Incremental Export/Backup Shoviv

Incremental Backup Option

Incremental Backup Option is an advanced feature to solve out the issue of item duplicity and prevents software to create new .pst file for the same target if same PST file has been found of the source when processing again.

This option is very useful if you are backing up mailbox item from Exchange Server/Office 365/Outlook Profile to PST file format.

What does it do?

If you check the “Incremental BackupOption”, the software will write log for the items that will be exported to the target i.e. PST file format.

In case the user exports the same source mailboxes’ items to the same target again, the software will not backup already exported/backup items.

If the destination folder path is the same as the previous process, the software will export only those items which are not migrated earlier to the same existing PST file.

E.g. suppose, we backup items fromAdminMailbox to Target Folder C:\backup\

Software will create AdminMailbox.pst file in Target Folder C:\backup

Pioneer backup: AdminMailbox (1000 items) ---------------------1000 items -------------------Target (AdminMailbox.pst) (total 1000 items)

2nd time backup:Suppose after 10 days AdminMailbox item get increased to 1100 and we take a backup of AdminMailbox items then it will directly add on to AdminMailbox.pst’s1000 items rather than creating new PST or exporting all items again.

AdminMailbox (1100 items) -----------------only increased 100 items-------------Target (C:\backup\AdminMailbox.pst) (total 1100 items)

If the target folder, log folder or log files is not present/deleted by the user then the software will export all items of the mailbox in fresh PST file.

This Option Comes Handy:

In case of session breaks with source or network failure: - If the software fails to export all the items at once and fails in midway, you can simply run the process again and it will take backup of remaining items into the same PST file.

If taking back up after a period: - If the user taking the backup after a period and some items increased during this period in mailboxes then only newly added items will be exported to existing PST file despite exporting all.

Note: if you will not check the Incremental Backup Option, new .pst file will be created and the software will take the backup of all items again.