Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Alarms

This section describes predefined alarms for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 infrastructure components.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Server

Alarm Name

Event/Condition

Severity

Resolve Action

Description

Backup copy job state (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

State of an backup copy job equals Warning.

Warning

Automatic

Backup copy job reported either an error or a warning.

State of an backup copy job equals Failed.

Error

Backup job state (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

State of an backup job equals Warning.

Warning

Automatic

Backup job reported either an error or a warning.

State of an backup job equals Failed.

Error

Job disabled (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

Job is disabled for more than 12 hours.

Warning

Automatic

Job stays in the disabled state for a longer time than configured in the alarm threshold.

License exceeded for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Based on event
VeeamVbmServerLicenseCapacityDepleting.

Warning

Automatic

Number of protected user accounts exceeds the license limit.

Based on event
VeeamVbmServerLicenseCapacityDepletingResolved.

Resolve

Based on event
VeeamMonitorServicesStartedEvent.

Resolve

License expiration date (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

Based on event
VeeamVbmServerLicenseExpiration.

Warning

Automatic

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 license expired.

Based on event
VeeamVbmServerLicenseExpirationResolved.

Resolve

Based on event
VeeamMonitorServicesStartedEvent.

Resolve

Organization with no backup

Microsoft 365 organization has no restore points created within the last 24 hours.

Warning

Automatic

Microsoft 365 organization was not backed up during the configured RPO period.

Unusual job duration (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

Job duration is above 150% of average time interval

Warning

Automatic

Job duration is above usual values among the set of job sessions.

Job duration is above 200% of average time interval

Error

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server connection failure

State does not equal Connected for more than 5 minutes.

Error

Automatic

Connection to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server failed.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 service state

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 service status does not equal Running for more than 5 minutes.

Error

Automatic

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 service is not running on the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server.

Backup Proxy

Alarm Name

Event/Condition

Severity

Resolve Action

Description

Backup proxy connection failure (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

Backup proxy status does not equal Online for more than 5 minutes.

Error

Automatic

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server lost connection to the proxy server.

Backup Repository

Alarm Name

Event/Condition

Severity

Resolve Action

Description

Backup repository free space (Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365)

Free space is below 5%.

Error

Automatic

Backup repository is low on free space.

Free space is below 10%.

Warning