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vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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Hiya,

I just updated all the hosts using the update manager and now the backup failed with
Checking the license for the source host 'xxx'
Failed to validate license for the VM "xxx".
Host with uuid "10201248-00b4-f9d9-9b22-003048f5af08" was not found
This was quite odd. First thing I tried was re-adding the VM inside the task which failed again.
Although I was able to to browse the hosts and they also showed as licensed, I had to remove the whole vCenter from the Veeam server and re-add it which obviously deleted the backup task as well etc.

What would cause this issue ? Does this mean that every time we update the hosts (which might changed the build number) we'd have to re-create every task ?
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I just remember I also removed a few snapshots at the same time .. is that related ?
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

Post by Gostev » 1 person likes this post

No, updating hosts hosts should not affect jobs. There were no changes in licensing code since version 1, and this issue was never reported in all these years, so I think it is safe to assume that the issue is specific to your environment - something went wrong with the update you have performed. More likely though, this issue is completely unrelated to host update at all, but performing some other operation with this host (for example, removing/readding host to vCenter, or something like it - hard to guess). Thank you.
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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Had the same thing happen today when swapping out hosts for new hardware, the new hardware was named the same as the old and when the first backup job ran the same UUID error was thrown. Solved this by removing references to the old hosts in the database under the table "dbo.hosts", this caused them to be recreated and re licensed and now jobs are running perfectly. :)
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David, thank you for finding time to share this information.
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Post by Gostev » 1 person likes this post

Recommended & supported way of doing the same thing is Revoke button on About > License dialog. Thanks.
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Backups fail with "Failed to validate license for the VM "

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This is resolved but I didn't find a lot of reference to it here so I thought I'd post the resolution.

After some issues we had with an ESXi host recently the Veeam jobs backing up VM's on that host started to fail with the following error:

Checking the license for the source host '192.168.xxx.xxx'
Failed to validate license for the VM "VMname".
Host with uuid "080020ff-ffff-ffff-ffff-xxxxxxxxxxxx" was not found


To resolve this issue do the following in Veeam Backup and Replication 5:

1. Click Help --> License Information --> Licensed Hosts --> Select Host --> Revoke.
2. In vSphere create an "empty" VM on the affected host.
3. In Veeam create a backup job to backup the new "empty" VM, run the job.

Once the new backup job has run your other jobs should run successfully again.

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Hello Simon, thanks for finding time to share this info with the Community. I've merged your topic to the existing discussion. Thanks.
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This just happened to me. I removed an old host from vCenter, added the new host (different IP), and everything worked fine. Added my VM's to the new host, went to Veeam, removed the VM's that were on the old host, re-added them from the new host, and thought all was good.

Jobs failed last night, so I looked in the license file. It showed the old host, so I revoked just that one host, and all three disappeared. Re-added the license - no love.

Found this post, did as suggested and ran an "empty" job on all three hosts, and the license file is happy again.
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I updated my hosts last night via update manager and all my backups failed after everything was back to normal. After reading through this post my solution to the problem was simply revoking the licenses for the hosts and restarting the backup and replication jobs with success. I'm glad this post was here else I would have been pulling my hair out for three days. Thanks all!

On a side note my errors contained no licensing reference. I simply happen chanced on this article and it worked,

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Post by cyberfed »

FYI this is related to updating your VMware Hosts.

I just updated our hosts with the December 20th ESXi 5.0 Update 2 package that VMware released.
After this one of my VM's would not backup throwing the UUID error. Until now I had never seen or gotten this error doing my Veeam backups.

What I found odd is that only 1 of my VM's encountered this and not all of them. Weird.

Like someone else posted I did NOT have the following messages in my error:
Checking the license for the source host '192.168.xxx.xxx'
Failed to validate license for the VM "VMname".


Mine only had the following error for 1 VM out of 5 in the backup job:
Host with uuid "0404.....ect ect.." was not found

I revoked my hosts and re-ran the jobs. My jobs then worked.
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We experience the same exact issue as cyberfed after updating hosts to 5.0U2. Revoking the license from Enterprise manager resolved the issue for us. Thanks for the update cyberfed.
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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I have also seen this error, revoking the license on the host worked for some of my jobs, but I also re-scanned the vCenter under infrastructure.

Infrastructure --> Managed Servers --> vCenter Servers --> Right Click your vCenter and click Rescan. Took a few minutes but I got it to work.
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Also remember, rescan happens once every 24 hours. I never found when is scheduled to run, but I've trained myself to run a manual rescan everytime a do changes in my environment.
Somewhere else in these forums I already proposed to Veeam to let us change rescan options: in rapidly-changing environments, there are often new ESXi servers, and one cannot always remember to run a rescan everytime. It would be enough to ask for a more frequent rescan.

