Starting Backup Job in Command Line Interface

You can start a backup job with the command line interface. When you start a backup job, Veeam Agent initiates a new backup job session and provides you with a Session ID. You can monitor the progress of the backup job session or view the session status.

Note

Veeam Agent performs one backup job at a time. You cannot start a backup job when another backup job is already running.

To start a backup job, use the following command:

veeamconfig job start --name <job_name>

veeamconfig job start --id <job_id>

where:

<job_name> — name of the backup job that you want to start.
<job_id> — ID of the backup job that you want to start.

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You can use the veeamconfig job start command with the --activefull option to create active full backups. To learn more, see Creating Active Full Backups in Command Line Interface.

For example:

$ veeamconfig job start --name SystemBackup
Backup job has been started.
Session ID: [{381532f7-426a-4e89-b9fc-43d98942c71a}].
Logs stored in: [/var/log/veeam/Backup/SystemBackup/Session_20250307_162608_{381532f7-426a-4e89-b9fc-43d98942c71a}].

Veeam Agent will start the backup job. You can check the backup job session status or view the backup job session log.

You can also monitor the backup job performance in the Veeam Agent control panel. To learn more, see Viewing Real-Time Session Statistics and Log.