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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>VMware incrementals increasing in size over time</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="purpose">Purpose</h3> <p>Explain why VMware incremental backups increase in size over time.</p> <h3 data-id="description">Description</h3> <p>When running an incremental forever backup strategy, the size of the incrementals increases over time, increasing backup times and decreasing retention.</p> <h3 data-id="cause">Cause</h3> <p>This is most likely due to a known VMware bug, which will be addressed in the next major release of vSphere in 2013.</p> <h3 data-id="resolution">Resolution</h3> <p>Install the agent for the virtual machine and back it up at the agent-level.</p> </article> </main>