Step 2. Explore Backup Content

To view detailed information about specific backup, use the following command:

veeamconfig backup show --id <backup_id>

where:

<backup_id> — ID of the backup for which you want to view detailed information.

For a volume-level backup, Veeam Agent displays the following information:

Parameter

Description

Machine name

Host name of the machine on which the backup job is configured and the name of the job.

Name

Name of the volume in the backup.

Device

Path to the block device that represents the volume.

FS UUID

File system ID.

Offset

Position of the volume on the computer disk.

Size

Size of the volume in the backup.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig backup show --id 4f75bb20-a6b6-4323-9287-1c6c8ceccb6b
     Machine name: srv01 HomePartitionBackup
        Name:       [sda6]
        Device:     [/dev/sda6]
        FS UUID:    [4967f2eb-e8bb-48fe-a694-5ba67b9030a5]
        Offset:     [11813257216] bytes (23072768 sectors)
        Size:       [41872785408] bytes (81782784 sectors)