---
title: "Host Deleted"
description: "Sent when a user deletes a managed server from the backup infrastructure. For more information, see Removing Servers. Event ID: 28500 Event message details: Host <Name> <Type> has been deleted Severity: Warning"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_28500.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Infrastructure Components > Servers and Hosts > Host Deleted"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Host Deleted

Sent when a user deletes a managed server from the backup infrastructure. For more information, see [Removing Servers](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/remove_server.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 28500

**Event message details**: Host `<Name>` `<Type>` has been deleted

**Severity**: Warning

## 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>Server ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">HostID="2e945306-9f71-4938-9d06-5601db286300"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Server type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type="7"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Server name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name="hv01.tech.local"</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="2e945306-9f71-4938-9d06-5601db286300" name="hv01.tech.local" /&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="Host hv01.tech.local (HvServer) has been deleted."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T21:55:35.011114+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=28500 HostID="2e945306-9f71-4938-9d06-5601db286300" Type="7" Name="hv01.tech.local" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="2e945306-9f71-4938-9d06-5601db286300" name="hv01.tech.local" /></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Host hv01.tech.local (HvServer) has been deleted."]
```