No email notification on restore jobs?

[dcolpitts]

I don't seem to get any email notifications on restore jobs. Email notification is set globally, and we get notification on backups (both successful and failed), but nothing at all on restores. We are on B&R 7 Patch 3A. Am I missing something here?

dcc

[foggy]

Dean, currently Veeam B&R does not send notifications for restore jobs activity. However, you can use the Restore Activity report in Veeam ONE to track it.

[dcolpitts]

Thanks Foggy - I think that is a glaring omission in Veeam... If you can send backup jobs, then there is no reason you shouldn't be able to send restore jobs. My two cents worth I guess.

Thanks

dcc

[foggy]

Thanks for your feedback. We probably need to consider adding some basic restore reporting in Veeam B&R.

[Vitaliy S.]

I guess one of the reasons why there are no notifications is that you run the restore job manually, cannot schedule it, so you should be aware on what's going on.

[dcolpitts]

I partly agree with what you are saying - however, that being said - if someone else on the IT team starts the restore, it would good for the rest of the team to know a restore has occurred (communication is not always the first thing thought of on some teams). Further to that, if you start a restore and it takes a long time to complete, it would be nice to have an email to advise you that the restore is done so you are not constantly having to baby sit it to see if it is completed.

We currently utilize the job notification in BackupExec for exactly these reasons.

dcc

[Vitaliy S.]

Got it, makes sense. Even though it is currently not available, it is still possible to track restore jobs and send email notifications as you want. In order to achieve that you can use Windows Event log to trigger the email notification via 3rd party tool > http://www.veeam.com/kb1834

P.S. this capability should also be available in the next update of Veeam ONE.

[dmh2000]

I know this is an old post but would like to see this implemented in a later version. Re: ...if you start a restore and it takes a long time to complete, it would be nice to have an email to advise you that the restore is done. It really would be nice to get an email, I am in this scenario right now.

[Vitaliy S.]

Yes, this feature for Veeam B&R is still on the radar. Thanks!

[gregsmid]

Hey all, +1 here. Still on the roadmap?

[Vitaliy S.]

Yes, currently the recommended way would be to use either Windows events or Veeam ONE reports.

[ccone@vascorltd.com]

It's pretty easy to do it with Windows powershell and a scheduled task.

Create a scheduled task that runs when specific events are generated... The events to key off of are Event IDs 250 and 251 in the Veeam Backup log... source is Veeam MP.
Set it to run a powershell script... this is the script to run:

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$InstanceID = "250","251"
$event =  get-eventlog -LogName "*Veeam Backup" -Source "Veeam MP" -instanceID $InstanceID -newest 1
$PCName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
$EmailBody = $event | format-list -property * | out-string
$EmailFrom = "YourOrgFromAccount@yourserver.com"
$EmailTo = "YourNotificationEmail@yourserver.com" 
$EmailSubject = $event.message
$SMTPServer = "YourEmailServer"
Send-MailMessage -From $EmailFrom -To $EmailTo -Subject $EmailSubject -body $EmailBody -SmtpServer $SMTPServer

I think there is cleaner way to actually pass in the windows event details to the task when it runs (so you don't have to go get the last generated event). But the code above has been working for my team.

[gregsmid]

It's pretty easy to do it with Windows powershell and a scheduled task.

That worked great, thanks! I did have to take the * out of the -LogName parameter, but other than that, straight up copy and paste.

Greg