To be able to restore data from a Veeam Agent backup, you need to have a full backup file and a chain of subsequent incremental backup files on the disk. You can schedule active full backups to run weekly, for example, every Saturday, or monthly, for example, every first Thursday of a month.
To schedule active full backups, specify scheduling settings in the Advanced Settings window of the New Backup Job wizard. To learn more, see Creating Active Full Backups. 
To create an active full backup manually, use the Active full backup command from the Veeam Agent Tray menu. You can create active full backups manually or schedule a backup job to create active full backups periodically. To learn more, see Retention Policy for Active Full Backups. After the last incremental backup file created prior to the active full backup becomes outdated, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows automatically deletes the previous backup chain. A previously used full backup file and its subsequent incremental backup files remain on the disk. All incremental backup files use the latest active full backup file as a new starting point. The active full backup resets the backup chain. 
When Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows performs active full backup, it produces a full backup file and adds this file to the backup chain.
To let you conform to these requirements, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows lets you create active full backups. For example, your corporate backup policy may require that you create a full backup on weekend and run incremental backup on work days. In some cases, you need to regularly create a full backup.
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