Configuring Advanced Settings

To configure backup job advanced settings, do the following:

  1. Click Advanced.
  2. To instruct Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV to periodically perform a health check for backups created by the backup job, in the Health check section of the Advanced job settings window, set the Enable health check toggle to On, and specify a schedule for the health check to run.

Important

  • It is recommended that the backup and health check schedules configured for the job do not overlap to avoid data access issues.
  • If you have selected an off-premise cloud object storage repository as the target location for backups at step 4, it is recommended that a helper appliance is configured in the repository settings. Otherwise, additional data transfer costs may occur.
  1. To configure retention settings for backups of VMs that are no longer processed by the backup job, in the Backup file maintenance section of the Advanced job settings window, set the Delete backups of VMs that are no longer included in the backup job toggle to On, and specify the number of days during which Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV will keep backups of VMs excluded from the job.
  1. To schedule synthetic full backups, in the Synthetic full backups section of the Advanced job settings window, set the Create synthetic full backups periodically toggle to On, and choose whether you want to create synthetic full backups on specific days every week or on specific days of specific months.
  2. To schedule active full backups, in the Active full backups section of the Advanced job settings window, set the Create active full backups periodically toggle to On, and choose whether you want to create active full backups on specific days every week or on specific days of specific months.

Alternatively, you can create active full backups manually when needed. For more information, see Creating Active Full Backup.

Important

Do not schedule synthetic and active full backups to run at the same time. Due to technical limitations, Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV will be unable to create synthetic full backups according to the specified schedule.

  1. [Applies only if you have included protection domains in the backup job] To instruct Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV to execute a custom script while running the backup job, set the Run the following script to create a PD snapshot toggle to On, and click Browse to upload a script file. For more information, see Custom Scripts.

Note

When running custom scripts, Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV uses native Nutanix AHV capabilities to take PD snapshots. If Nutanix AHV fails to create a PD snapshot, the backup job will also fail to complete successfully. For more information on the prerequisites for creating PD snapshots, see Snapshot Types.

Specify Backup Job Advanced Settings