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Veeam Backup & Replication Alarms

This section describes predefined alarms for Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure components:

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager connection failure	State not equals Connected.	Error	Automatic	Veeam ONE failed to connect to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

Veeam Backup & Replication Server

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Agent backup job state (available since Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3)	Based on event VeeamBpEpAgentBackupWorkerSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more computers failed to backup successfully.
	Based on event VeeamBpEpAgentBackupWorkerSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Agent backup policy session state (available since Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 3)	Based on event VeeamBpEpAgentPolicyWorkerSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more computers failed to backup successfully.
	Based on event VeeamBpEpAgentPolicyWorkerSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Backup Copy job exceeded data transfer window	Based on event VeeamBpCopyJobNetworkWindowExceededEvent	Error	Manual	One or more backup copy jobs exceeded defined window, and data transfer between source and target backup repositories has been stopped.
Backup Copy job state	Based on event VeeamBpBackupSyncSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more VMs could not be successfully copied from the backup repository.
	Based on event VeeamBpBackupSyncSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Backup job disable	Job is disabled for more than 12 hours	Warning	Automatic	Job is in a disabled state for more that allowed time period.
Backup job state	Based on event VeeamBpBackupSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more VMs failed to backup successfully.
	Based on event VeeamBpBackupSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Backup to tape job status	Based on event VeeamBpFileTapeSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more VMs failed to be transferred to the tape device.
	Based on event VeeamBpVmTapeSessionErrorEvent	Error
	Based on event VeeamBpFileTapeSessionWarningEvent	Warning
	Based on event VeeamBpVmTapeSessionWarningEvent	Warning
File copy job state	Based on event VeeamBpCopySessionWarningEvent	Warning	Manual	One or more files failed to be transferred to the destination folder.
	Based on event VeeamBpCopySessionErrorEvent	Error
Job exceeded backup window	Based on event VeeamBpJobWindowExceededEvent	Error	Manual	One or more jobs exceeded allowed backup window and has been terminated.
License expiration date	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseExpiration	Warning	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication license expired.
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseChanged	Resolve
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseExpirationResolve	Resolve
Max allowed job duration	Job duration is more than 480 minutes	Error	Manual	Job has exceeded its allowed execution time.
	Job duration is more than 120 minutes	Warning
Quick Migration job state	Based on event VeeamBpQMigrationSessionWarningEvent	Warning	Manual	One or more VMs failed to migrate to another host.
	Based on event VeeamBpQMigrationSessionErrorEvent	Error
Replication job state	Based on event VeeamBpRepSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more VMs failed to replicate successfully.
	Based on event VeeamBpRepSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Support expiration date	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseSupportExpiration	Warning	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication prepaid support contract expired.
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseChanged	Resolve
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerLicenseSupportExpirationResolved	Resolve
SureBackup job state	Based on event VeeamBpSbSessionErrorEvent	Error	Manual	One or more VMs could not be successfully verified.
	Based on event VeeamBpSbSessionWarningEvent	Warning
Veeam Backup & Replication Server connection failure	State not equals Connected	Error	Automatic	Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication server failed.
Veeam Broker Service state	Based on event VeeamBackupServerBrokerServiceDownEvent	Warning	Automatic	Veeam Broker Service that interacts with virtual infrastructure to collect and cache its topology is not started and not working properly.
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerBrokerServiceDownEvent	Resolve
	Based on event VeeamBackupServerBrokerServiceDownEvent	Resolve

Repository

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Backup repository connection failure	State equals Not accessible for more than 5 minutes	Error	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication server lost connection to the backup repository.
Backup repository connection failure	State equals Warning for more than 5 minutes	Warning	Automatic
Backup repository free space	Free space is below 5%	Error	Automatic	Backup repository is low on free space.
Backup repository free space	Free space is below 10%	Warning	Automatic	Backup repository is low on free space.
Backup repository version is out-of-date	Component version mismatch	Warning	Automatic	Veeam backup repository version does not match the version of Veeam Backup & Replication server.

Proxy

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Backup proxy connection failure	State not equals Accessible for more than 5 minutes	Error	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication server lost connection to the proxy server.
Backup proxy version is out-of-date	Component version mismatch	Warning	Automatic	Veeam backup proxy version does not match the version of Veeam Backup & Replication server.

WAN Accelerator

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
WAN accelerator connection state	State not equals Accessible for more than 5 minutes	Error	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication server lost connection to the WAN accelerator.
WAN accelerator version is out-of-date	Component version mismatch	Warning	Automatic	Veeam WAN accelerator version does not match the version of Veeam Backup & Replication server.

Tape Server

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Tape server connection state	State not equals Accessible for more than 5 minutes	Error	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication server lost connection to the tape server.
Tape server version is out-of-date	Component version mismatch	Warning	Automatic	Veeam tape server version does not match the version of Veeam Backup & Replication server.

Cloud Repository

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Cloud repository free space	Free space is below 10%	Warning	Automatic	Cloud repository is low on available free space.
Cloud repository free space	Free space is below 5%	Error	Automatic	Cloud repository is low on available free space.
Cloud repository lease expiration date	14 days to lease expiration	Warning	Automatic	Cloud repository lease time is about to expire.
Cloud repository lease expiration date	0 days to lease expiration	Error	Automatic	Cloud repository lease time is about to expire.
VM backups in cloud repository	Number of stored VMs is above the specified threshold	Warning	Automatic	Number of VMs stored in the cloud repository is above the defined threshold.

Cloud Gateway

Alarm Name	Event/Condition	Severity	Resolve Action	Description
Cloud gateway connection state	State not equals Accessible for more than 5 minutes	Error	Automatic	Veeam Backup & Replication server lost connection to the cloud gateway.
Cloud gateway version is out-of-date	Component version mismatch	Warning	Automatic	Veeam cloud gateway version does not match the version of Veeam Backup & Replication server.