Appendix B. Alarms
Veeam Availability Console includes a set of predefined alarms described in the following table.
Alarm Name | Alarm Description | Object | Enabled |
Backup agent connection state | This alarm checks whether a Veeam backup agent is running or can be contacted. | Backup agent | Yes |
Backup agent job state | This alarm checks whether a Veeam backup agent job session failed or finished with a warning. | Backup agent job | Yes |
Backup agent job state (managed by backup server) | This alarm checks whether a Veeam backup agent job session configured on a Veeam Backup & Replication server failed or finished with a warning. | Backup agent job | Yes |
Backup Enterprise Manager connection state | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager service is running. | Enterprise Manager | Yes |
Backup proxy connection state | This alarm checks the connection status between a Veeam backup server and backup proxy. | Backup proxy | Yes |
Backup proxy version is out-of-date | This alarm checks whether the version of a backup proxy matches the version of Veeam Backup & Replication installed on a backup server. | Backup proxy | Yes |
Backup repository connection state | This alarm checks the connection status between a Veeam backup server and backup repository. | Backup repository | Yes |
Backup repository version is out-of-date | This alarm checks whether the version of a backup repository matches the version of Veeam Backup & Replication installed on a backup server. | Backup repository | Yes |
Backup server connection state | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Backup Service is running on a backup server. | Backup server | Yes |
Backup server license exceeded | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Backup & Replication product license was exceeded. | Backup server | Yes |
Backup server license expiration | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Backup & Replication product license has expired. | Backup server | Yes |
Backup server support contract expiration | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Backup & Replication support contract has expired. | Backup server | Yes |
Cloud Connect connection state | This alarm checks whether Veeam Availability Console has connection to the Veeam Cloud Connect server. | Site | Yes |
Cloud gateway connection state | This alarm checks the connection status between a Veeam Cloud Connect server and cloud gateway. | Cloud gateway | Yes |
Cloud gateway version is out-of-date | This alarm checks whether the version of a cloud gateway matches the version of Veeam Backup & Replication installed on the Veeam Cloud Connect server. | Cloud gateway | Yes |
Cloud host memory quota | This alarm tracks whether the total amount of configured memory for cloud replicas has breached the configured threshold. | Site | Yes |
Cloud host storage quota | This alarm tracks whether storage quota assigned to a company as a part of the hardware plan has been exceeded. | Site | Yes |
Cloud host vCPU ratio | This alarm checks whether the number of replicated VMs vCPUs has breached the configured threshold. | Site | Yes |
Company cloud storage quota | This alarm checks whether a company is running out of space on a cloud repository. | Company | Yes |
Company data download quota | This alarm checks whether a company is running out of the data transfer out quota on cloud repositories. | Company | No |
Company lease expiration date | This alarm checks whether a cloud repository lease time is about to expire. | Company | Yes |
Computer without backup | This alarm checks whether computers running Veeam Backup Agents have been backed up within the defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) interval. | Backup agent | Yes |
ConnectWise Manage plugin state | This alarm checks whether ConnectWise Manage plugin is having connectivity or configuration issues. | Plugin | Yes |
Discovery rule state | This alarm checks whether a discovery rule failed. | Discovery rule | Yes |
Failed user logon attempts | This alarm checks whether the number of failed logon attempts for a user exceeds the defined threshold. | User | Yes |
Failover Plan session state | This alarm checks whether one or more VMs in a failover plan failed to start. | VM failover plan | Yes |
Job session state | This alarm checks whether a job session failed or finished with a warning. | VM backup job | Yes |
Job state | This alarm checks whether a job was in a disabled state for more than an allowed time period. | VM backup job | Yes |
Management agent connection state | This alarm checks the connection status between Veeam Availability Console and a management agent running on a Veeam Backup & Replication server, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server or a computer protected with Veeam backup agent. | Management agent | No |
Management agent version is out-of-date | This alarm checks whether the version of a management agent running on a Veeam Backup & Replication server, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server or a computer protected with Veeam backup agent matches the version of Veeam Availability Console. | Management agent | No |
Max allowed backup agent job duration | This alarm checks whether a Veeam backup agent job session has exceeded the maximum allowed session duration. | Backup agent job | No |
Max allowed job duration | This alarm checks whether a Veeam Backup & Replication job session has exceeded the maximum allowed session duration. | VM backup job | No |
Repository free space | This alarm checks whether a backup repository is running out of space. | Backup repository | Yes |
Reseller cloud storage quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients are running out of space allocated on a cloud repository. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller data download quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients are running out of the data transfer out quota on cloud repositories. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller hardware plans quota | This alarm checks whether a reseller has exceeded the max allowed number of companies assigned to a hardware plan. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller managed companies quota | This alarm checks whether a reseller has exceeded the max allowed number of managed companies. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller server agents quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients have exceeded the max allowed number of managed Veeam backup agents running in Server mode. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller server cloud backups quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients have exceeded the max allowed number of Server Veeam backup agents stored in the cloud. | Cloud storage | Yes |
Reseller VM cloud backups quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients have exceeded the max allowed number of VM backups stored in the cloud. | Cloud storage | Yes |
Reseller workstation agents quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients have exceeded the max allowed number of managed Veeam backup agents running in Workstation mode. | Reseller | Yes |
Reseller workstation cloud backups quota | This alarm checks whether reseller clients have exceeded the max allowed number of Workstation Veeam backup agents stored in the cloud. | Cloud storage | Yes |
Server agent backups stored in cloud repository | This alarm checks whether a company has exceeded the max allowed number of Server Veeam backup agents stored in the cloud. | Cloud repository | Yes |
SQL Server Express database size | This alarm checks whether the database size is close to the maximum database size supported by the SQL Server Express edition. | Internal | Yes |
SureBackup job session state | This alarm checks whether a SureBackup job session failed or finished with a warning. | VM job (SureBackup) | Yes |
Suspicious user logon attempts activity | This alarm tracks multiple failed login attempts to the Veeam Availability Console portal for the user from the same IP address. | Internal | Yes |
Veeam Availability Console license expiration | This alarm checks whether the Veeam Availability Console product license has expired. | Internal | Yes |
Veeam Availability Console license update state | This alarm checks whether Veeam Availability Console failed to obtain a new license key from the Veeam License Update Server. | Internal | Yes |
Veeam Availability Console licenses exceeded | This alarm checks whether the number of managed Veeam backup agents exceeded the number of available licenses. | Internal | Yes |
VM without backup | This alarm checks whether VMs managed with Veeam Backup & Replication have been backed up within the defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) interval. | Backup server | Yes |
VM without replica | This alarm checks whether VMs managed with Veeam Backup & Replication have been replicated within the defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) interval. | Backup server | Yes |
VMs in the backup repository | This alarm checks whether the number of VMs stored in a backup repository exceeds the maximum allowed limit. | Backup repository | No |
VMs stored in cloud repository | This alarm checks whether the number of VMs that a company stores in a cloud repository exceeds the maximum allowed limit. | Cloud repository | Yes |
WAN accelerator connection state | This alarm checks the connection status between a Veeam backup server and WAN accelerator. | WAN accelerator | Yes |
WAN accelerator version is out-of-date | This alarm checks whether the version of a WAN accelerator matches the version of Veeam Backup & Replication installed on a backup server. | WAN accelerator | Yes |
Workstation agent backups stored in cloud repository | This alarm checks whether a company has exceeded the max allowed number of Workstation Veeam backup agents stored in the cloud. | Cloud repository | Yes |