Starting Synchronization Cycles Manually

As soon as you create a backup copy job and start it, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically enables the job. Backups are copied between backup repositories automatically according to the specified synchronization interval. For more information, see Synchronization Intervals.

You can start the synchronization process manually. Manual start of the synchronization interval can be helpful, for example, if a new restore point has already appeared on the source backup repository but the previous synchronization interval has not finished yet.

When you manually start the synchronization process, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a new synchronization interval.

• In case of backup copy jobs with minutely and hourly intervals, the synchronization interval is equal to those that are created automatically by the schedule. As a result, the start time of backup copy processing shifts forward.
• In case of backup copy jobs with synchronization intervals equal to one or several days, the manual synchronization process always finishes at the start time of the scheduled synchronization interval (by default, at 0:00 AM). For example, you have configured a backup copy job to copy VM data every 30 day; the synchronization cycle starts at 2:00 AM. The manual synchronization cycle is started on May 10 at 1:00 PM. The manual synchronization cycle will work from 1:00 PM on May 10 till 2:00 AM on May 11. On May 11 at 2:00 AM Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically start a new 30-day synchronization cycle.

To start a new data synchronization cycle manually:

1. Open the Backup & Replication view.
2. In the inventory pane, select the Backup Copy node under Jobs.
3. In the working area, select the backup copy job and click Sync Now on the ribbon or right-click the backup copy job and select Sync Now.