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feat(docs/delta_backups): manual initial seed (#5011)

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@@ -48,3 +48,15 @@ Unlike other types of backup jobs which delete the associated snapshot when the
During a delta backup job, you can avoid saving all disks of the VM. To do that is trivial: just edit the VM disk name and add `[NOBAK]` before the current name, eg: `data-disk` will become `[NOBAK] data-disk` (with a space or not, doesn't matter).
The disks marked with `[NOBAK]` will be now ignored in all following backups.
## Delta backup initial seed
If you don't want to do an initial full directly toward the destination, you can create a local delta backup first, then transfer the files to your destination.
Then, only the diff will be sent.
1. create a delta backup job to the first remote
1. run the backup (full)
1. edit the job to target the other remote
1. copy files from the first remote to the other one
1. run the backup (delta)