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Deleted job stuck in running state

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This one's a bit odd, it doesn't really affect anything currently but I'd like to get it cleaned up if possible.

A Veeam Windows Agent backup managed by my B&R11 (community license) server has been frozen since February 27. It shows in my console as running and 99% finished.

This is a test job I set up when I was first deploying Veeam in the middle of last year and for a while it ran just fine. I didn't mean to keep it running and didn't notice it until it had been stuck for a few days. I'm unable to cancel it, stopping all Veeam processes and waiting for 15 minutes then restarting as well as rebooting the entire Veeam server similarly has no effect. The affected PC even got reloaded and doesn't have Veeam installed or the same FQDN anymore.

I opened a support case but Veeam closed it without replying, presumably since it's not really a problem and I don't have a paid license. Just curious if anyone here had seen anything similar and might have a resolution since I've been unable to find anything online.

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edit: I forgot to add that I was able to delete the backup job itself, its files in the repository, and the PC's entry in the Manually Added group. There's no other trace of it besides this running job.
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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Hi Steve,

The easiest way to clean it up I can think of is through invoking .NET methods in powershell. Unsupported and quite radical, but still effective if you are sure this is the session you need to cancel as it is clearly stuck:

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asp VeeamPSSnapin # Remove this line if you use VBR v11

# Gets agent management job type from job types enum
$jobType = [Veeam.Backup.Model.EDbJobType]::EpAgentManagement

# Gets running session of agent management backup type
$session = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBaseSession]::GetRunning() | where {$_.JobType -eq $jobType}

# Aborts the session found
$session.AbortSession() 
I encourage you to check the output of $session before calling AbortSession() method on it to make sure it's the right session you are canceling.

Please let me know if it helps.

Thanks,
Oleg
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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I get "Unable to find type [Veeam.Backup.Model.EDbJobType]" and can't proceed further

Sorry I'm not very fluent with Powershell
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With VBR v11 you might need to import powershell module explicitly:

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Import-Module Veeam.Backup.Powershell #Add this before the rest of the script
Should help.
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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The value of $session appears to be blank
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And what is printed to the console if you run it without filters?

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[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBaseSession]::GetRunning()
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I do see the backup job there, it says the restore type is EndpointBackup. I assume I can replace EpAgentManagement with that in the $jobtype variable line?
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Yep, that's the case. I must have mistaken the job type for this, sorry.
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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OK, now the value of $session comes to Veeam.Backup.Core.CBaseSession.

Not obvious to me whether that's what I want or not.
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If you happen to use Write-Host to output $session value, the object type will be printed instead.
Make sure to return it like that:

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$jobType = [Veeam.Backup.Model.EDbJobType]::EndpointBackup
$session = [Veeam.Backup.Core.CBaseSession]::GetRunning() | where {$_.JobType -eq $jobType}
$session
Thanks!
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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Perfect, that showed the job name and killing it worked instantly. It now shows as failed.

Thanks a lot for your help!
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Re: Deleted job stuck in running state

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Glad I could help you, Steve. Thanks for the cooperation!
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