@Andrew okay now I understand! Thanks a lot!!!

@hannes Full backup interval (and Force full backup in the schedule settings) forces the job to do a full export of the disk and not a delta based on a previous one. It is not impacted by the retention as XO will always makes sure every chain has at least a full export at the beginning so that all backups are viable. Which means you will have multiple full backups, always one at the beginning, and, those that have been triggered by the settings above.

I have been in the Network Enterprise business for 28 years. I live in Virginia which is heavily populated with Data Centers and adding more all the time. However, we have quite a few customers especially municipalities which are saying NO to having anything hosted with cloud computing due to security and endless rising cost. We have been deploying xcp-ng in quite a few installations, on customer premise. I think VATES will find there is a whole other market in these areas they can reach. That being said, Thanks to VATES and all who have worked on solutions for this! It truly benefits everyone!