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title: "Starting Backup Job from Control Panel"
description: "You can start a backup job from the Veeam Agent control panel. Veeam Agent can currently perform only one backup job at a time. You cannot start a backup job when another backup job is already running."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforaix/userguide/backup_job_start_gui.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Starting and Stopping Backup Jobs > Starting Backup Job from Control Panel"
dateModified: "2026-11-03"
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# Starting Backup Job from Control Panel

You can start a backup job from the Veeam Agent control panel.

::: note

Veeam Agent can currently perform only one backup job at a time. You cannot start a backup job when another backup job is already running.

:::

To start a backup job:

1. Launch the Veeam Agent control panel with the `veeam` or `veeamconfig ui` command.
2. Press the [S] key to open the **Select job to start** dialog window.
3. Select the necessary backup job in the list and start the job in one of the following ways:

   - To start an incremental backup job session, press [Enter].
   - To create an active full backup, press [F].


   ![](images/backup_job_start_gui_aix.png)



4. Veeam Agent will immediately start the backup job and display a notification window informing that the job has been started. Press [Enter] to close the window and proceed to the list of backup job sessions.


   ![](images/backup_job_start_confirm_gui_aix.png)



   You can monitor the backup job execution in the Veeam Agent control panel. To learn more, see [Viewing Real-Time Job Session Statistics](session_realtime_statistics.md).