restore of Windows 2008 servers

[bolish]

Are people able to comfortably restore Windows 2008 physical servers after backup using Veeam 11 installed on Windows 2019.

All my restores are stuck, both file level and Instant restore

[Gostev]

There were no known issues with this combination. However, V11 is no longer supported, please upgrade to V12.

Make sure you don't have some antivirus blocking Veeam from functioning.

[bolish]

I understand the lack of support, but I am doing a simple File level recovery test. Veeam backup console is installed on Windows 2019, both proxy and repository are on the same server. Backed up server is a windows 2008 server, and it has been stuck on "Starting restore session" for about 7hrs. I uninstalled the antivirus for this purpose, still no solution.

[Gostev]

I've never seen this step of a restore session not complete more or less instantly. Please upgrade Veeam to the current version and if the issue remains, then it must be something with your environment and opening a support case for further troubleshooting will be required.