A Large Amount of Data Is Backed Up During an Incremental Backup

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The size of an incremental block-level backup may be large.

Symptoms

You may notice that a lot of data is backed up during an incremental backup.

Causes

The size of the backups may be large due to the following reasons:

Including applications, such as Exchange Databases, in your backup, creates highly fragmented volumes that result in more data being backed up.

Resolution

Make sure that you identify and resolve the possible causes before you start your next backup job.

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