---
title: "Location Settings Updated"
description: "Sent when a user updates location settings. For more information, see Managing Locations. Event ID: 40901 Event message details: Location <LocationName> has been modified Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_40901.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Infrastructure Components > General Operations > Location Settings Updated"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Location Settings Updated

Sent when a user updates location settings. For more information, see [Managing Locations](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/locations.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 40901

**Event message details**: Location `<LocationName>` 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">ChangesXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Updated data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML="&lt;changes&gt;&lt;object oldLocationName="Germany" newLocationName="Germany 01" /&gt;&lt;/changes&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.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Location Germany 01 has been modified."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T10:47:17.773291+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=40901 ChangesXML="<changes><object oldLocationName="Germany" newLocationName="Germany 01" /></changes>" UserFullInfo="<ModifiedUserInfo fullName="TECH\user1" loginType="0" />" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Location Germany 01 has been modified."]
```