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I have schedule a Veeam backup and keep the file for 7 days.

I have run a full backup once only and schedule the task to run differential copy every day.

After 7 days, will Veeam will merge all the differential copy into the previous full backup automatically. Do I need to manually run full backup again at the end of every 7 days ?

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After 7 days, will Veeam will merge all the differential copy into the previous full backup automatically.

no
the files will be deleted once the last differential has hit the 7 days which means all the backup files will be there for about 14 days total

Do I need to manually run full backup again at the end of every 7 days ?

no
if it's scheduled, it will do a full backup automatically on the day(s) it is configured to do so
It depends on what type of backup you have scheduled. From what you are writing you have configured forever forward incremental backup (initial full backup and then only incremental - not differential backups). Then on 8th day (1 full + 6 increments already) it will create one more increment and merge 1 full with increment following it to have retention in place. And those 7 days are only if you are making backups once a day. Coz Veeam is calling it restore points. As if you making backups twice a day you need to have 14 restore points configured within backup job to have 7 days of retention period.
If you select within a backup job to produce synthetic full or active full backups then it will be forward incremental backup and you can have more than selected within job restore points. You can read more here:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/incremental_forever_backup.html?ver=95
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/retention_forever_incremental.html?ver=95

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/forward_incremental_backup.html?ver=95
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/retention_incremental.html?ver=95
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Still can't get the concept ...

For my attached two setting :

For backup01, does it mean Veeam will automatically create a "Full backup" for me automatically ?
For backup02, does it mean Veeam will always update my "Full backup" file + creating a incremental file ? Does it mean I don't need to select the option  "Active full backup periodically" ?

Which one is more preferable ?  Thx
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