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title: "Viewing Backups"
description: "To view a list of backups created by a backup job configured in Veeam Agent for Mac, use the following command: In the list of backups, Veeam Agent for Mac displays the following information: For example:"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentformac/userguide/backup_view.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Restore > Managing Backups > Managing Backups in Command Line Interface > Viewing Backups"
dateModified: "2026-10-20"
---

# Viewing Backups

To view a list of backups created by a backup job configured in Veeam Agent for Mac, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig backup list
```

In the list of backups, Veeam Agent for Mac displays the following information:

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th style="vertical-align:middle; width:20%;">
      <p>Parameter</p>
    </th>
    <th style="vertical-align:middle;">
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Job name</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Name of the backup job by which the backup was created.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Backup ID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>ID of the backup.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Repository</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Name of the backup repository in which the backup was created.</p>
      <p>Imported backups are marked as <span style="font-style:italic;">Imported</span> in the <span class="T_Controls">Repository</span> column. For information about the import procedure, see <a href="backup_import_cmd.md">Importing Backups</a>.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Created at</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Date and time of the backup creation.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

For example:

```
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig backup list 
Job name            Backup ID                               Repository    Created at      
wrk01 SystemBackup  {45f074d2-d2d9-423d-84e9-8f1798b08d4c}  Repository_1  2016-11-11 17:37
wrk01 DocsBackup    {ea64a7e5-038a-4c86-970a-6d59d4cf3968}  Repository_1  2016-11-11 18:30
wrk01 HomeBackup    {4f75bb20-a6b6-4323-9287-1c6c8ceccb6b}  Repository_2  2016-11-15 11:28
```