Starting and Stopping Veeam Backup Agent Jobs

You can start and stop Veeam backup agent jobs without accessing the Veeam backup agent Control Panel on managed computers. For example, if a backup job has failed, you can start this job again in Veeam Availability Console to avoid client data loss.

Required Privileges

To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Company Owner, Location Administrator.

Starting Jobs

To start Veeam backup agent jobs:

1. Log in to Veeam Availability Console.

For details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.

2. In the menu on the left, click Backup Jobs.
3. Open the Managed Backup Agents tab.
4. Find the necessary Veeam backup agent in the list and click a link in the Successful Jobs column.
5. In the Agent Jobs window, select one or more backup jobs.
6. At the top of the list, click Start.

Stopping Jobs

To stop Veeam backup agent jobs:

1. Log in to Veeam Availability Console.

For details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.

2. In the menu on the left, click Backup Jobs.
3. Open the Managed Backup Agents tab.
4. Find the necessary Veeam backup agent in the list and click a link in the Successful Jobs column.
5. In the Agent Jobs window, select one or more backup jobs.
6. At the top of the list, click Stop.