When you modify settings of a backup policy, you can immediately apply them to Veeam backup agents that have this policy assigned. If you do not apply modified settings, the status of a backup policy for Veeam backup agents will be set to Outdated. To put Veeam backup agent job settings in sync with the updated backup policy, you must get the latest job configuration.
Required Privileges
To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Department Owner, Department Administrator.
How to Update Veeam Backup Agent Job Configuration
To update Veeam backup agent job configuration and synchronize it with the backup policy:
- Log in to Veeam Availability Console.
For more details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.
- In the menu on the left, under Discovery click Managed Computers.
- Open the Backup Agents tab.
- Click Filter. In the Filter backup agents by assigned policy section, select the Outdated check box only. Click Apply.
The list of Veeam backup agents will display backup agents whose backup job settings were not updated in accordance with the new backup policy settings.
- Select the necessary Veeam backup agents in the list.
- At the top of the list, click Update Config.
Other Ways to Update Backup Job Configuration
Alternatively, you can update backup job configuration in the list of Veeam backup agent jobs:
- Log in to Veeam Availability Console.
For more details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.
- In the menu on the left, under Management click Backup Jobs.
- Open the Backup Agents tab.
- Click Filter. In the Filter backup agents by assigned policy section, select the Outdated check box only. Click Apply.
The list of backup jobs will display jobs whose settings were not updated in accordance with the new backup policy settings.
- Select the necessary jobs in the list.
- At the top of the list, click Update Config.
