PRTG Manual: Veeam Backup Job Status Advanced Sensor

Veeam version

This sensor requires that the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager 10, 11, or 12 with the Enterprise Plus license are installed.

Credentials

This sensor requires credentials for Veeam.

Backup jobs

This sensor does not support the following backup job types: Tape, Sure Backup, NAS Backup Copy, and Agent Backup Copy.

Veeam agent

This sensor does not support Veeam Agent Backup Jobs if they are managed by a Veeam Agent.

REST API

This sensor only supports version 1.5 of the Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API).

IPv6

This sensor supports IPv6.

Performance impact

This sensor has a very low performance impact.

Lookups

This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.

Scanning interval

• The minimum scanning interval of this sensor is 1 minute.
• The recommended scanning interval of this sensor is 5 minutes.

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base: How can I change the status of my Veeam sensors based on whether a job is scheduled or not?

Job Name

The name of the backup job that this sensor monitors.

Job Type

The type of backup job that this sensor monitors.

Platform

The platform on which the backup job runs.

Job Description

The description of the backup job that this sensor monitors.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

• Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
• Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
  You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

• Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
• Store result: Store the sensor result and the last response in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status.

Duration

The duration of the backup job run

Job Scheduled

If the backup job is scheduled

• Up status: No, Yes.
  Which status the sensor actually shows depends on the lookup file that you choose in the channel settings. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: How can I change the status of my Veeam sensors based on whether a job is scheduled or not?
• Down status: No

Last Job Run

The time since the last backup job run

Last Result

The last backup job run status

• Up status: Successful
• Warning status: Warning
• Down status: Failed
• Unknown status: None

This channel is the primary channel by default.

Status

The backup job run status

• Up status: Postprocessing, Starting, Stopped, Working
• Warning status: Never Started, Pausing, Resuming, Stopping
• Unknown status: Idle