Configuring Advanced Settings

To configure backup job advanced settings, do the following:

Click Advanced.
To schedule synthetic full backups, on the Backup tab of the Advanced settings window, 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, on the Backup tab of the Advanced settings window, 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 Backup.

Important

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

To instruct Veeam Backup for OLVM and RHV to periodically perform a health check for backups created by the backup job, on the Maintenance tab of the Advanced settings window, 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.

To configure retention settings for backups of VMs that are no longer processed by the backup job, on the Maintenance tab of the Advanced settings window, select the Remove deleted items data after check box, and specify the number of days during which Veeam Backup for OLVM and RHV will keep backups of VMs excluded from the job.