---
title: "Encryption Password Assigned"
description: "Sent when a new encryption password is assigned to a backup by a user or a KMS server. Event ID: 31855 Event message details: New encryption password has been assigned to the backup Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_31855.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Credential Records > Encryption Password Assigned"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Encryption Password Assigned

Sent when a new encryption password is assigned to a backup by a user or a KMS server.

## General Information

**Event ID**: 31855

**Event message details**: New encryption password has been assigned to the backup

**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">BackupId</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Backup ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">BackupId="7c9e4b21-3f5d-4a18-9c6e-2b8d51f0a374"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OriginalPasswordId</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Previous password ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OriginalPasswordId="ad359169-b802-49ab-b3ea-b52d23461844"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OriginalPasswordHint</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Previous password hint.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">OriginalPasswordHint="Old encryption password"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">NewPasswordId</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>New password ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">NewPasswordId="5e1a7c38-9d4b-42f6-8a03-c7b6e2915d80"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">NewPasswordHint</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>New password hint.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">NewPasswordHint="New encryption password"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">EncryptionType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Encryption type. Possible values:</p>
      <ul>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">User</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">KMS</span></li>
      </ul>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">EncryptionType="User"</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="New encryption password has been assigned to the backup."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T10:12:47.318204-07:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=31855 BackupId="7c9e4b21-3f5d-4a18-9c6e-2b8d51f0a374" OriginalPasswordId="ad359169-b802-49ab-b3ea-b52d23461844" OriginalPasswordHint="Old encryption password" NewPasswordId="5e1a7c38-9d4b-42f6-8a03-c7b6e2915d80" NewPasswordHint="New encryption password" EncryptionType="User" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="New encryption password has been assigned to the backup."]
```