Creating an Additional Full Backup - Best Method?

[MomSpaghettiii]

Hello,

We have a backup job that has 10 servers in it, but we are doing some maintenance where I only want a full backup of 3 of those servers in that job. Is the best approach to create a new job which includes those 3 servers, then just run an Active Full on the new job? If so, does that break the backup chain for the old job with all 10 servers in it?

Thanks.

[veremin]

No, having additional job for those 3 VMs won't break anything for existing setup. By the way, if you want to have an independent full backup of those VMs, consider using VeeamZIP feature for that. Thanks!

[MomSpaghettiii]

Thanks, I appreciate the reply and will definitely look into VeeamZIP.

[YoMarK]

You could also create a "backup copy" job and just select those 3 VM's from the current backup. The advantage is that it won't touch production(cause any additional "load" outside of the normal backup window).