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Hi,

 

I have a backup copy job which runs forever. There are two VMs and I see the backup copy is backing up  the hard disk with no progress.

 

How do I best troubleshoot it and I don’t see an option to cancel the job. I use VBR 12.1. I believe in earlier version it was possible to cancel a job. I use the immediate copy mode.

Thanks,

Edy

 

Hi @Edy -

Logs for jobs in VBR are in the C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\<job-name>.log file location. I’d start there. May be best to ping Veeam Support. You should be able to cancel a job by rt-clicking  and selecting “Stop”. You can choose either ‘immediate’ or ‘graceful’.


Hi @coolsport00 - Thanks for the super fast reply and the location of the log. This is a NFR license I use in my lab. Support is only free and they replied that at the moment they are very busy. The “stop” is greyed out, not active. No idea why.


Ok...understood.

You can stop the Veeam Backup Service. This will also close the Veeam Console so best to close it before doing so. 


BTW...stopping the Service will stop all Jobs so make sure no others are running. 


Thanks - yes I know about the stopping the service. I’m wondering what is the reason why stopping the job is unavailable.


Not sure. Don't think it's a Community Edition thing. You could ping Product Mgrs over at the Forums to check. 


As it’s a copy job, which is permanent active or lets say on standby, you should have the option to disable the job, isn’t it? 


Disabling doen't stop it while running though. Just prevents the Job from running at the next scheduled time to run. 


Yes I can disable the job - I believe a NFR license is fully functional and I asked the question for “stop session” in the R&D forum.


Can you share a screenshot of when it is taking up forever ?


Disabling doen't stop it while running though. Just prevents the Job from running at the next scheduled time to run. 

Yes, sorry, missed that thing. Thanks Shane

 
 

 

 


Okay I find this in my log for the backup copy job for a VM, which has no progess since hours. It is in the task log. Another VM which is stuck as well has the same entries in the task log.

Stuck at action Hard Disk

 

Any idea? Is it my VMware environment? it’s ESXi 8.0.1. with Vcenter 8.0.3.

Thanks,

Edy

 

 

