Creating Active Full Backups

You can create an ad-hoc full backup — active full backup, and add it to the backup chain on the target storage. The active full backup resets the backup chain. All subsequent incremental backups use the active full backup as a starting point. The previously used full backup will remain on the target storage until it is removed from the backup chain according to the retention policy.

Before you create an active full backup, check the following prerequisites:

• The backup job must be configured.
• You cannot create an active full backup if a backup task of any type is currently running. This includes a scheduled backup, standalone full backup, active full backup or ad-hoc incremental backup.

To perform active full backup:

1. Right-click the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows icon in the system tray.
2. Select Backup > Active full backup. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will create a full backup file using settings of the backup job and add this backup file to the backup chain.

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