Specifying Active Full Backup Schedule

You can configure the backup job to create active full backups on a weekly or monthly schedule.

After you define the active full backup schedule, Veeam Agent automatically enables this schedule for the specified backup job.

veeamconfig schedule set --jobid <job_id> --weekdays <days>

veeamconfig schedule set --jobname <job_name> --weekdays <days>

<days> — days when the backup job must create an active full backup separated by a comma (',') — for example: Monday,Friday or Mon,Fri.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig schedule activefull set --jobname DailyBackup --weekdays Monday,Friday

veeamconfig schedule activefull set --jobid <job_id> --monthlyweekday <day> --weeknumber <week> [--months <months>]

veeamconfig schedule set --jobname <job_name> --monthlyweekday <day> --weeknumber <week> [--months <months>]

<job_id> — ID of the backup job for which you want to configure the active full backup schedule. You should look up the job ID in advance, before configuring the schedule — for example, with the veeamconfig job list command. To learn more, see Viewing List of Backup Jobs.
<job_name> — name of the backup job for which you want to configure the active full backup schedule.
<day> — days when the backup job must create an active full backup separated by a comma (','). For example: Monday,Friday. The backup job will create an active full backup on the specified days at the time specified in the backup job schedule settings.
<week> — week of the month when the backup job must create an active full backup. Possible values: First, Second, Third, Fourth or Last.
<months> — months when the backup job must create an active full backup separated by a comma (',') — for example: Jan,Apr,Jul,Oct. If you do not specify this option, the backup job will create an active full backup every month.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig schedule activefull set --jobname DailyBackup --monthlyweekday Mon --weeknumber Second --months Jan,Jul

To configure the backup job to create an active full backup monthly on a specific day of the month, use the following command:

veeamconfig schedule set --jobid <job_id> --thisday <day> [--months <months>]

veeamconfig schedule set --jobname <job_name> --thisday <day> [--months <months>]

where:

<job_id> — ID of the backup job for which you want to configure the active full backup schedule. You should look up the job ID in advance, before configuring the schedule — for example, with the veeamconfig job list command. To learn more, see Viewing List of Backup Jobs.
<job_name> — name of the backup job for which you want to configure the active full backup schedule.
<day> — day of the month when Veeam Agent must create an active full backup. Possible values range from 1 to 31 or Last.
<months> — months when the backup job must create an active full backup separated by a comma (',') — for example: Jan,Apr,Jul,Oct. If you do not specify this option, the backup job will create an active full backup every month.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig schedule set --jobname DailyBackup --thisday 21 --months Jan,Jul