7. After the backup has been completed, click "Close" in the window that appears (Figure 57)
to close the window. Clicking on "More Details" opens a text file with the detailed log of the
backup.
8. Click "Finish" to complete the incremental backup (Figure 58).
4.3.3 Synthetic Backup
A Synthetic Backup merges data from old incremental backups into the full backup, freeing up
the hard drive space taken up by the incremental backup, but no longer allowing you to restore
from the original backup.
For example, if you perform a full backup on Monday and incremental backups on Tuesday and
Figure 57: Incremental Backup Report
Figure 58: Incremental Backup Completed
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