From d067b2c7c03d13a371ef767d82020b538f334bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marcpezin Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:49:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Manual seed for delta backup Adding information to create a manual seed for delta backup. --- docs/delta_backups.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/delta_backups.md b/docs/delta_backups.md index b3a70c2..8d655d5 100644 --- a/docs/delta_backups.md +++ b/docs/delta_backups.md @@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ Just go inside your "Backup" view, and select Delta Backup. Then, it's like a no During a delta backup job, you can avoid saving all disks of the VM. To do that, it's trivial: just edit the VM disk name and add `[NOBAK]` before the current name, eg: `data-disk` will become `[NOBAK] data-disk` (with a space or not after, doesn't matter). For every following backup, this disk will be now ignored. + +## Manual initial seed + +> This is only if you need to make the initial copy without making the whole transfer through your network. Otherwise, **you don't need that**. + +### Preparation + +1. create a delta backup job to a remote which is local. Do NOT enable the job at the creation. +2. start manually the first backup (only the first) +3. when finished, take your remote physically in another place +4. edit the remote connection settings + +### Enable +Run manually a first time to check if everything is OK. Then enable the job. **Now, only the delta's are sent, your initial seed saved you a LOT of time.** + +