Step 2. Explore Restore Points

To view information about restore points in the backup, use the following command:

veeamconfig backup info --id <backup_id>

or

veeamconfig point list --backupid <backup_id>

where

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

You can view the following information about restore points in the backup:

Parameter

Description

Job name

Name of the backup job by which the backup was created.

OIB ID

ID of the restore point in the backup.

Type

Type of the restore point. Possible values:

  • Full
  • Increment.

Created at

Date and time of the restore point creation.

Is corrupt

Indicates whether restore point in the backup is corrupted. Possible values:

  • True
  • False

Retention

Displays information about enabled long-term retention per each type: weekly (W), monthly (M) and yearly (Y).

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig backup info --id 4f75bb20-a6b6-4323-9287-1c6c8ceccb6b
Job name                   OIB ID                                  Type       Created at        Is corrupt  Retention
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {23cb927d-5e2d-42fe-a4a4-e5f254a6413e}  Full       2023-11-15 11:28  false       WM  
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {25e31075-4c30-4d67-86a6-293c0887f4eb}  Increment  2023-11-15 11:58  false        
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {9375140d-720a-4d3e-a69b-ab9cf60d53fa}  Increment  2023-11-27 13:15  false          

or

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig point list --backupid 4f75bb20-a6b6-4323-9287-1c6c8ceccb6b
Job name                   OIB ID                                  Type       Created at        Is corrupt  Retention
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {23cb927d-5e2d-42fe-a4a4-e5f254a6413e}  Full       2023-11-15 11:28  false       WM
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {25e31075-4c30-4d67-86a6-293c0887f4eb}  Increment  2023-11-15 11:58  false        
srv01 HomePartitionBackup  {9375140d-720a-4d3e-a69b-ab9cf60d53fa}  Increment  2023-11-27 13:15  false