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title: "VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions"
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# VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions

Contains Veeam Software Appliance syslog event forwarding settings. The settings define the syslog server to which appliance events are forwarded, the transport protocol, and the severity levels and per-application filters that determine which events are sent.

## Properties

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Property</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Type</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SyslogForwardingEnabled</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Boolean</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Indicates whether syslog event forwarding for the Veeam Software Appliance is enabled.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">UseBackupServerSyslogOptions</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Boolean</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Indicates whether the appliance reuses the syslog server settings configured for the Veeam Backup & Replication server.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ServerName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>String</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>DNS name or IP address of the syslog server to which appliance events are forwarded.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Port</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Int32</p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Port number of the syslog server.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TransportProtocol</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><a href="enums.md#vbrsyslogserverprotocol" class="T_Filenames">VBRSyslogServerProtocol</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Transport protocol used to send messages to the syslog server. Possible values:</p>
      <ul>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Udp</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Tcp</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Tls</span></li>
      </ul>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SeverityRules</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><a href="enums.md#vbrsyslogservereventseverity" class="T_Filenames">VBRSyslogServerEventSeverity</a><span class="T_Filenames">[]</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Array of severity levels that are forwarded by default. Possible values:</p>
      <ul>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Emergency</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Alert</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Critical</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Error</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Warning</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Notice</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Informational</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><span class="T_Filenames">Debug</span></li>
      </ul>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">AdvancedFilters</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><a href="vbrvsaeventforwardingfilteringrule.md" class="T_Filenames">VBRVSAEventForwardingFilteringRule</a><span class="T_Filenames">[]</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Array of per-application filtering rules that override the default severity rules for specific applications or daemons.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions`](get-vbrvsaeventforwardingoptions.md)
- [`Set-VBRVSAEventForwardingOptions`](set-vbrvsaeventforwardingoptions.md)