---
title: "Encryption Password Updated"
description: "Sent when a user updates an encryption password. For more information, see Password Manager. Event ID: 31700 Event message details: Encryption password <Hint> has been modified Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_31700.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Credential Records > Encryption Password Updated"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Encryption Password Updated

Sent when a user updates an encryption password. For more information, see [Password Manager](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/password_manager.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 31700

**Event message details**: Encryption password `<Hint>` has been modified

**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">Hint</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Password hint.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Hint="New encryption password"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Password ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ID="ad359169-b802-49ab-b3ea-b52d23461844"</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="023adcf1-07fd-4883-be51-443afc2e49e6"&gt;&lt;property internal="CredentialsPassword" type="String"&gt;&lt;old&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">UserFullInfo</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Detailed information about the user who performed an operation. Includes the following data:</p>
      <ul>
      <li><code>fullName</code> — the user name</li>
      <li><code>loginType</code></li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserFullInfo="&lt;ModifiedUserInfo fullName="TECH\user1" loginType="0" /&gt;"</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="Encryption password New encryption password has been modified."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T06:07:38.638154-07:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=31700 Hint="New encryption password" ID="ad359169-b802-49ab-b3ea-b52d23461844" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="ad359169-b802-49ab-b3ea-b52d23461844"><property internal="EncryptionPasswordHint" type="String"><old>Newencryption password</old><new>Newencryption password DC2</new></property></object></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" UserFullInfo="<ModifiedUserInfo fullName="TECH\user1" loginType="0" />" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Encryption password New encryption password has been modified."]
```