Step 6. Define Job Schedule
At the Schedule step of the wizard, you can instruct Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV to start the backup job automatically according to a specific backup schedule. The backup schedule defines how often data of the VMs added to the backup job will be backed up.
- To start the backup job automatically according to a specific backup schedule, in the Main job schedule section, set the Run job automatically toggle to On, and choose one of the following schedule types:
- Daily at this time — the backup job will create restore points at a specific time on specific days.
- Monthly at this time — the backup job will create restore points once a month on a specific day.
- Periodically every — the backup job will create restore points repeatedly, with a specific time interval every day.
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You can instruct Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV to run the backup job again if it fails on the first try. To do that, select the Automatic Retry check box, and specify the maximum number of attempts to run the job and the time interval between retries. When retrying backup jobs, Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV processes only those VMs that failed to be backed up during the previous attempt. |
- To schedule active full backups, in the Full backup schedule section, 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.
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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. |
- To schedule synthetic full backups, in the Full backup schedule section, 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.
- To instruct Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV to periodically perform a health check for backups created by the backup job, in the Health check schedule section, set the Enable health check toggle to On, and specify a schedule for the health check to run.
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