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Backup Copy Job - Monthly Backup Marked With R

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Hello -

I have a backup copy job configured to store 2 restore points, 3 monthly backups (last day of month) and 2 yearly backups (last day of June). I do not have 'read the entire restore point from source backup' checked. Yesterday evening, I expected a monthly full backup to be created since it was October 31. If I view the properties for the job, the 10/30 backup shows an R in the retention column and it was a full backup. The 10/31 backup, which was incremental, does not show anything in the retention column. Did the monthly active full backup get created?
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It will be created after the full backup in the regular chain reaches the specified day (last day of the month), so once it is merged with the October 31st's incremental.
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Thank you. I studied the weekly example in the help files and checked the job properties again this morning. I have a 10/30 full marked with an M, a 10/31 full marked with an R and a 11/01 incremental. I was expecting a 10/31 full monthly. Any idea why the monthly excludes the 31st?
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This reminds me of this thread, so I recommend you contacting support for the logs review.
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Thank you. I just submitted a support ticket to Veeam. I included a link to the thread that you mentioned.
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Hi,

Please can you share the case id number, so we can track it. Thanks!
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I'm sorry. My support id is: 02374290
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Quick update - I received a patch from support and installed it today. It will be the end of this month before I know if it worked.
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Thank you for the follow up!
Please let us know the result you'll get in the end of the month.
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