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title: "Creating Backup Job in Command Line Interface"
description: "You can configure the standalone backup job with the command line interface. Using Veeam Agent for Mac commands, you can create a backup job, specify advanced settings for the created backup job, define backup schedule and enable backup encryption."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating Backup Jobs > Creating Backup Job in Command Line Interface"
dateModified: "2026-10-20"
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# Creating Backup Job in Command Line Interface

You can configure the standalone backup job with the command line interface. Using Veeam Agent for Mac commands, you can create a backup job, specify advanced settings for the created backup job, define backup schedule and enable backup encryption.

::: important

If you want to store backups in a local directory, network shared folder or object storage, you must create a repository before you start configuring the backup job. For more information on creating repositories using command line interface, see [Creating Backup Repository](backup_repo_create.md).

:::


## In This Section

- [Creating Standalone Backup Job](backup_job_create_file-level.md)
- [Configuring Backup Schedule](backup_job_cmd_schedule.md)
- [Configuring Long-Term Retention Policy](backup_job_cmd_gfs.md)
- [Configuring Synthetic Full Backup Schedule](backup_job_cli_synthetic_full.md)
- [Configuring Active Full Backup Schedule](backup_job_cmd_activefull.md)
- [Configuring Health Check Schedule](backup_job_cmd_healthcheck.md)