The look and feel of a custom attribute in the vSphere Web Client is not the best, but quite good for a quick lookup if the VM has been backed up.
In my scenario, Veeam will do the following I’ve set up the notification settings for this backup job with the custom attribute as shown in this image Since i’d like to show you some scenarios, i have set up a Veeam backup job with two virtual machines on which we are testing the custom attributes. If you do not select this option, Veeam will overwrite the existing attribute value. If you also select “Append to the existing attributes’s value” Veeam will keep the values which have been added to that attribute. In this scenario, Veeam will create a new custom attribute called “VEEAM BACKUP” which will get filled with successful reports of a VM backup. In my case i only selected the “Set successful backup details to this VM attribute”. You can either use an existing attribute like “Notes” or define a new attribute suited for your needs. If you select the checkbox, Veeam will write information about successfully performed backup and backup results to a VM attribute.
There is also a checkbox stating “Set successful backup details to this VM attribute”.
In my opinion, you can use this feature to easily sort and evaluate the backup state of virtual machines backed up with Veeam Backup & Replication.ĭuring the creation of a Veeam Backup Job, you are able to edit the notification settings. Today i’m writing about a Veeam feature which i haven’t seen a lot out in the field.