---
title: "Configuration Backup Job Finished"
description: "Sent when a configuration backup job session is finished. For more information, see Creating Configuration Backups. Event ID: 40700 Event message details: Configuration backup has been completed. Result: <State> Severity: Info, Warning, Error"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_40700.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Configuration > Configuration Backup Job Finished"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Configuration Backup Job Finished

Sent when a configuration backup job session is finished. For more information, see [Creating Configuration Backups](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/export_vbr_config.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 40700

**Event message details**: Configuration backup has been completed. Result: `<State>`

**Severity**: Info, Warning, Error

## 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">ConfigurationBackupSpecXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Session data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ConfigurationBackupSpecXML="&lt;ConfigurationBackupJobSpec&gt;&lt;RepositoryId&gt;88788f9e-d8f5-4eb4-bc4f-9b3f5403bcec&lt;/RepositoryId&gt;&lt;RepositoryName&gt;Default Backup Repository&lt;/RepositoryName&gt;&lt;RetentionPolicy&gt;15&lt;/RetentionPolicy&gt;&lt;StorageEncryptionEnabled&gt;True&lt;/StorageEncryptionEnabled&gt;&lt;StorageCryptoKeyId&gt;370aeb6f-9ba5-47d4-a074-b148bc6a2162&lt;/StorageCryptoKeyId&gt;&lt;/ConfigurationBackupJobSpec&gt;"</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. Includes the following result states: `Success`, `Warning`, `Failed`.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Configuration backup has been completed. Result: Success."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T10:00:37.272866+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=40700 ConfigurationBackupSpecXML="<ConfigurationBackupJobSpec><RepositoryId>88788f9e-d8f5-4eb4-bc4f-9b3f5403bcec</RepositoryId><RepositoryName>Default Backup Repository</RepositoryName><RetentionPolicy>15</RetentionPolicy><StorageEncryptionEnabled>True</StorageEncryptionEnabled><StorageCryptoKeyId>370aeb6f-9ba5-47d4-a074-b148bc6a2162</StorageCryptoKeyId></ConfigurationBackupJobSpec>" UserFullInfo="<ModifiedUserInfo fullName="TECH\user1" loginType="0" />" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Configuration backup has been completed. Result: Success."]
```