what role dose the archive bit and number of tapes play in various backups?

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what role dose the archive bit and number of tapes play in various backups?

2007-11-16 05:42:39 · 2 answers · asked by ronald.carson 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware

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The archive bit only plays a roll if you aren't doing full backups. If you are doing a differential back up, the archive bit is set everytime the data changes. Differential backups will only back up the data if the archive bit is set to true or 1 (same thing).

2007-11-16 05:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by buck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The archive bit is only an indicator that the file has been backed up. The number of tapes you use/need is going to be determined by what backup system you use. Incremental, Differential or Full and of course the amount of data you are backing up.

2007-11-16 13:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by Slick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