About selecting a backup method for Enterprise Vault backup jobs

You can select a backup method that depends on the type of Enterprise Vault backup job that you run.

Use the following table as a guide.

Table: Backup methods to use with Enterprise Vault backup jobs

To back up:

Select:

Description

Directory and Monitoring databases

Full backup method

Directory and Monitoring database backups can use the full and incremental backup methods. These databases cannot be backed up using the differential backup method. If you select the differerential backup method, Backup Exec does a full backup instead .

Note:

Selecting an incremental backup method backs up the database transaction logs and them truncates them.

Vault database

Full, differential, or incremental backup method

Vault database backups can use all three backup methods: Full, differential, and incremental.

Note:

Selecting an incremental backup method backs up the database transaction logs and them truncates them.

Standard file system backup jobs that do not include any Enterprise Vault databases

Full, differential, or incremental backup methods.

You can use all of the backup methods that are available for standard file system backup jobs.

Standard file system backup jobs that include a vault database

Full, differential, or incremental backup methods.

You can use all of the backup methods that are available for standard file system backup jobs.

When you combine Enterprise Vault components in a backup job, each component may use a backup method that differs from what you selected for the overall job. For example, you create a job that uses the differential backup method to back up both a Directory database and a partition. However, because a Directory database cannot be backed up using the differential method, Backup Exec uses the full backup method to back up the Directory database. This results in fast and easy restores. After the Directory database is backed up, Backup Exec uses the differential backup method to back up the partition.

Use the following table as a guide.

Table: Actual backup methods that are used for Enterprise Vault components

Enterprise Vault component	Full (F)	Differential (D)	Incremental (I)
Directory and Monitoring databases	F	F	I Always truncates the transaction logs
Vault store database	F	D	I Always truncates the transaction logs
Partition	F	D	I
Index root path	F	D	I