Validating my backups

[chrizio]

I have one backup family: full backup and several incrementals.
Which of them do I have to select in TI validation procedure,
for the purpose TI is carrying out validation for complete family,
not only for the pointed backup ?

Which backup file do I have to select during TI validation procedure,
if the full backup is placed on one dvd media, and the differential backup
on other dvd media, and I want to validate invoking validation process one
time only ?

Will TI encounter any problems if I wish to restore some partition
from backups stored on two dvd media, media #1 containing file with
full backup and media #2 containing file with differential backup ?
Running from TI recovery CD.

By the way: I think TI could support file filters also while backing
up whole partitions.
Do TI carry out write or read-only accesses to full backup file
while creating differential/incremental one ?


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[jmk94903]

Originally Posted by chrizio

...Which of them do I have to select in TI validation procedure, for the purpose TI is carrying out validation for complete family,
not only for the pointed backup ?

Validate the last incremental.

Which backup file do I have to select during TI validation procedure,
if the full backup is placed on one dvd media, and the differential backup
on other dvd media, and I want to validate invoking validation process one
time only ?

As far as I know, the incrementals and full backup must be in the same folder (on the same disk) to validate the incrementals.

Will TI encounter any problems if I wish to restore some partition
from backups stored on two dvd media, media #1 containing file with
full backup and media #2 containing file with differential backup ?
Running from TI recovery CD.

Yes. But you could copy all the files to one location and do the recovery from that place.

By the way: I think TI could support file filters also while backing
up whole partitions.

When making images, files aren't copied by name so filters can't be used. The backup image copies disk sectors.

Do TI carry out write or read-only accesses to full backup file
while creating differential/incremental one ?

TI has to read the full backup to know what has changed when making an incremental or differential.

[seekforever]

Originally Posted by chrizio

...By the way: I think TI could support file filters also while backing
up whole partitions.
...
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As jmk94903 said TI doesn't use the file structure in a normal sense for doing backups. If you want to backup at a file level then use the Files and Folders options. I like the idea that when I back up a partition I get the partition with the exception of the pagefile or hibernation file and to add the complexity of file exclusions to imaging is not worth the risk or bother.