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title: "Backup Settings"
description: "You can use advanced backup settings to schedule a periodic synthetic or active full backup, or both. For more information on this backup types, see Synthetic Full Backup and Active Full Backup."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating Backup Jobs > Creating Backup Job with Backup Job Wizard > Step 7. Specify Advanced Backup Settings > Backup Settings"
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# Backup Settings

You can use advanced backup settings to schedule a periodic synthetic or active full backup, or both. For more information on this backup types, see [Synthetic Full Backup](synthetic_full_backup.md) and [Active Full Backup](backup_active_full.md).

::: note

Before scheduling a periodic full backup, you must make sure that the target location for the scheduled backup job has enough free space.

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To schedule synthetic and active full backups, do the following:

1. In the **Advanced Settings** window, select the **Backup** tab.
2. To set up schedule for synthetic full backups, select **Create synthetic full backup periodically**.
3. To set up schedule for active full backups, select **Create active full backup periodically**.
4. Use the **Monthly** **on** or **Weekly on selected days** options to define the schedule for each type of full backup.

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