Hi, team
I need some advice. We have a client that we need to do a quarterly full backup for. We would like to run an active full to a USB attached drive that will be rotated out each quarter. Each USB drive will be designated for a specific quarter (i.e. USB Quarter 1, Quarter 2, etc).
This job will only run once per quarter and we would like each run to be a full backup. What is the best way to accomplish this in VBR 11a?
I would set up the job to run quarterly for the schedule and then send it to a repo that is backed by rotating drives as per here - Backup Repositories with Rotated Drives - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com)
This should accomplish what you need.
Hey
You want to create a repository with the setting “backed by rotated drives”: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_repository_rotated.html?zoom_highlight=rotated&ver=110
To run it quarterly, create the job with a schedule of monthly, with specific months:
Then for your job itself, make sure whatever day you have set to backup on, you set that as your active full day 
Fantastic! Thanks, everyone. I was on the right track, and this confirms it. I really appreciate it. I have the new job setup. You are all super awesome!
My only comment
I only ask because, in my 12 years at Veeam; I’ve “SEEN THINGS”….
My only comment
I only ask because, in my 12 years at Veeam; I’ve “SEEN THINGS”….
OMG!
When are you going to write a book about the things you've seen?
Sound scary but funny at the same time.
Great answer
My only comment
I only ask because, in my 12 years at Veeam; I’ve “SEEN THINGS”….
Oh, no. Not at all. This is more of an archival solution for them in addition to their normal backup jobs.
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