Configuring Advanced Settings

In the Advanced settings window, you can schedule full backups, configure health check settings, specify backup file storage settings and enable email notifications.

Backup Settings

To instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to create full backups according to a specific schedule, switch to the Backup tab and do the following:

To schedule synthetic full backups, select the Create synthetic full backups periodically check box, click Configure and choose whether you want to create synthetic full backups on specific days every week or on specific days of specific months.

Important

Synthetic full backups cannot be scheduled if an object storage repository is selected as the target location for backups.
Schedule synthetic full backups to run on days when the backup job is scheduled. Otherwise, no synthetic full backup will be created.

To schedule active full backups, select the Create active full backups periodically check box, click Configure 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 Backups.

Important

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

Health Check Settings

To instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to periodically perform a health check for backups, switch to the Maintenance tab and do the following:

Select the Perform backup files health check (detects and auto-heals corruption) check box.
Click Configure 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.

Storage Settings

To specify storage settings for backup files created by the backup job, switch to the Storage tab and do the following:

To decreases the size of the backup, from the Compression level drop-down list, select a compression level for the backup: None, Dedupe-friendly, Optimal, High or Extreme. For more information on data compression, see Compression and Deduplication.
To optimize job performance and storage usage, from the Storage optimization drop-down list, select the block size that will be used to process VMs. For more information on the data block sizes and how they affect performance, see Storage Optimization.

Notification Settings

To instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to send email notifications for the backup job, switch to the Notifications tab and do the following:

To configure settings for automated email delivery of job results, select the Enable email notifications check box.
Specify email addresses of recipients. For more information on on mail server settings required for email notifications, see Configuring Email Settings.