diff --git a/fm-api/source/fm_api/constants.py b/fm-api/source/fm_api/constants.py
index 8cd5a536..331794ca 100755
--- a/fm-api/source/fm_api/constants.py
+++ b/fm-api/source/fm_api/constants.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ FM_LOG_ID_HYPERVISOR_STATE_CHANGE = ALARM_GROUP_HYPERVISOR + ".001"
 # Distributed Cloud alarm id
 FM_ALARM_ID_DC_SUBCLOUD_OFFLINE = ALARM_GROUP_DISTRIBUTED_CLOUD + ".001"
 FM_ALARM_ID_DC_SUBCLOUD_RESOURCE_OUT_OF_SYNC = ALARM_GROUP_DISTRIBUTED_CLOUD + ".002"
+FM_ALARM_ID_DC_SUBCLOUD_BACKUP_FAILED = ALARM_GROUP_DISTRIBUTED_CLOUD + ".003"
 
 # HA alarm id
 FM_ALARM_ID_HA_SERVICE_GROUP_STATE = ALARM_GROUP_HA + ".001"
diff --git a/fm-doc/fm_doc/events.yaml b/fm-doc/fm_doc/events.yaml
index 02204cb5..d15a423f 100755
--- a/fm-doc/fm_doc/events.yaml
+++ b/fm-doc/fm_doc/events.yaml
@@ -982,6 +982,20 @@
     Management_Affecting_Severity: none
     Degrade_Affecting_Severity: none
 
+280.003:
+    Type: Alarm
+    Description: Subcloud Backup Failure
+    Entity_Instance_ID: subcloud=<subcloud>
+    Severity: minor
+    Proposed_Repair_Action: Retry subcloud backup after checking backup input file. If problem persists contact next level of support.
+    Maintenance_Action:
+    Inhibit_Alarms:
+    Alarm_Type: processing-error
+    Probable_Cause: unknown
+    Service_Affecting: False
+    Suppression: False
+    Management_Affecting_Severity: none
+    Degrade_Affecting_Severity: none
 
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 #   NETWORK