Then, specify the number of years during which the yearly backup must be stored on the target repository. If you want to create yearly restore points, select the Keep yearly full backups for check box. Monthly full backup for the current month will not be created. If you enable the monthly GFS cycle and select the first week that has already passed, Veeam Backup & Replication will create a monthly full backup only in the next month. If the first day of the current week has already passed and you select the first week for the monthly full backup cycle, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a monthly full backup even if it is not the first day of the current week. If you select Last, monthly backups are created on different dates depending on the number of days in a month:

If you select First, monthly backups are created on the first day of each month. You can select First, Second, Third, Fourth or Last week of a month.

If weekly backups are disabled, Veeam Backup & Replication creates monthly full backups on the first day of the selected week.

If weekly backups are enabled, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the weekly backup schedule and adds a monthly flag to the weekly backup.Veeam Backup & Replication creates monthly full backups according to a schedule that depends on whether the weekly cycle is enabled or disabled: During this period the monthly backup cannot be deleted or modified. Then, specify the number of months during which the monthly backup must be stored on the target repository.

To create monthly restore points, you can select the Keep monthly full backups for check box. On this day, creation of a weekly full backup starts as soon as the backup copy interval starts. Veeam Backup & Replication creates a weekly full backup on the specified day of the week. During this period the weekly backup cannot be deleted or modified. Then, specify the number of weeks during which the weekly backup must be stored on the target repository. If you want to create weekly full backups, select the Keep weekly full backups for check box.

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