create synthetic backup for a specific period

[baber]

I need to create a job with follow scenario :

I want use synthetic backup and my retention policy is for 4 restore points
I Want get incremental backups just on Monday for every weeks
and eventually get a synthetic full backup on Thursday after 4 vib now how can create set this job ?

[HannesK]

Hello,
honestly I don't understand your requirement. What is the idea of creating such a schedule?

What about using reverse incremental? There you have a synthetic backup every day (which should cover your requirement).

Please have a look on the animations https://www.veeam.com/kb1799

You can also play around with the restore point simulator to simulate with the "simulate" button.

Best regards,
Hannes

[baber]

so thanks
Actually I need your idea to create my backup schedule job and on the other hand I don't want get backup every days
I just want after one full backup create an incremental backup on Tuesdays for every week and get synthetic full backup on last Thursday of month after get 4 incremental backups.

As you said use reverse inc backup
but my backup repository is emc datadomain and in all of veeam documents not suggest use reverse inc backup on data domain repository

[foggy]

You cannot schedule incremental and full job runs at different days of the week (if I'm understanding your requirement right) unless you involve some scripting.

[soncscy]

Hey Babak,
I think the main issue here is you can't do monthly Synthetic Fulls. I tested in our pre-prod environment and, at least for me, the "next run" date changes when I set a Synthetic Full on a day a job isn't scheduled to run, so I'm assuming this means that the Synthetic Full and Active Fulls are also considered in the schedule for jobs.

Honestly, I would just do an Active Full for its monthly offerings in your case, since the scheduling is there. Or, you can just script the Export Backup option on your preferred days; we do this for a few key servers where we have a legal requirement for out-of-band fulls, but we can't afford the impact of snapshot that long on the machines.

[foggy]

Correct, a full backup is triggered regardless of the job main schedule.

[baber]

thanks
now , would you please help me about an idea for job scheduling
Actually , I want user 4 restore point , next I just want get a incremental backup every Tuesday and after 4 backups that get (one backup every week) it remove 4 previous backups and get new full backup and repeat this process

[veremin]

So, on a fifth job run you want backup server to remove previous restore points and create a new active full backup? If so, then, it's not possible, unless you use PowerShell scripts. Thanks!

[baber]

Is that possible on eight job run clear previous four jobs ?

[foggy]

If you can afford to create the full first and delete the entire previous part of the chain AFTER that, then it is possible if you set retention to keep just a single restore point. This is not a recommended setup though, as one unlucky day you might find yourself without any valid backup at all.