Feature request: export all job settings of all jobs

[christian.naenny]

Hello everyone

Another feature request...
It would be nice if it was possible to export all the job settings of all the jobs into a file (CSV, XML or JSON) right from the Jobs list.
This could be helpful for quality checking purposes, e.g. "do all the jobs have the same long term retention policy?".

Thanks,
Christian

[Mildur]

Hi Christian

Thanks for your request.
Veeam One can already export a report with allmost all job settings:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/r ... ml?ver=110

It also gives you the capability to monitor/audit changes within a job:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/r ... ml?ver=110

Without VeeamOne, you could use powershell to export such information. There are some examples available in our forum.

Thanks
Fabian

[christian.naenny]

Hi Fabian
Thanks for the hints. We're not using VeeamONE (yet).
But I already thought that using PowerShell I should be able to export all the job settings in an overview.
Best regards,
Christian

[jorgedlcruz]

Hello Christian,
Veeam ONE is one option; a second one could be using the VBR API, which can export to JSON without any problem:

• https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... GetAllJobs

I have used this option a few times to clone jobs and to what you just mentioned, compare settings across different JSON files, etc.

It is an interesting FR for sure, as other veeam products web-based have it already, like VB Azure, VB AWS, etc.

Give the API a try and let us know

[matsusan]

[Current Behavior]
Currently, Veeam does not have a native, supported feature to export backup job configurations.
To verify or document job settings, we cannot easily extract the configuration of some hundred jobs.
We know there are community PowerShell scripts available for exporting configurations, but they are unsupported and have limited functions.
Furthermore, there is no guarantee that it will continue to operate correctly in the future.

[Problem / Impact]
These limitations cause major challenge, especially in large-scale environments:

Auditing and Verifying Job Settings:
To verify and test the validity of multiple job configurations, we have to check them one by one in the GUI.
There is no way to export the configurations to a readable file to easily compare and audit them. This is very time-consuming.
Large enterprise customers have frequently requested this capability during their deployment and test phases.

[Request]
Add a native supported export feature for backup job configurations to VBR with the following capabilities:
- Ability to export backup job configurations individually or in groups.
- Export format can be a simple, readable file (like XML, JSON, or CSV).
- It should support both agent-based and agentless jobs. However, since these parameters differ, separate formats for each are acceptable.

Thanks,
Ryoma

[vnikiforov]

Hello, Ryoma,

We have moved your request to an existing topic.
As mentioned above in the thread, have you looked at the REST API? It already returns complete job configurations in JSON: one GET /api/v1/jobs call covers vSphere, Hyper-V and Cloud Director backup jobs, backup copy jobs, file share and object storage jobs, and agent jobs and policies for Windows and Linux. Pull all jobs at once or filter to specific ones, then compare the output with any diff tool.

V13 also added Export Jobs and Import Jobs endpoints, for now limited to VMware vSphere backup jobs.

If calling an API is not an option, Veeam ONE has the Job Configuration Dump report with configuration details of all jobs, while Job Configuration Change Tracking shows who changed which setting and when.