the Name backup files using the archive name… check

box, specify Differential as the backup type, and schedule the backups to run every hour from

midnight.

Result:

 The 24 backups of January 1, 2012, will be stored as ServerFiles[2012-01-01].tib,

ServerFiles[2012-01-01]2.tib, and so on up to ServerFiles[2012-01-01]24.tib.

 The following day, the backups will start with the full backup ServerFiles[2012-01-02].tib.

See also "The [Date] variable" (p. 53).

4.3.3.4 Example 4. Daily full backups with daily drive swaps

Consider the following scenario:

 You want to perform a daily full backup of your machine.

 You want to store the backup on a locally attached USB hard drive in the file MyMachine.tib.

 You have two such drives. Each of them has the drive letter D when attached to the machine.

 You want to swap the drives before each backup so that one drive contains today’s backup and

the other drive yesterday’s backup.

 You want each new backup to replace the backup on the currently attached drive.

In this scenario, create a backup plan with a daily schedule. When creating the backup plan:

 Specify MyMachine as the archive name.

 Specify D:\ as the archive location.

 Select the Name backup files using the archive name... check box.

 Select Full as the backup type.

Result. Each hard disk drive will contain one full backup. While one drive is attached to the machine,

you can keep the other drive off-site for extra data protection.

If you choose to back up to locally attached RDX drives or USB flash drives, the Name backup files

using the archive name... check box does not appear. Instead, make sure that the removable device

mode (p. 151) is set to Removable media.

4.3.3.5 Example 5. Daily backups with weekly drive swaps

Consider the following scenario:

 You want to perform daily backups of your machine: a full backup each Monday and incremental

backups on Tuesday through Sunday.

 You want to store the backups on a locally attached USB hard drive in the archive MyMachine.

 You have two such drives. Either of them has drive letter D in the operating system when

attached to the machine.

 You want to swap the drives each Monday so that one drive contains backups of the current

week (Monday through Sunday), and the other drive those of the previous week.

In this scenario, you need to create two backup plans as follows:

a) When creating the first backup plan: