Active Full Backup Settings

To specify active full backup settings for the backup job, do the following:

  1. In the Specify advanced job settings window, select the Active full option with the Tab and Down keys and press Enter.
  2. In the Active full window, make sure that the Create active full backups periodically option is selected and press Space.

Active Full Backup Settings NOTE

If you plan to use a GFS retention policy, you must select the Create active full backups periodically option. Otherwise, Veeam Agent will not have full backups to mark with GFS flags. To learn more, see Long-Term Retention Policy.

  1. Specify schedule for periodic active full backups:
  • If you want active full backups to run monthly, do the following:
  1. Select the Monthly on this day option and specify the day of a month when Veeam Agent will perform active full backup.
  2. Starting from version 6.1, you can also select the months on which Veeam Agent will perform active full backups. To do this, select Months with the [Tab] key and press [Enter].
  3. In the Months window, specify the months on which Veeam Agent will perform active full backup. By default, Veeam Agent performs active full backup every month. To select months, use the [Up], [Down], [Right], [Left] and [Space] keys.
  4. Switch to the Ok button with the [Tab] key and press [Enter].

Active Full Backup Settings 

 

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Starting from version 6.1, additional monthly schedule options for configuring active full backups are available in the Veeam Agent command line interface. For more information, see Specifying Active Full Backup Schedule.

  • If you want active full backups to run weekly, do the following:
  1. Select the Weekly on selected days option, then select Days with the [Tab] key and press [Enter].
  2. In the Days window, specify the days on which Veeam Agent will perform active full backup. By default, Veeam Agent performs active full backup every Saturday. To select days, use the [Up], [Down], [Right], [Left] and [Space] keys.
  3. Switch to the Ok button with the [Tab] key and press [Enter].

Active Full Backup Settings