---
title: "Mark Tape As Free Job Started"
description: "Sent when a user starts a mark tape as free job session. For more information, see Marking Tapes as Free. Event ID: 122 Event message details: Mark as Free job <JobName> has been started by user <UserName> Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_122.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Tapes > Mark Tape As Free Job Started"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Mark Tape As Free Job Started

Sent when a user starts a mark tape as free job session. For more information, see [Marking Tapes as Free](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/marking_tapes_as_free.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 122

**Event message details**: Mark as Free 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="e905fe5d-72fb-4d1c-beff-b9eee2f9861b"</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="af8071ed-2ce4-4cdd-93a5-244c18364c48"</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="55"</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">TargetObjectID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Target object ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TargetObjectID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"</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="9c401c8c-36f7-499a-b420-b913186d5a5e"</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 mark as free: HPE005L2"</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="Mark as Free job 'Mark as Free' has been started by user TECH\user1."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T11:08:11.312736+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=122 JobSessionID="e905fe5d-72fb-4d1c-beff-b9eee2f9861b" JobID="af8071ed-2ce4-4cdd-93a5-244c18364c48" JobType="55" Platform="5" Flags="1" TargetObjectID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" TapeIDs="9c401c8c-36f7-499a-b420-b913186d5a5e" OperationSummary="Tapes to mark as free: HPE005L2" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Mark as Free job 'Mark as Free' has been started by user TECH\user1."]
```