---
title: "Add-VBRSyslogEventFilter"
description: "The cmdlet determines which Veeam events are sent to the syslog server. Events have the following severity levels: Info Error Warning By default, all events are sent to the syslog server."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbrsyslogeventfilter.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Veeam Backup & Replication Settings > Specifying Syslog Server Settings > Add-VBRSyslogEventFilter"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Add-VBRSyslogEventFilter

## Short Description
Adds a syslog event filter for an event ID.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRSyslogEventFilter -EventId <Int64> [-FilterInfos <Boolean>] [-FilterWarnings <Boolean>]
 [-FilterErrors <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
The cmdlet determines which Veeam events are sent to the syslog server. Events have the following severity levels:

- Info 
- Error 
- Warning

By default, all events are sent to the syslog server. To exclude specific severity level events from being sent, you must set the necessary parameter to `True`.

## Parameters

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          <p>Parameter</p>
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        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">EventId</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an event ID. For a complete list of event IDs, see <a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/events/event_id_list.html?ver=13">Event IDs List</a>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int64</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FilterErrors</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Determines whether events with the Error severity level are excluded from being sent to the syslog server.</p><p>Default: <code>True</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Boolean</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FilterInfos</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Determines whether events with the Info severity level are excluded from being sent to the syslog server.</p><p>Default: <code>True</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Boolean</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FilterWarnings</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Determines whether events with the Warning severity level are excluded from being sent to the syslog server.</p><p>Default: <code>True</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Boolean</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Examples

::: example
### Adding a Filter

This command adds a filter for the event ID 40700. Events with ID 40700 and the Info severity level will not be sent to the syslog server.

```
Add-VBRSyslogEventFilter -EventId 40700 -FilterErrors $false -FilterInfos $true -FilterWarnings $false
```

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRSyslogEventFilters`](get-vbrsyslogeventfilters.md)
- [`Remove-VBRSyslogEventFilter`](remove-vbrsyslogeventfilter.md)