diff --git a/docs/delta_backups.md b/docs/delta_backups.md index 2e9871c36..54d2f2179 100644 --- a/docs/delta_backups.md +++ b/docs/delta_backups.md @@ -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)