Forward Incremental – Animation of Method and Retention
www.veeam.com › kb1932Sep 30, 2014 · The following is an animation demonstrating the way Forever Forward Incremental creates restore points and enforces retention. Note: In older versions of documentation, this retention method was referred to as Forward Incremental-Forever. Within this animation, the lettered squares represent blocks on a disk.
Veeam Backup Methods Explained - LinchTips
www.linchpins.net › post › veeam-backup-methodsApr 04, 2020 · Forever forward incremental is 3 I/Os per backup on the repository because on every backup a merge process takes place to combine the full backup file (.VBK) with the oldest incremental file (.VIB). The same is true for reverse incremental. The only difference is that the VBK in reverse incremental is always your latest recovery point, allowing ...