Veeam Backup & Replication Alarms
This section describes predefined alarms for Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure components:
- Enterprise Manager
- Backup Server
- Repository
- Proxy
- WAN Accelerator
- Tape Server
- Cloud Repository
- Cloud Gateway
- Intelligent Diagnostics
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager connection failure | State does not equal 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 | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more computers failed to back up successfully. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Agent backup policy session state | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more computers failed to back up successfully. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Backup Copy job exceeded data transfer window | Based on event | 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 | Error | Manual | One or more VMs could not be successfully copied from the backup repository. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Job is disabled for more than 12 hours | Warning | Automatic | Job is in a disabled state for more that allowed time period. | |
Backup job failed to create storage snapshot | Based on event | Warning | Manual | Integrated storage failed to create storage snapshot initiated by Veeam backup job. |
Backup job state | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more VMs failed to back up successfully. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Backup to tape job status | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more VMs failed to be transferred to the tape device. |
Based on event | Error | |||
Based on event | Warning | |||
Based on event | Warning | |||
File copy job state | Based on event | Warning | Manual | One or more files failed to be transferred to the destination folder. |
Based on event | Error | |||
Job exceeded backup window | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more jobs exceeded allowed backup window and has been terminated. |
License expiration date | Based on event | Warning | Automatic | Veeam Backup & Replication license expired. |
Based on event | Resolve | |||
Based on event | 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 | Warning | Manual | One or more VMs failed to migrate to another host. |
Based on event | Error | |||
Replication job state | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more VMs failed to replicate successfully. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Restore activity | Based on event | Information | Automatic | Restore session sterted. |
Support expiration date | Based on event | Warning | Automatic | Veeam Backup & Replication prepaid support contract expired. |
Based on event | Resolve | |||
Based on event | Resolve | |||
SureBackup job state | Based on event | Error | Manual | One or more VMs could not be successfully verified. |
Based on event | Warning | |||
Veeam Backup & Replication Server connection failure | State does not equal Connected | Error | Automatic | Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication server failed. |
Veeam Broker Service state | Based on event | 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 | Resolve | |||
Based on event | Resolve |
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. |
State equals Warning for more than 5 minutes | Warning | |||
Backup repository free space | Free space is below 5% | Error | Automatic | Backup repository is low on free space. |
Free space is below 10% | Warning | |||
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. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
Backup proxy connection failure | State does not equal 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. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
WAN accelerator connection state | State does not equal 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. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
Tape server connection state | State does not equal 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. |
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. |
Free space is below 5% | Error | |||
Cloud repository lease expiration date | 14 days to lease expiration | Warning | Automatic | Cloud repository lease time is about to expire. |
0 days to lease expiration | Error | |||
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. |
Alarm Name | Event/Condition | Severity | Resolve Action | Description |
Cloud gateway connection state | State does not equal 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. |
List of intelligent diagnostics alarms depends on the set of installed signatures. For details, see Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics.