Viewing Backup Job Settings

You can view detailed information about the backup jobs settings in the following ways:

veeamconfig job info --name <job_name>

veeamconfig job info --id <job_id>

Parameter	Description
ID	ID of the backup job.
Name	Name of the backup job.
Repository ID	ID of the backup repository that is specified as a backup storage for the backup job.
Repository name	Name of the backup repository that is specified as a backup storage for the backup job.
Creation time	Date and time of the backup job creation.
Compression	Data compression level. Possible values are: 0 — No compression 1 — Rle 2 — Lz4 3 — Zstd 3 4 — Zstd 9
Max points	Number of restore points to keep on disk (the default value is 7).
Block size	Data block size in kilobytes.
Index	File system indexing options defined for the backup job.
Objects for backup	Backup scope specified for the backup job.
Schedule	[Optional] Schedule settings enabled for the job.
Maintenance	[Optional] Old backup retention settings enabled for the job (only for backup jobs targeted at a Veeam backup repository).

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig job info --name system\ backup
Backup job:

ID: {fa1ebf29-62f1-47d4-ae91-4e7c209abcd2}

Name: system backup

Repository ID: {88788f9e-d8f5-4eb4-bc4f-9b3f5403bcec}

Repository name: [srv14] Default Backup Repository

Creation time: 2021-08-23 11:19:56

Options:

Compression: Zstd 9

Max points: 5

Block size: 1024 KB

File system indexing is disabled

Objects for backup:

Include Directory: /

Schedule:

Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

At: 14:00

Active full: Every Saturday.