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/17.08.2024 16:28:06.849]    <51>    Info (3)    IAP] Waiting for completion. Id: o0xee09b4], Time: 00:30:00.0003938
017.08.2024 16:58:06.854]    <51>    Info (3)    tAP] Waiting for completion. Id: i0xee09b4], Time: 01:00:00.0048966
:17.08.2024 17:28:06.869]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: [0xee09b4], Time: 01:30:00.0198923
b17.08.2024 17:58:06.884]    <51>    Info (3)    8AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 30xee09b4], Time: 02:00:00.0356929
:17.08.2024 18:28:06.886]    <51>    Info (3)    8AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 02:30:00.0376130
e17.08.2024 18:58:06.888]    <51>    Info (3)    0AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 10xee09b4], Time: 03:00:00.0397685
f17.08.2024 19:28:06.901]    <51>    Info (3)    bAP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 03:30:00.0520297
17.08.2024 19:58:06.914]    <51>    Info (3)    .AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 60xee09b4], Time: 04:00:00.0651927
17.08.2024 20:28:06.915]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 40xee09b4], Time: 04:30:00.0659700
n17.08.2024 20:58:06.928]    <51>    Info (3)    4AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 10xee09b4], Time: 05:00:00.0789068
;17.08.2024 21:28:06.929]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 60xee09b4], Time: 05:30:00.0801861
&17.08.2024 21:58:06.944]    <51>    Info (3)    tAP] Waiting for completion. Id: :0xee09b4], Time: 06:00:00.0953218
417.08.2024 22:28:06.952]    <51>    Info (3)    oAP] Waiting for completion. Id: m0xee09b4], Time: 06:30:00.1037585
:17.08.2024 22:58:06.953]    <51>    Info (3)    WAP] Waiting for completion. Id: 00xee09b4], Time: 07:00:00.1041693
817.08.2024 23:28:06.953]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: I0xee09b4], Time: 07:30:00.1046058
r17.08.2024 23:58:06.954]    <51>    Info (3)    fAP] Waiting for completion. Id: p0xee09b4], Time: 08:00:00.1050085
118.08.2024 00:28:06.961]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: g0xee09b4], Time: 08:30:00.1123307
018.08.2024 00:58:06.961]    <51>    Info (3)    lAP] Waiting for completion. Id: P0xee09b4], Time: 09:00:00.1127430
]18.08.2024 01:28:06.972]    <51>    Info (3)    ]AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 09:30:00.1231516
[18.08.2024 01:58:06.987]    <51>    Info (3)    2AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 10:00:00.1378351
i18.08.2024 02:28:06.995]    <51>    Info (3)    .AP] Waiting for completion. Id: g0xee09b4], Time: 10:30:00.1460740
r18.08.2024 02:58:07.003]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 11:00:00.1543908
a18.08.2024 03:28:07.019]    <51>    Info (3)    4AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 00xee09b4], Time: 11:30:00.1699814
18.08.2024 03:58:07.026]    <51>    Info (3)    1AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 00xee09b4], Time: 12:00:00.1774776
o18.08.2024 04:28:07.027]    <51>    Info (3)    ,AP] Waiting for completion. Id: .0xee09b4], Time: 12:30:00.1778546
18.08.2024 04:58:07.038]    <51>    Info (3)    0AP] Waiting for completion. Id: <0xee09b4], Time: 13:00:00.1897060
t18.08.2024 05:28:07.039]    <51>    Info (3)    oAP] Waiting for completion. Id: 00xee09b4], Time: 13:30:00.1898372
18.08.2024 05:58:07.039]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: :0xee09b4], Time: 14:00:00.1902512
818.08.2024 06:28:07.051]    <51>    Info (3)    iAP] Waiting for completion. Id: b0xee09b4], Time: 14:30:00.2024032
218.08.2024 06:58:07.066]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: :0xee09b4], Time: 15:00:00.2168855
/18.08.2024 07:28:07.076]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: e0xee09b4], Time: 15:30:00.2272210
218.08.2024 07:58:07.089]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: f0xee09b4], Time: 16:00:00.2406474
:18.08.2024 08:28:07.096]    <51>    Info (3)    ;AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 16:30:00.2473191
18.08.2024 08:58:07.096]    <51>    Info (3)    AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 0xee09b4], Time: 17:00:00.2477206
x18.08.2024 09:28:07.108]    <51>    Info (3)    :AP] Waiting for completion. Id: n0xee09b4], Time: 17:30:00.2595985
n18.08.2024 09:58:07.114]    <51>    Info (3)    0AP] Waiting for completion. Id: ;0xee09b4], Time: 18:00:00.2647870
c18.08.2024 10:28:07.114]    <51>    Info (3)    >AP] Waiting for completion. Id: &0xee09b4], Time: 18:30:00.2651889
t18.08.2024 10:58:07.125]    <51>    Info (3)    5AP] Waiting for completion. Id: 40xee09b4], Time: 19:00:00.2764884
18.08.2024 11:28:07.137]    <51>    Info (3)    0AP] Waiting for completion. Id: :0xee09b4], Time: 19:30:00.2885044
(18.08.2024 11:58:07.146]    <51>    Info (3)    TAP] Waiting for completion. Id: 80xee09b4], Time: 20:00:00.2968141

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Hello,

Do you use VBR 12.1.2.172 build ? This is the minimal version to support vcenter 8u3.


Yes, I do


Firewall between backup repository and backup copy repository ?

What are your both repositories ? Are they on the same network ? 

Does it work if you try to do a backup to your backup copy repository ?


Okay - I did a full backup (not copy) to my backup copy respository. It ran sucessfully. I only backed up the VM which have problems with the backup copy job.

 

So - I think my backup copy repsitory is okay and the VM also. I narrow it down to the backup copy job. Yesterday I created a new one and it has the same problem.


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