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Backup Chain

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Hello, community. Is it possible to master the following tasks with Veeam Backup.
I want to make a full backup once a week (Saturday). No incremental or differential backups.
But only 4 backups should be created on the target.
Somehow I can't do this without you. Can you help me?

I use Veeam Agent for Windows Free

Thank you
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Re: Backup Chain

Post by oleg.feoktistov »

Hi Stefan,

Should do the trick:
- Set 4 restore points to keep on Storage Settings step of New Backup Job Wizard depending on your storage type.
- Then, in Advanced Backup Settings tick "Create active full backups periodically" and choose "Weekly on this days", "Days" > "Saturday".
- Finally, in Scheduling Settings tick "Daily at" and choose "On selected days", "Days" > "Saturday".


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Oleg
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Re: Backup Chain

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You mean this with restore points?

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Re: Backup Chain

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Yes, it is for Agent for Windows Free edition.
Agent will take into account not calendar days, but those on which backups were successfully created as described here.
So, you will have 4 restore point retention policy even though your backup job runs once a week.
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Re: Backup Chain

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Thank you very much for your explanation. The topic can be closed.
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