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title: "Specifying Health Check Schedule"
description: "You can schedule a backup health check to run on a specific day of a specific month or on specific days of the week. To instruct Veeam Agent to perform backup health check on a specific weekday of a month, use the following command: or where..."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating Backup Jobs > Creating Backup Job in Command Line Interface > Configuring Health Check Schedule > Specifying Health Check Schedule"
dateModified: "2026-10-20"
---

# Specifying Health Check Schedule

You can schedule a backup health check to run on a specific day of a specific month or on specific days of the week.

## Specifying Monthly Health Check Schedule

To instruct Veeam Agent to perform backup health check on a specific weekday of a month, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobid <job_id> --monthlyweekday <day> --weeknumber <week> [--months <months>]
```

or

```
veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobname <job_name> --monthlyweekday <day> --weeknumber <week> [--months <months>]
```

where:

- `<job_id>` — ID of the backup job for which you want to configure health check schedule. You should look up the backup job ID before you configure the schedule — for example, with the `veeamconfig job list` command. To learn more, see [Viewing List of Backup Jobs](backup_job_list.md).
- `<job_name>` — name of the backup job for which you want to configure the health check schedule.

  ::: tip

  If the name of the job consists of several words and contains spaces, use quote marks around the name — for example, `--jobName "Files Backup"`.

  :::

- `<day>` — day of the week when the backup job must perform health check — for example, `Tuesday` or `Tue`.
- `<week>` — week of the month when the backup job must perform health check. Possible values: `First`, `Second`, `Third`, `Fourth` or `Last`.
- `<months>` — months when the backup job must perform health check, separated by a comma ('`,`') — for example: `Jan,Apr,Jul,Oct`. If you do not specify this option, the health check will run every month.

For example:

```
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobname SystemBackup --monthlyweekday Fri --weeknumber Last --months Mar,Jun,Sep,Dec
```

## Specifying Weekly Health Check Schedule

To instruct Veeam Agent to perform backup health check on specific week days, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobid <job_id> --weekdays <days>
```

or

```
veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobname <job_name> --weekdays <days>
```

where:

- `<job_id>` — ID of the backup job for which you want to configure health check schedule. You should look up the backup job ID before you configure the schedule — for example, with the `veeamconfig job list` command. To learn more, see [Viewing List of Backup Jobs](backup_job_list.md).
- `<job_name>` — name of the backup job for which you want to configure the health check schedule.

  ::: tip

  If the name of the job consists of several words and contains spaces, use quote marks around the name — for example, `--jobName "Files Backup"`.

  :::

- `<days>` — comma-separated list of days when the backup job must run backup health check. For example: `Mon,Fri`. The backup job will run the health check on the specified days at the time specified in the backup job schedule settings.

For example:

```
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig healthcheck set --light --jobname "System Backup" --weekdays mon,fri
```