Editing Veeam Agent Backup Job Settings

You can edit Veeam Agent backup jobs configured in Veeam Backup & Replication at any time. For example, you may want to edit a backup job to change the backup scope, target location or job scheduling settings.

NOTE

Consider the following:

  • You cannot change the type of protected computers added to the job and the job mode (that is, change a Veeam Agent backup job to a backup policy and vice versa).
  • [For Veeam Agent backup jobs for Linux computers] You cannot change the backup mode from file-level to volume-level and vice versa.

You can edit a Veeam Agent backup job in one of the following ways:

Editing Veeam Agent Backup Job Settings Using Veeam Backup & Replication Console

To edit job settings:

  1. Open the Home view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs.
  3. In the working area, select the job and click Edit on the ribbon or right-click the job and select Edit.
  4. Complete the steps of the Edit Agent Backup Job wizard to change the job settings as required.

Edit Backup Job

Editing Veeam Agent Backup Job Settings Using Veeam Backup & Replication Web UI

To edit job settings:

  1. In the management pane, click Jobs.
  2. Select the check box next to the necessary backup job, and from the Manage drop-down list, select Edit. Alternatively, right-click the job and click Manage > Edit.
  3. Complete the steps of the Edit Agent Backup Job wizard to change the job settings as required.

Edit Backup Job

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