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I also had the "Host with uuid "080020ff-ffff-ffff-ffff-xxxxxxxxxxxx" was not found" error following a series of ESXi 5.0 VUM updates. Revoking the Veeam licenses and re-running the backup jobs fixed my issue as well.
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I also had this error after applying Update 2 to ESXi 5.0, Have revoked the licenses and will see if the backups run ok tonight.
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+1 Experienced the same here after applying 5.0 U2. Revoking via Help-> License, then re-running worked.
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Chalk me up as another. Applied updates via VUM. Then got this error. Revoking license fixed.
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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Had the same issue as well with 5.0 U2 via VUM. But only on one host, not sure what level it was before the update, sorry...
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Had the same issue after applying the latest patches including U2 for our 5.0 environment. Revoking licenses seemed to do the trick. Looks like the jobs are running again.
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Did the trick here too. After revoking licenses backups started working again.
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Post by Cyrix619 » 1 person likes this post

Just wanted to add my 2 cents. This issue is real, and it happen to me with vsphere 5.0.0 update 2 was applied. The recommended revoke solution does resolve the issue.
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[MERGED] KB1063 - ESX Host with bios uuid ... was not found

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Attempted to perform a restore of VM Hard Disks. At point to select datastore [Change] get a dialog.

Esx host with bios uuid ....not found.

Background
Recently we upgraded our vsphere from 5.0 to 5.1 (vcenter server and esxi hosts) one of the hosts had to be rebuilt however - but the others an upgrade performed.

We have performed restores since the upgrades.

We had initial problems with Veeam licenses after the upgrades but that was resolved by revoking the licenses. This was related to the hosts that time. They still were in Veeam as 5.0 hosts.

Anyway,
I found the KB1063 article, performed revoke of all Veeam licenses. Even restarted all Veeam services and the Veeam SQL Express service. Also migrated the VM I am attempting the restore with. The same message only except a different uuid, possibly because of the migrate.

I have checked my Backup Infrastructure and I see all my ESXi hosts (detail summary shows 5.10 builds) and have rescanned the vcenter server.

Still same message.
My request via this forum post however, is how do I issue the SQL statement in the KB1063 article when I dont have SQL Studio Manager installed. (I am not a DBA of any level - really). Should I just install it?



Using Veeam B&R 6.5.0.128
vSphere 5.1
vCenter Server 5.1.0
ESXi Hosts 5.1.0
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Re: KB1063 - ESX Host with bios uuid ... was not found

Post by Dima P. »

Hello,

Have you looked in to this topic?

Regarding the KB1063, there are three workarounds mentioned, as you tried to revoke licenses and there is no SQL Studio on your side, did you try to recreate jobs?

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stuartmacgreen wrote:My request via this forum post however, is how do I issue the SQL statement in the KB1063 article when I dont have SQL Studio Manager installed. (I am not a DBA of any level - really). Should I just install it?
Yes, there is even a download link to SQL Server Management Studio Express given at the bottom of the article especially for that case.
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[MERGED] Upgrading ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1 with VBR 6.5

Post by Frosty »

I upgraded my VBR 6.0 to 6.5 a month or so ago and it has all been smooth sailing.
I'm now ready to consider upgrading vCenter/ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1,
so am just wondering whether there is anything special I need to know before starting?
e.g. will I need to re-create backup jobs? (we don't do any replication stuff, just backups)
e.g. will VBR need any special treatment to recognise the upgraded vCenter?
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Re: Upgrading ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1 with VBR 6.5

Post by veremin »

Please be aware that upgrade process will set a different UUID to your ESXi server. Since Veeam uses the UUID to distinguish objects, your jobs are likely to fail with the following error:

Host with uuid was not found

However, the fix is actually quite simple, and should be done right after the upgrade and before the next backup to avoid a failure. Simply revoke the Veeam licenses assigned to the hosts.

Go to Menu -> Help -> Licence -> Licensed host -> Select the server that have been upgraded to 5.1 -> Revoke.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Upgrading ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1 with VBR 6.5

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Additionally, don’t forget to upgrade vCenter before the hosts. Otherwise, you’ll face vCenter inability to see/administer properly ESXi hosts with newer version.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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Sweet ... thanks for the tips ... sounds like a smooth upgrade path (fingers crossed!).
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Re: vSphere hosts updates - UUID error

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Revoked licenses - still same message.
Issued the delete sql statement and the dbo HostsByJob table is now empty - same message. Stopped all Veeam services - same message.

- remaining option to recreate all my jobs! REALLY!

Note: I am trying to perform a RESTORE.
Going to get in touch with support.
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