---
title: "Connection to Backup Repository Restored"
description: "Sent when a connection between a backup server and a backup repository is restored. Event ID: 21220 Event message details: Connection to backup repository <ObjectName> has been restored Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_21220.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Infrastructure Components > Repositories > Backup Repositories > Connection to Backup Repository Restored"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Connection to Backup Repository Restored

Sent when a connection between a backup server and a backup repository is restored.

## General Information

**Event ID**: 21220

**Event message details**: Connection to backup repository `<ObjectName>` has been restored

**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">HostID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Backup server ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">HostID="88548284-8918-46d5-9c59-be21e6cffdcf"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ObjectID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Backup repository ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ObjectID="a7b98b83-9d41-46b3-a60b-e09d408910ba"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">HostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Backup server name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">HostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ObjectName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Backup repository name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ObjectName="repo01.tech.local"</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="Connection to backup repository repo01.tech.local has been restored."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T12:51:24.819907+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=21220 HostID="88548284-8918-46d5-9c59-be21e6cffdcf" ObjectID="a7b98b83-9d41-46b3-a60b-e09d408910ba" HostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" ObjectName="LongExtent" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Connection to backup repository repo01.tech.local has been restored."]
```