Historian Tip: Incremental Backup

THIS OFFERING WAS CREATED IN HISTORIAN 4, BUT IS RELEVANT FOR HISTORIAN 6.

When creating a full backup to DVD or CD, every item in your media vault is backed up. As your media vault grows, this system takes longer to perform, and fills more discs. Since most items in your media vault have not changed since the last backup, you really only need to backup new or changed items to stay up to date.

This is when Incremental Backups are used. An Incremental Backup will back up all items in a media vault that have been added or edited since the last backup, thus ensuring that your media vault is protected, but saving time and discs.

Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6