---
title: "Restore Task for Hyper-V VM FInished"
description: "Sent when a restore task session for Hyper-V virtual machine is finished. For more information, see Entire VM Restore. Event ID: 251 Event message details: Restore for <VmName> has finished with <State> state Severity: Info, Warning, Error"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_251.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Restore > Restore Task for Hyper-V VM FInished"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Restore Task for Hyper-V VM FInished

Sent when a restore task session for Hyper-V virtual machine is finished. For more information, see [Entire VM Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/hyperv/full_recovery.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 251

**Event message details**: Restore for `<VmName>` 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="e54ed5f9-5aea-40e3-9bfb-4e9a464b1907"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TaskSessionID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Task session ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">TaskSessionID="d0c597d6-0294-45f3-abb8-6670235bfd58"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Status</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Session status 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">2</span> — Failed</li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">3</span> — Warning</li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">5</span> — In progress</li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">6</span> — Pending</li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Status="0"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceHostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Source host name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceHostName="hv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VmID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Machine reference ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VmID="49f7027c-e1b0-4075-bda0-28559129179e"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VmName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Machine name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VmName="Server 03"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ServerName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Server name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ServerName="hv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Location</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Location path.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Location="C:\Hyper-V"</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="Restore for 'Server 03' has finished with Success state."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T14:02:20.384033+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=251 JobSessionID="e54ed5f9-5aea-40e3-9bfb-4e9a464b1907" TaskSessionID="d0c597d6-0294-45f3-abb8-6670235bfd58" Status="0" SourceHostName="hv01.tech.local" VmID="49f7027c-e1b0-4075-bda0-28559129179e" VmName="Server 03" ServerName="hv01.tech.local" Location="C:\Hyper-V" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Restore for 'Server 03' has finished with Success state."]
```