Feature Request : Veeam Reverse Incremental or rolling synthetic full

[zadrian]

Can Veeam bring back reverse incremental ? Or at least have some feature to create a "rolling" synthetic full ?

If we perform Reverse incremental or Incremental, at the end of each backup, a increment file is created. But also a synthetic full backup is created where for Incremental Backup is at the furthest tail end but for Reverse incremental is at the nearest end.
- In Incremental (example 5 days retention) we would have day 1 to day 5 increment, synthetic full backup as of day 5
- In Reverse Incremental (example 5 days retention) we would have day 1 to day 5 increment, synthetic full backup as of day 1

The truth of the matter is how often would people rather use the data from latest backup vs the need to use backup from like 5 days or 7 days or even 30 days ago ?
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Then second request for rolling synthetic full ?
There is a current option of creating synthetic full based on days of the week (example Monday - Sunday). But that you take up a serious amount of storage and also it takes a lot of effort to clean up all the full backups.

So maybe as a alternative derived from the "old" reverse incremental, after the increment backup job completes, could there be a supplement job that updates the current synthetic full instead of just creating another one ?

[Mildur]

Hi zadrian

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that we are bringing it back.

But that you take up a serious amount of storage and also it takes a lot of effort to clean up all the full backups.

May I ask, what kind of repository type you have in use?

We recommend using FastClone-supported repository types for almost spaceless and efficient synthetic full backups.

Best,
Fabian