Why back up the scheduled backup directory?

Backing up the files in your backup directory is a crucial step to safeguarding Data Archive. The backup directory contains only the most recent backup. As new backup files are copied into the backup directory, the old backup files are overwritten. This means that the backup directory contains only the most current verified backup. This does not help you if you need to restore to an older backup.

For example, suppose you discover that two days ago you accidentally deleted a point. You cannot recover the deleted point from the files in the backup directory because the last backup occurred after the point was deleted. You need to recover the point from an earlier backup. Your backups of the Data Archive backup directory will provide the backup history that allows you to restore the point.