Using Synthetic Full Backup › Run a Real Full Backup on the Next Full Backup Day

Run a Real Full Backup on the Next Full Backup Day

You can run a real full backup to generate a full backup session even though it is not a scheduled real full backup day.

To run a real full backup on the next full backup day

1. Open the Job Status Manager and click the Job Queue tab.
2. Right-click the synthetic job that you want to convert and select the option Run real full on next full day.

   A real full backup will be executed on the next full backup day. The next full backup day is the day that will execute a full backup based on the original schedule, not the synthetic schedule.

For example, on a Monday, you submit a “5-day weekly incremental backup, full backup on Friday” rotation SFB job with a synthetic schedule every 4 weeks, and you right-click the job and select the option “Run real full on next full day” on the first Thursday, Arcserve Backup will run a real full backup on the first Friday.

Similarly, if you modify a SFB job, it will also run a real full backup on the next full backup day.