Is it a bug?

[hagepat]

Big problems with Veeam Backup & Replication 5 on Windows 2008 SP2 (x64)
When we reboot the server after installation the server hangs at serveral moments.
Applying Computer Settings, desktop etc.

If we kill Veeam processes in Task Manager the server works normally.
If we disable services at server start, no problems.
If we delay service start, server becomes unresponsive. Network connections are not enabled.

Then again if we kill the processes the network connections come alive.
After we kill the veeam processes we are able to start the services manually.

So is it a bug?

Kind regards,

Patrick Hagen
Stepco

[JJay]

I have the same setup, and I am getting the exact same problem.
I could see that 2 of the Veeam services (Veeam Indexing and Veeam vPower NFS Services if my memory serves me correct) were stuck "Starting". When I stopped the Veeam database service everything went back to normal.
My Veeam server is a VM, and I performed an inplace upgrade from Veeam b&r 4.1.2 to Veeam b&r 5.

I have tried an uninstall and reinstall, but I am still having the same problem.

I should also add that my vPower NFS store is on a ISCSI SAN which is using the MS ISCSI initiator.

[dadger]

Count me in on this one as well. Server was fine after upgrade but have just tried to reboot it and it just won't come up on the network, NFS services start OK but others are stuck on 'starting' - can't login to the server either as its stuck on 'applying group policy'. Server is 2008 std, SP2. Reinstalling the Veeam server seemed to work after changing the service account password - service failed to authenticate, server booted OK and could get in to work/reinstall.

[ctchang]

no problem at all on w2k8 r2 64 bits, I have uninstalled/installed more than 3 times, no problem found as described in the above, probably it only happens to w2k8 sp2.

[Vitaliy S.]

Thanks for the feedback, we are already looking into this. I will update the topic as soon as we have more information.

In order to help us with the investigation could you please send all the log files from Help->Support Information together with Event logs (System and Application) to our support team with the reference to this topic. Thanks!

[Gostev]

Yes, it is a bug specific to Windows 2008 SP2 x64 that is not present in other OS versions. Anyone who is experiencing it should open a support case to be notified of the hotfix when it becomes available. We are also researching one possible immediate workaround. Again, for prompt updates best is to open support case, because I may not be around to update when workaround is available and tested.

[Gostev]

I am hearing workaround works, so here is it (run command prompt as Administrator, and execute the following commands).

Veeam Backup Server

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sc config "Veeam Backup and Replication Service" depend=  rpcss/winmgmt
sc config "Veeam Backup Catalog Data Service" depend=  rpcss/winmgmt
sc config "VeeamNfsSvc" depend=  rpcss/winmgmt

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Server

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sc config "Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager" depend=  rpcss/winmgmt

Veeam Backup Search Server

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sc config "Veeam Backup Search Server Integration Service" depend=  rpcss/winmgmt

[Bunce]

Gotta be impressed with the turn around time between bug reports and fixes/workarounds..

A publically available workaround in days (as if the Veeam staff aren't busy enough with the new release), compared to other tardy vendors (who may not even offer a workaround until a new release)

Hats off to Veeam!

[mightybob]

Hi Gostev, I can confirm that I am getting this issue and I am not running x64 but am running W2K8 SP2. Just to confirm, is there a HOTFIX for x86 versions?

[ctchang]

ok, I see it's related to Veeam service depending on another service to start first.

In w2k8 R2, there is a feature called Delay Start, I am not sure if it's avaiable on SP2, try it.
(I have to use it on vCenter and vCenter Web service as it need to delay start after SQL server started)

Hope this helps as well.

[Vitaliy S.]

Hello Robert, the same workaround should work for x86 systems as well, have you had a chance to try it?

[mightybob]

Howdy,

I can confirm that the above workaround appears to work for x86 systems as well. Cheers for that.

[PFSIT]

this workaround was a life-saver. i was at a loss of how to fix this problem until i sumbled upon this thread.
i'm assuming there still hasn't been an updated version released that fixes this?

[Vitaliy S.]

Hello, you may contact our support team directly for the hotfix.

[Mindflux]

Good to find this. I was experiencing the same issues at restart.

[philreynolds16]

Just to close this forum -- veeam backup version 5.0.1.198 is now available and has a hotfix for this issue. Resolved the problems on both of my W2K8 32-bit servers.

[Gostev]

Thank you Phil for updating this topic. Just to elaborate, version 5.0.1.198 has this fix built-in, so with that you do not need to obtain and apply any extra hot fixes on top.