Performing Active Full Backup

You can create an ad-hoc full backup — active full backup, and add it to the backup chain on the backup repository. The active full backup resets the backup chain. All subsequent incremental backups use the active full backup as a starting point. The previously used full backup will remain on the backup repository until it is removed from the backup chain according to the retention policy.

To create an active full backup:

1. Open the Home view.
2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs.
3. In the working area, select the Veeam Agent backup job and click Active Full on the ribbon or right-click the job and select Active Full.

Performing Active Full Backup for Individual Computer

To create an active full backup for an individual computer:

1. Open the Home view.
2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs.
3. In the working area, select the Veeam Agent backup job.
4. In the bottom part of Veeam Backup & Replication, find the list of computers that are processed by the selected backup job. In the list, right-click the computer and click Active full.

Keep in mind the following:

• You will be able to create an active full backup for another computer in the same job only after active full backup is created for the selected computer.
• You cannot create an active full backup of a failover cluster node.