---
title: "Storage Added"
description: "Sent when a user adds a storage appliance to the backup infrastructure. For more information, see Deduplicating Storage Appliances. Event ID: 41400 Event message details: Storage <Name> has been created Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_41400.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Infrastructure Components > Repositories > Backup Repositories > Storage Added"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Storage Added

Sent when a user adds a storage appliance to the backup infrastructure. For more information, see [Deduplicating Storage Appliances](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/deduplicating_storage_appliances.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 41400

**Event message details**: Storage `<Name>` has been created

**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">StorageID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Storage appliance ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">StorageID="47d0dbef-c7d2-4f0e-990d-6e548ca6a787"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Storage type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Type="11"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Storage appliance name.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Name="Nimble Storage 01"</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="47d0dbef-c7d2-4f0e-990d-6e548ca6a787" name="Nimble Storage 01" /&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">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="Storage Nimble Storage 01 has been created."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T12:16:13.203210+01:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=41400 StorageID="47d0dbef-c7d2-4f0e-990d-6e548ca6a787" Type="11" Name="Nimble Storage 01" ChangesXML="<changes><object id="47d0dbef-c7d2-4f0e-990d-6e548ca6a787" name="Nimble Storage 01" /></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Storage Nimble Storage 01 has been created."]
```