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The Friday 2007-05-18 at 15:38 +1000, Registration Account wrote: > This is the fundamental concept, we backup in a certain was so that if > there is a data failure we can restore. If you need to restore a system > to a particular date,and you use incremental backups The first part of > the restoration is to get the backup file that we first complete as it > contains every file. The next setup is to get hold of the incremental > backup of the point in times the original full backup files were taken > and when it is run it will over-right all files from base line full > functionality to current required date. > > The expression "we backup so that we CAN restore" is covered more > precisely in data security. The expression is based upon the issue if > you are not correctly backing up you you can Never recover and hence the > money you put into back is useless. The expression is timeless and > covered in detail in data centre which have to be able to loose all data > and then restore to a designated point in time. > Scott > :-) Yes, I understand "we backup so that we CAN restore", but you said "back or-order to restore", and that one I still don't understand. In any case, a yast backup is neither full nor incremental. It is a different type. Perhaps an "rpm differential". - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGTWnItTMYHG2NR9URAgSGAJ91m9bkxCHEX4oAtK8VoZOc5pqcxgCfX+RD FN7qy3bENrtsguX/cKnf7dA= =VuNU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]