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  • August 29, 2023
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Hi,

“If I move a server to backup to a different plan, will Commvault force the next backup to Full?”

Best answer by Scott Moseman

Nope
 


Thanks,
Scott
 

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Scott Moseman
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  • August 29, 2023

Nope
 


Thanks,
Scott
 


SparshGupta
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  • August 30, 2023

Hi @SanRoh 

 

No, next backup will not be forced to Full.

 

Are both plans going to use same Media Agent? If not, let’s consider the following scenario -

  • Plan A uses Media Agent 1
  • Plan B uses Media Agent 2

 

The data that was backed up via Plan A will remain at MA1. When the plan is changed, the subsequent backup data will now be stored on the newer MA i.e. MA 2.

 

For example,

  • Consider file1.txt was backed up via plan A, and later this subclient was associated to a plan B having a different MA.
  • If the file1.txt was modified and and incremental backup is run, the modified file1.txt will be backed up to MA 2.
  • If you restore both versions of file1.txt, then both the MA’s will be used to recover the data (Version 1 of file resides in MA1, whereas version 2 of file resides in MA2).

 

Please note that, for such scenario, MA1 should still be available for data recovery purposes and shouldn’t be scraped away.

 

Thanks,

Sparsh


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  • September 1, 2023

Thankyou @Scott Moseman and @SparshGupta for the answers