Step 2. Specify Job Name and Retention Settings

At the Job Settings step of the wizard, specify a job name, repository, job description, retention policy and job priority.

1. In the Job name field, enter a name for the job.
2. From the Repository list, select a backup repository where the created backup files must be stored.

You can select a repository only if more than one configuration is added for the organization. For more information, see Adding Organization Configuration.

3. In the Description field, provide an optional description for future reference. The default description contains information about the user who created the job, date and time when the job was created.
4. To configure retention policy settings, in the Retention policy section, specify the number of days that you want to keep restore points in the backup repository. After this period, restore points will be removed from the backup chain.

Jobs created in previous versions of Veeam Backup & Replication may have the retention policy defined by the number of restore points rather than by days. For such jobs, you can change the retention unit to days.

For more information on retention, see the Short-Term Retention Policy section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide. You can also refer to this Veeam KB article.

5. To use the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention scheme, select the Keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes check box and click Configure. In the Configure GFS window, specify how often full backups are retained. For more information, see the Long-Term Retention Policy (GFS) section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

The Keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes check box is available only if GFS retention policy can be applied to the job. For more information on GFS limitations, see the Long-Term Retention Policy (GFS) section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

6. Select the High priority check box if you want the resource scheduler of Veeam Backup & Replication to prioritize this job higher than other similar jobs and to allocate resources to it in the first place. For more information on job priorities, see the Job Priorities section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.