This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Disabling and Enabling Jobs
You can disable and enable scheduled VM, computer and file jobs without accessing the Veeam Backup & Replication console on managed backup servers. For example, to prevent a backup job from writing data to a cloud repository, you can temporarily disable this job.
Required Privileges
To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Portal Administrator, Site Administrator, Portal Operator.
Disabling Jobs
A disabled job will not start by the schedule. If you disable a job that has a child job (such as a SQL log backup or Oracle log backup), both the parent and the child jobs will be disabled.
To disable one or more scheduled jobs:
- Log in to Veeam Service Provider Console.
For details, see Accessing Veeam Service Provider Console.
- In the menu on the left, click Backup Jobs.
- Open the necessary tab:
- Virtual Machines > Virtual Infrastructure — select this tab to start VM protection jobs (Backup, Replication, VMware Cloud Director replication, SureBackup, Backup copy, Backup to tape, VM copy, SQL log backup, Oracle log backup, Storage snapshot)
- File Shares — select this tab to start file protection jobs (File share backup, File share backup copy, File copy, File to tape)
- Computers > Managed by Backup Server — select this tab to start jobs for Veeam backup agents managed by client Veeam Backup & Replication servers (Backup, Backup copy)
- Select the necessary jobs in the list.
- At the top of the list, click Disable.
Enabling Jobs
To enable one or more previously disabled jobs:
- Log in to Veeam Service Provider Console.
For details, see Accessing Veeam Service Provider Console.
- In the menu on the left, click Backup Jobs.
- Open the necessary tab:
- Virtual Machines > Virtual Infrastructure — select this tab to start VM protection jobs (Backup, Replication, VMware Cloud Director replication, SureBackup, Backup copy, Backup to tape, VM copy, SQL log backup, Oracle log backup, Storage snapshot)
- File Shares — select this tab to start file protection jobs (File share backup, File share backup copy, File copy, File to tape)
- Computers > Managed by Backup Server — select this tab to start jobs for Veeam backup agents managed by client Veeam Backup & Replication servers (Backup, Backup copy)
- Select the necessary jobs in the list.
- At the top of the list, click Enable.
