---
title: "Tape Copy Job Started"
description: "Sent when a user starts a tape copy job session. For more information, see Copying Tapes. Event ID: 120 Event message details: Tape Copy job <JobName> has been started by user <UserName> Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_120.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Tapes > Tape Copy Job Started"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Tape Copy Job Started

Sent when a user starts a tape copy job session. For more information, see [Copying Tapes](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/copying_tapes.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 120

**Event message details**: Tape Copy job `<JobName>` has been started by user `<UserName>`

**Severity**: Info

## Parameters

<table class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Parameter Name</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Example</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobSessionID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job session ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobSessionID="e00b4e4f-0bea-4444-b27c-34f1da944f68"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobID="1bb59d9d-729e-46a9-944b-4075fe049f79"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobType="501"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Platform</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Platform type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Platform="5"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Flags</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Defines whether the job was started by a user.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Flags="1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TargetMediaPoolID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Target media pool ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TargetMediaPoolID="3730b44e-ce27-405b-ac31-d065294746ca"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TapeIDs</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Tape IDs.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TapeIDs="02fe017d-1e14-4711-85ba-cac8d53c7ec5"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OperationSummary</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Operation details.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OperationSummary="Tapes to copy: HPE008L2; target pool: HPE - Standard Pool"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Backup server name. Can be a DNS name, an FQDN or an IP address.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Veeam Backup & Replication version.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion="13.1.0.411"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event version (service parameter).
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version="1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event message details.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Tape Copy job 'Tape Copy' has been started by user TECH\user1."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T11:03:42.229899+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=120 JobSessionID="e00b4e4f-0bea-4444-b27c-34f1da944f68" JobID="1bb59d9d-729e-46a9-944b-4075fe049f79" JobType="501" Platform="5" Flags="1" TargetMediaPoolID="3730b44e-ce27-405b-ac31-d065294746ca" TapeIDs="02fe017d-1e14-4711-85ba-cac8d53c7ec5" OperationSummary="Tapes to copy: HPE008L2; target pool: HPE - Standard Pool" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Tape Copy job 'Tape Copy' has been started by user TECH\user1."]
```