---
title: "General Settings Updated"
description: "Sent when a user updates general settings for Veeam Backup & Replication. For more information, see Configuring General Settings. Event ID: 31000 Event message details: Backup server general options have been changed Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_31000.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Configuration > General Settings Updated"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# General Settings Updated

Sent when a user updates general settings for Veeam Backup & Replication. For more information, see [Configuring General Settings](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_settings.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 31000

**Event message details**: Backup server general options have been changed

**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">ChangesXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Updated data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML="&lt;changes&gt;&lt;object&gt;&lt;property internal="SyslogReportingEnabled" type="Boolean"&gt;&lt;old&gt;False&lt;/old&gt;&lt;new&gt;True&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;property internal="SyslogReportingHost" type="String"&gt;&lt;old /&gt;&lt;new&gt;192.168.0.1&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;property internal="SyslogReportingPort" type="Integer"&gt;&lt;old /&gt;&lt;new&gt;514&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;property internal="SyslogReportingProtocol" type="SyslogProtocol"&gt;&lt;old /&gt;&lt;new&gt;Udp&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;property internal="SyslogReportingCertificateThumbprint" type="String"&gt;&lt;old /&gt;&lt;new&gt;&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;/object&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="Backup server general options have been changed"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T09:47:57.308160-07:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=31000 ChangesXML="<changes><object><property internal="SyslogReportingEnabled" type="Boolean"><old>False</old><new>True</new></property><property internal="SyslogReportingHost" type="String"><old /><new>192.168.0.1</new></property><property internal="SyslogReportingPort" type="Integer"><old /><new>514</new></property><property internal="SyslogReportingProtocol" type="SyslogProtocol"><old /><new>Udp</new></property><property internal="SyslogReportingCertificateThumbprint" type="String"><old /><new></new></property></object></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Backup server general options have been changed"]
```