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Recipe: Create an Active Full for a Backup Copy Job
Expected deliverables:
An ad-hoc active full backup added to the backup chain of a Backup Copy Job in the target repository.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- An existing Backup Copy Job with at least one successfully created restore point.
Before you start:
An active full is useful when you change backup copy job settings (for example, encryption); Veeam applies the new settings starting from this full backup.
Assumptions:
You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.
Method:
- Open the Veeam Backup Console and select Home on the bottom left menu.
- Select Backup Copy under Jobs in the inventory pane.
- In the working area, right-click the backup copy job and select Active full.
- Veeam Backup & Replication starts a new backup copy session and creates a full backup file in the target backup repository.
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