---
title: "File Share Added"
description: "Sent when a user adds a file share to the backup infrastructure. For more information, see Adding File Share. Event ID: 28900 Event message details: File share <Name> <Type> has been created Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_28900.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Unstructured Data Backup > File Share Added"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# File Share Added

Sent when a user adds a file share to the backup infrastructure. For more information, see [Adding File Share](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/adding_file_share.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 28900

**Event message details**: File share `<Name>` `<Type>` 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">FileShareID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>File share ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">FileShareID="4217959b-60e9-4ea9-94b7-be7c7899328e"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>File share type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type="23"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>File share name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name="\\fs1\Folder"</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="4217959b-60e9-4ea9-94b7-be7c7899328e" name="\\fs1\Folder" /&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="File share \\fs1\Folder (CifsShare) has been created."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T08:49:46.340478+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=28900 FileShareID="4217959b-60e9-4ea9-94b7-be7c7899328e" Type="23" Name="\\fs1\Folder" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="4217959b-60e9-4ea9-94b7-be7c7899328e" name="\\fs1\Folder" /></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="File share \\fs1\Folder (CifsShare) has been created."]
```