Step 14. Specify Advanced Job Settings
In the Advanced Settings window, specify advanced settings for the backup job.
You can access the Advanced Settings window from the following steps of the wizard:
- Local Storage — if you have chosen to store backups in the local storage.
- Shared Folder — if you have chosen to store backups in a shared folder.
- Backup Repository — if you have chosen to store backups on a Veeam Backup & Replication repository.
- Cloud Repository — if you have chosen to store backups on the Veeam Cloud Connect repository or on an object storage repository.
Policy settings include both settings for Veeam Cloud Connect repositories and object storage repositories. When you assign the policy to a managed computer, settings enabled for an unsupported repository type will be disabled automatically.
Note that this setting will not apply to object storage repository.
For details on synthetic full backup, see section Synthetic Full Backup of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide.
- If you want to periodically create active full backups, select the Create active full backups periodically check box. Use the Monthly on or Weekly on selected days options to define scheduling settings.
For details on active full backup, see section Active Full Backup of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide.
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Storage-Level Corruption Guard Settings
Use the Monthly on or Weekly on selected days options to define scheduling settings.
For details on health check for backup files, see section Health Check for Backup Files of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide.
Full Backup File Maintenance Settings
- [For Veeam backup repository and cloud repository targets] Select the Remove deleted items data after check box and specify the number of days for which you want to keep the backup created with the backup job in the target location.
- To periodically compact a full backup, select the Defragment and compact full backup file check box.
Use the Monthly on or Weekly on selected days options to define scheduling settings.
Note that this setting will not apply to object storage repository.
For details on a health check for backup files, see section Health Check for Backup Files of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide.
On the Storage tab of the Advanced Settings window, specify storage settings for the backup job:
- In the Compression level list, select a compression level for the backup: None, Dedupe-friendly, Optimal, High or Extreme.
- In the Storage optimization section, select what type of backup target you plan to use: 4 MB, 1 MB, 512 KB, or 256 KB.
- Select the Enable backup file encryption check box.
- In the Password field, type a password that you want to use for encryption.
- In the Hint field, type a hint for the password.
In case you lose the password, the specified hint will help you to remember the lost password.
For details on encryption, see section Data Encryption of the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide.
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