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Performing Backup

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You can back up your data to protect the entire system image of your machine or individual directories with files. To back up your data, you must define what data to back up, where to back up data and what the retention policy for created backups is. As a part of this process, you must complete the following steps:

Launch the Veeam Backup Console.
Record system configuration.
Specify the backup location.
[For full backup] Specify the backup scope.
[For incremental backup] Specify backup retention policy settings.
Start the backup process.