This is a problem specific to backing up a Netware Server using the thin client plugin. After upgrades to 8.61 incremental backups are run as fulls
Current workaround is simply to downgrade to 8.53. We have verified that having downgraded ( not reinstalled) from 8.61 to 8.53 on the machine where the Netware thin clien plugin is installed the incrementals work correctly again.