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title: "Manage backup jobs"
sidebar_label: "Manage backup jobs"
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description: "How to create a backup job, start or stop its execution, edit it, and more"
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# Manage backup jobs

A backup job is a set of settings for data backup. You can configure multiple such jobs for each computer.

You can view and manage backup jobs in the Veeam Service Provider Console portal ([vac.selectel.ru](https://vac.selectel.ru)) in the **Backup Jobs** section.

## Create a backup job \{#create-backup-job}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. Select the computer for which you want to configure a job.
3. Click **Create Job**.
4. Configure the backup job. Learn more about job configuration in the Veeam documentation:

   * [Creating Linux Backup Policies](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vac/provider_user/create_backup_policies_linux.html?ver=80)
   * [Creating Windows Backup Policies](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vac/provider_user/create_backup_policies.html?ver=80)

## Start a backup job \{#start-backup-job}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. Select the backup job.
4. Click **Start**.

## Stop a backup job \{#stop-backup-job}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. Select the backup job.
4. Click **Stop**.

## Edit a backup job \{#edit-backup-job}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. Select the required backup job.
4. Click **Edit**.

## View the list of restore points \{#view-restore-points}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. In the job row, click the value in the **Restore Points** column.

## Delete a backup job \{#delete-backup-job}

You can also delete backup jobs via the command line interface; for more details, see the Deleting Backups ([Windows](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/backup_delete.html?ver=60), [Linux](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforlinux/userguide/backup_delete.html?ver=60)) section in the Veeam documentation.

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. Select the backup job.
4. Click **Delete Job** →  **Delete**.
5. If you want to delete the backups themselves from the cloud, click **Delete all**.

## Apply job settings from the portal to the backup agent \{#update-config}

1. In the [Veeam Service Provider Console](https://vac.selectel.ru) portal, go to **Management** → **Backup Jobs**.
2. In the computer row, click the value in the **Successful Jobs** column.
3. Select the backup job.
4. Click **Update config**.

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