Veeam Backup: Backup Service Status

Veeam.Backup.BackUpServerService.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Monitors the health of the Veeam Backup service

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Veeam Backup Service is not running. This service is a Windows service that coordinates all operations performed by Veeam Backup & Replication such as backup, replication, recovery verification and restore tasks. This service also acts as a WMI provider for the MP for Veeam Backup & Replication and other monitoring solutions.

If the Veeam Backup Service is stopped, WMI source will become inaccessible, monitoring will be stopped and all jobs will fail to start.

Causes

Resolutions

Check the service status. It should be set to Automatic start, and should be running. If the service is not running, try to start it.

Check event logs for errors.

Check the status of the service account used for the Veeam Backup Service: it may be locked or expired.

Use the Alerts View to see all current open issues for this object. Use the Events View to review any error and warning events for this object. Open a Performance View to see the performance metrics for this object and all contained objects. Open a Diagram View to analyze the relationships of this object to other components.

External

Check the Veeam Backup & Replication resources for more information, in particular:

Community Forums

Online Knowledge Base

Technical Documentation

Element properties:

TargetVeeam.Backup.BackupServer
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityHigh
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeVeeam.Backup.ServiceMonitor.2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Veeam Backup: Backup Service Status
Veeam Backup Service is not running
RunAsDefault