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How to Start a New Backup Chain
| KB ID: | 1885 |
| Product: | Veeam Backup & Replication | 12 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3.1 | 12.3.2 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2014-04-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2025-05-07 |
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Purpose
Solution
Veeam Backup & Replication 12 and higher
Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 12, a new Detach from job option was added, which should be used instead of the old Remove from configuration option.
For Backup Jobs
- Disable the Backup Job
- Detach Backups from Job
- Run the job, and a new backup set will be started.
For Backup Copy Jobs
- Disable the Backup Copy Job
- Detach Backups from Job
- Enable the Backup Copy Job
- Start the Backup Copy Job, and a new backup set will be started.
The detached backup files remain in the backup repository and also in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. Veeam Backup & Replication shows the detached backups in the inventory pane in the node with the (Orphaned) postfix. If the detached backups belonged to the job with daily retention, the background retention process retains the backups according to the configured retention and deletes the backups from the repository after the retention period ends. If the retention period is set in restore points, the background retention process does not delete the backups. You need to delete them manually. For more information on how to delete backups manually, see Deleting Backups from Disk.
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