---
title: "File Copy Job Started"
description: "Sent when a user starts a file copy job session. For more information, see File Copy. Event ID: 510 Event message details: Copy job <JobName> has been started by user <UserName> Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_510.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Backup > Jobs > File Copy Job Started"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# File Copy Job Started

Sent when a user starts a file copy job session. For more information, see [File Copy](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/file_copy.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 510

**Event message details**: Copy job `<JobName>` has been started by user `<UserName>`

**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">JobSessionID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job session ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobSessionID="5e1e878a-cfe2-4bb0-bca4-cee33c468162"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job ID.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobID="226e0318-0bb9-4d22-bf1a-f4c0fa51eb1d"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Job type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">JobType="2"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Platform</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Platform type.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Platform="0"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Flags</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Defines whether the job was started by a user.</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Flags="0"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceType</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Job source type.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SourceType="3"</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="Copy job 'File Copy Job 02' has been started by user TECH\user1."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T19:10:13.252692+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=510 JobSessionID="5e1e878a-cfe2-4bb0-bca4-cee33c468162" JobID="226e0318-0bb9-4d22-bf1a-f4c0fa51eb1d" JobType="2" Platform="0" Flags="0" SourceType="3" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Copy job 'File Copy Job 02' has been started by user TECH\user1."]
```