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A full backup is a copy of the entire data that you choose to back up. Every time you create a full backup, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX copies the whole amount of data that you included in the backup scope and stores it to a backup file in the target location. Full backup may be useful if you want to create a full copy of your data related to some point in time, for example, for archive purposes.
To create a full backup, you must configure backup settings, and then start the full backup process. You can perform these tasks with the Veeam Backup Console or using the Veeam Agent for IBM AIX command-line interface.
To perform full backup, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX uses the ubax utility. The ubax utility reads data that you choose to back up, copies the backed-up data to the target location and stores it to a backup file in the VTD (Virtual Tape Drive) format.
By default, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX is set up to overwrite the VTD file within every backup session. You can choose to expand the backup file instead. To do this, specify the backup mode in the backup script that you use for backup. To learn more, see Specifying Backup Scope.
During a full backup job session, along with a VTD file, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX creates an entry in the media library —- an index of backed-up files and directories contained in the backup file. You can use the media library to restore individual files and/or directories from a full backup. To learn more, see File-Level Restore.
Depending on the amount of backed-up data, full backup may take significant time to complete and produce large backup files, because Veeam Agent has to copy the whole amount of data during every backup session.
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