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Veeam 13 Minumim Retention

  • May 4, 2026
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hs08
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I have a requirement to make monthly backup and store to different tape catridge.

Example for January will be store to media pool januari, februari to media pool februari and etc and should use full backup. So January 2026 will be full backup and on January 2027 will overwrite Januari 2026 and make full backup for Januari 2027.

I try to make job backup ro running monthly and set the retention to 1 days then for 1st time the job running full like what i expected. Then i try to run in next day for simulate the job running on Januari 2027 then the backup running in incremental and not full backup.

Can someone help for my issue here?

 

Handian - VMCE2024

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    lukas.k
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    • May 4, 2026

    Hey ​@hs08,

    In you case, it could be wise to change from “legacy pools” to GFS pools. The pool and job design handles the monthly etc. tapes for you. More information can be found here:

    https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/gfs_jobs.html?ver=13

    How it works: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/gfs_to_tape_hiw.html?ver=13

    LK | Enterprise Architect @ Veeam Software | Former Veeam Vanguard | Security Specialist
      hs08
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      • hs08
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      • May 4, 2026

      hi ​@lukas.k 

      If we use GFS media set then all monthly backup will use same tape catridge, am i right?

      What i want is Janury will be stored in Januari media pool, Februari will be stored in Februari media pool etc.

      Handian - VMCE2024
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      • ddomask
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      • May 4, 2026

      You can add tapes to specific GFS media sets to ensure each media set only has Weekly / Monthly / Yearly tapes, as well as control the append / overwrite options for each media set.

      This won’t work with multiple media pools, if you want a media pool for every month, you’ll need to create a corresponding job targeting each monthly media pool.

       

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