---
title: "Tape Verification Job Finished"
description: "Sent when a tape verification job session is finished. For more information, see Verifying Tapes. Event ID: 198 Event message details: The validate session has finished with <State> state Severity: Info, Warning, Error"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_198.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Tapes > Tape Verification Job Finished"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Tape Verification Job Finished

Sent when a tape verification job session is finished. For more information, see [Verifying Tapes](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/verifying_tapes.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 198

**Event message details**: The validate session has finished with `<State>` state

**Severity**: Info, Warning, Error

## 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="6913f76f-4b00-470b-b2ce-badf2129c2f0"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Result</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Result ID. Possible values:</p>
      <ul>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">0</span> — Success</li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">1</span> — Warning</li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">2</span> — Failed</li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobResult="0"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Job source type.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceType="6"</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="The validate session has finished with Success state."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T10:59:15.659797+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=198 JobSessionID="6913f76f-4b00-470b-b2ce-badf2129c2f0" Result="0" SourceType="6" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="The validate session has finished with Success state."]
```