Notes of the consolidate option

Summary

Notes of the consolidate option. 

1) From a computer that is performing an incremental backup, please run the consolidate process.
If you consolidate from another computer, inconsistencies will occur in the management information of the incremental backup.
The incremental backup after the consolidating is made as reconcile.
* AIP version 3.5.7.1193 ( SP5 ) , supports running from another computer.

More information

Server A: AIP installation to a server for making backups.
Server B: AIP installation to a server to be used only for consolidating.

Step1) Create an image ( base + increment ) to the save destination of “Server A”.
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii

Step2) Consolidate two of the incremental files from Step 1 of “Server B”.
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii

Step3) When the incremental backup of “Server A” works, incremental by reconcile is created.
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii

Step4) If not consolidating from another computer, the next incremental will be incremental backups.
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii
1_00001_i00003.aii

* If you are not using reconcile, step 3) a base backup image is created, then Step 4) an incremental backup will be created.

Image file name, is held in the registry of the backup target environment.
Workaround is to run the consolidate from “Server A”.

2) In configuring replication, enable the “Only replicate new image files to this target”.
Upon binding only the replication destination of the backup image, the image name is shifted in the image location and replication destination.
The image sets of the replication destination becomes a problem.

Ex.)
Server A: AIP installation, backup creation target server, image destination.
Server B: Server where there is replication destination folder.

Step1) Create an image ( base + increment ) to the save destination of “Server A”.
Image destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii

Replication destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii

Step2) Use consolidate from “Server A”, replication destination to consolidate the two incremental files from step 1.
Image destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii

Replication destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii

Step3) When the “Server A” incremental backup is performed, it is as follows.
Image destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00002.aii
1_00001_i00003.aii

Replication destination:
1_00001.aiv
1_00001_i00001.aii
1_00001_i00003.aii

Since the replication destination image set name is shifted, incremental image after image set coupled with replication destination can not be used.
In “Server A”, before incremental backup of step 3, the binding to both the image storage and replication destination.

3) The consolidation of the image, requires that the base and incremental images are in the same folder.