---
title: "Tape Job Created"
description: "Sent when a user creates a new tape job. For more information, see Creating Backup to Tape Jobs. Event ID: 23440 Event message details: Tape job <JobName> has been created Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_23440.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Tapes > Tape Job Created"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Tape Job Created

Sent when a user creates a new tape job. For more information, see [Creating Backup to Tape Jobs](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/creating_backup_to_tape_jobs.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 23440

**Event message details**: Tape job `<JobName>` has been created

**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">JobID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobID="f23bdbd1-ef65-4f90-8f53-303406965dc1"</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="28"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobName="Backup to Tape Job 1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Updated data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML="&lt;changes&gt;&lt;object id="f23bdbd1-ef65-4f90-8f53-303406965dc1" /&gt;&lt;/changes&gt;"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Name of the user who performed an operation.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName="TECH\user1"</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 job 'Backup to Tape Job 1' has been created."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T10:47:36.790517+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=23440 JobID="f23bdbd1-ef65-4f90-8f53-303406965dc1" JobType="28" JobName="Backup to Tape Job 1" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="f23bdbd1-ef65-4f90-8f53-303406965dc1" /></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Tape job 'Backup to Tape Job 1' has been created."]
```