Shouldn't it be called *Forever* reverse incremental instead ?

[ychaouche]

Dear veeam,

According to this blog post by michael cade , it seems that reverse incremental backup should be called forever reverse incremental backup instead, if indeed there is only one full backup file and many VRB files.




Is there a reason not to also have intermediary full backups like in the forward incremental ?

[Gostev]

Hello,

Technically speaking, you are correct.

However, used by Michael is the official "historical" name of this backup mode that was used for the past 13 years since v1, which is why we're sticking to it - because this is the name our customers know and used to.

Thanks!