Backup Types

You can perform the following types of backups, either immediately or on a schedule:

• Full backup: Backs up the entire virtual machine. This backup is the most comprehensive.

• Incremental backup: Backs up virtual machine data that changed after the most recent backup.

• Synthetic Full backup: Consolidates virtual machine data from the most recent full backup with subsequent incremental backups. If any IntelliSnap backups have not yet been backup copied, a synthetic full backup job fails. Synthetic full backups cannot run on snap copies.

For more information on backup types, see Backup/Archive Options.

• To display the Differential backup option, add the bEnableVSADifferentialBackup additional setting to the CommServe system as shown in the following table.

  For instructions on adding additional settings from the CommCell Console, see Adding or Modifying an Additional Setting.

  Property	Value
  Name	bEnableVSADifferentialBackup
  Category	CommServDB.Console
  Type	Boolean
  Value	true