Managing Logs

Veeam Backup & Replication provides detailed logging of performed activities, data protection and disaster recovery tasks.

Logs are stored on the backup server and all servers added to the backup infrastructure:

• On the backup server logs are stored in the following folders:
• Installation and upgrade logs - the %ProgramData%\Veeam\Setup\Temp folder.
• Logs for the Veeam Backup & Replication console and other user specific logs - the %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Veeam\Backup folder.
• Logs for jobs, components and services - the %ProgramData%\Veeam\Backup folder. Veeam Backup & Replication creates separate folders for jobs and also separate log files or folders for components and services.
• Logs for PowerShell cmdlets - the %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Veeam\Backup\VeeamPowerShell.log file.

• On Linux servers, logs are stored in the /var/log/VeeamBackup or /tmp/VeeamBackup directory.
• On Microsoft Windows servers and Hyper‑V hosts, logs are stored in the %ProgramData%\Veeam\Backup folder.

To collect log files from the backup server and servers managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, use the Export Logs wizard as described in section Exporting Logs.