PRTG Manual: Veeam Backup Job Status Sensor

The Veeam Backup Job Status sensor monitors the status of all backup job runs on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in the last 24 hours.

Veeam Backup Job Status Sensor

Veeam Backup Job Status Sensor

i_square_cyanFor a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

  • Dutch: Veeam Backup Taak Status
  • French: Veeam statut de tâche de sauvegarde
  • German: Veeam Backupjob-Status
  • Japanese: Veeam バックアップジョブのステータス
  • Portuguese: Status da tarefa de backup do Veeam
  • Russian: Состояние задания резервного копирования Veeam
  • Simplified Chinese: Veeam 备份作业状态
  • Spanish: Estado del trabajo de copia de seguridad Veeam

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark

Description

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.

Scanning interval

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

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

  • veeam
  • veeambackup
  • veeamenterprisemanager

i_square_cyanFor more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Setting

Description

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.

i_round_blueYou can set a different primary channel later by clicking b_channel_primary 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.
    i_round_redYou 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.

Debug Options

Debug Options

Debug Options

Setting

Description

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.

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

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

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click b_inherited_enabled under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

i_square_cyanFor more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Channel List

i_round_blueWhich channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel

Description

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.

Job Runs Failed

The number of failed job runs (sessions)

i_round_blueThis channel has a default limit:

  • Upper error limit: 0

i_round_blueThe Job Runs Failed channel shows the total number of all failed job runs.

Job Runs Finished

The number of finished job runs

i_round_blueThe Job Runs Finished channel shows the total number of all finished job runs with status Success, Warning, and Failed.

Job Runs Running

The number of running job runs

Job Runs Successful

The number of successful job runs

i_round_blueThe Job Runs Successful channel shows the total number of all finished job runs with status Success.

i_round_blueThis channel is the primary channel by default.

Job Runs Warning

The number of job runs in the warning status

i_round_blueThis channel has a default limit:

  • Upper warning limit: 0

Jobs Scheduled

The number of scheduled backup jobs

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