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VM is locked by another task

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Hello,

Thought i would see if anyone else has had an similar experience before opening a support case.

I have recently built a Veeam 6 server and am doing some testing before upgrading our live backup servers.

I have setup a new replica job, and all but 2 VM's replicate ok.

The two that are stuck in "Pending" have "VM is locked by another task". I can't see any active tasks against the VM, and no other backup jobs are running.

One VM is even powered off.

I have installed patch 2.

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Re: VM is locked by another task

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Hi Lloyd
The only time I've seen this is when a VMware Tools install was 'stuck'. Selecting 'End VMware Tools Install' for that VM fixed it for me.
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Re: VM is locked by another task

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This can occur because something in the VM is being locked, possibly by the host, if you find that nothing is truly locking the VM in Veeam. Please create a support ticket if you have not already figured out the resolution to the issue and we will get you squared away.
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Lloyd, please create a support case and let us know the ticket # on this thread. Thanks!
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Re: VM is locked by another task

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Hello Allan,

I have checked and there is no VMware tools install stuck or pending.

Sethbartlett,

I have opened a case #5169127.


I also have to add that I can backup the VM's fine from another server, the replica job still will not run.
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Re: VM is locked by another task

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The last time I saw this issue a restart of the Veeam Backup service fixed it. I know that seems too simple but figured I'd bring it up.
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Re: VM is locked by another task

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A restart of the remote proxy's seems to have done the trick. Odd that it doesn't error with a timeout or anything similar.
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Re: VM is locked by another task

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Restarting Veeam services did the trick for me. Thanks for the post.
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