Step 2. Backup Type

The Exiland Backup utility supports four methods of backing up data: full backup, differential backup, incremental backup and synchronization data. A type of backup defines how the data is copied from the source to the destination. With this four backup types you can select the best backup and restore strategy for any kind of your data according to your requirements.

Full

Exiland Backup creates a full backup every time. Full backup contains all the files that are selected to be backed up. If no files have been modified since the last backup, it will not be created.

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Incremental

Exiland Backup will create a full backup on the first run. Incremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last full or Incremental backup. To restore data from an incremental backup, you must have the most recent full backup and each subsequent incremental backup set available.

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Differential

Exiland Backup will create a full backup on the first run. Differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last full backup. To restore data from a differential backup, you must have the most recent full and differential backups available.

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Synchronization

Synchronization data is a mirror backup. It is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the source data. If source files are added, changed, or deleted, all changes will be reflected in the destination folder.  

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Number of incremental/differential backups between full backups

If you have chosen the incremental/differential backup type, you must also specify this parameter. It shows how many incremental/differential backups must be created after creating a full backup. A full backup is created every time this limitation is reached.

Delete incremental/differential backups after successful full backup

As a rule, only full backup are sufficient for long-term storage. If this option is enabled, intermediate backups will be deleted after creating a full backup and will not take up disk space.