Create new backup job

[alexcolto]

Dears,

I would like to make a FULL backup every month (one time per month) of our File Server and i would also like that the backup job stops after 24 months (2 years)
Is this possible with Veeam ?

As a backup mode should i use Reverse incremental or Incremental ?

If you have any ideas please let me know.

Thank you in advance

[Egor Yakovlev]

Greetings!

Here are settings you need to set on your backup job:

Job Settings - Storage:
1. retention policy: 24 restore points

Job Settings - Storage - Advanced:
1. Incremental (recommended)
2. [v] Create active full backups periodically - set Monthly - First - Sunday - Months[select all]

Job Settings - Schedule:
1. [v] Run the job automatically - Monthly at this time - 10pm - First - Sunday - Months[select all]

That will do the trick. You will have 24 months of Full Backups rotated by Veeam, each made on first Sunday of a Month.
If you want to stop the job after 2 years automatically, just add a task under windows scheduler to run in 2 years: to Disable the Job.

/Cheers!

[alexcolto]

Hi Egor,

Thank you so much for your quick advice. I will follow it.