Utilizing image backups to perform file system incremental backups
This topic lists the methods and steps to use image backups to perform efficient incremental backups of your file system.
These backup methods allow you to perform a point-in-time restore of your file systems and improve backup and restore performance. You can perform the backup only on formatted volumes; not on raw logical volumes.
You can use one of the following methods to perform image backups of volumes with mounted file systems.
- Method 1: Using image backups with file system incremental backups
This topic lists the steps to perform image backups with file system incremental backup. - Method 2: Using image backups with incremental-by-date image backups
This topic lists the steps to perform image backups with incremental-by-date image backup. - Comparing methods 1 and 2
This topic shows a comparison of methods 1 and 2: (1) Using image backup with file system incremental or (2) Using image backup with incremental-by-date image backup.