---
title: "Backup Task for Application Backup Policy Started"
description: "Sent when a user starts a backup task session for the application backup policy. For more information, see Working with Application Policies. Event ID: 36023 Event message details: Backup of <DatabaseName> with <PolicyName> policy has been started."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_36023.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Plug-Ins for Enterprise Applications > Backup Task for Application Backup Policy Started"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Backup Task for Application Backup Policy Started

Sent when a user starts a backup task session for the application backup policy. For more information, see [Working with Application Policies](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/plugins/application_policies.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 36023

**Event message details**: Backup of `<DatabaseName>` with `<PolicyName>` policy has been started. `<Details>`

**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">PolicyName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Application backup policy name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">PolicyName="Sap Hana Policy 1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">DatabaseName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Database name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">DatabaseName="HANA/HXE/TENANT1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">InitiatorName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Name of the user who performed an operation.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">InitiatorName="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 of HANA/HXE/TENANT1 with Sap Hana Policy 1 policy has been started. Initiator: TECH\user1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T13:25:50.051991+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=36023 PolicyName="Sap Hana Policy 1" DatabaseName="HANA/HXE/TENANT1" InitiatorName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Backup of HANA/HXE/TENANT1 with Sap Hana Policy 1 policy has been started. Initiator: TECH\user1"]
```