Time Type Information
31.10.2009 18:42:25 Success Data collection job started.
31.10.2009 18:42:25 Success [www.somednsname.com] Retrieving data...
31.10.2009 18:42:25 Error [www.somednsname.com] The server has rejected the client credentials.
31.10.2009 18:42:25 Error [www.somednsname.com] Data collection failed.
31.10.2009 18:42:25 Success Data collection job finished.
http://www.somednsname.com = Veeam Backupserver on another site (over the internet). The port 9392 is forwarded to where Veeam Backup & Replication is installed.
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager service account (or custom account you have used to add this Veeam Backup server to an Enterprise Manager console) does not have the "Viewer" role on the corresponding Veeam Backup server under Tools > Users and Roles... ?
No need to troubleshoot the connection, it is clearly fine since the Veeam Backup server is actively rejecting.
This is maybe a silly question, but do I have to install Enterprise Manager on the "remote site" too? I was in the impression that Enterprise Manager connects TO the Veeam Backup & Replication software?
Most customers will install only 1 Enterprise Manager per the whole environment (likely in IT HQ location), but multiple Veeam Backup proxy servers, 1 per "remote" site (to be able to perform backups locally). Enteprise Manager overlooks all remote sites and provides clear picture to IT management in HQ on how your VMs are protected accross all IT locations.
In other words, just to give clear example, in case if your company has 1 HQ location, and 20 small remote sites, you will want to install 1 Enterprise Manager and 20 Veeam Backup servers.
In more advanced and rare scenarios when there are more than one IT HQ: regulatory compliance requiring to complety split some business units (banking), some political issues, on-going merger or acquisition, etc. - you will have more than one Enterprise Manager per environment (but still, you do not need more than 1 per HQ).
Thank you Gostev for clearing that up. I still can't get the remote site to work with Enterprise Manager. I still get the "rejected credentials" error. Maybe the fix I'm waiting for (XML parsing error) will fix this issue too. I will try when I get it from your support guy's...
Gostev wrote:Hi, do you have a support case open since first time you encountered this issue?
Hi. Yes, but they never found out the problem. I also installed the EM on a completly new server and tried adding the remote backup servers without any luck... I get the same credential error as before, really strange and frustrating...
If clean install does not help, then it sounds like there are some very special domain security settings in your environment that are causing this issue. We have not seen similar issues reported for the past 10 months by other customers. Can you please give me you old support case number?
Gostev wrote:Wait, do you connect to other site through VPN, or directly?
No, there is no VPN, it's connected directly and the FW has the correct port number forwarded. I can telnet the 9392 port from the EM server. The backupservers are NOT joined the domain on the client side, but as a stand-alone server/computer only...
06.08.2010 16:51:12 Error [5.140.36.235] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 10.0.1.9:9392
06.08.2010 16:51:12 Error [5.140.36.235] Data collection failed.
The odd thing is that the server has the IP 5.140.36.235 through the VPN, but the internal NIC on the server has the IP 10.0.1.9. The error code seems to connect to the first IP, but gives the error on the second...
it has to be single network.
