Item is locked by running session retention job View Existing Shadow Storage Associations. I don’t know all your settings, but others have posted the retention policies and how they work. He suggested deleting the backup job, re-scanning the repository, creating a new backup job and mapping them back to the original restore points. LockItems] Dec 10, 2024 · In addition to applying a retention policy (short-term retention and long-term retention) within a job session, Veeam Backup & Replication performs background retention for backups. If you click that and choose the correct job from the list, it should re-map everything in the repository to that job. So the behaviour is different in these two cases. one VM backed up has a vbk file of 2011-04-30 and 33 vib files. Dec 14, 2015 · In the end we had two issues, firstly it couldn't start a job while it thought it had a job in progress, so we ended up having to rebuild the Veeam Agent database, and secondly the backup drive was formatted in ExFAT and going from an older version of Veeam Agent (5. The background retention aims mostly at backups that are no longer processed by jobs (orphaned backups shown in the node with the (Orphaned) postfix). Example 2 Feb 18, 2015 · The logs appear to show thousands of "Item [] is locked by running session" errors every minute so it seems to enter some loop that is preventing the stop command from initiating. You should see this under running tasks. You do not need to delete the old backups in any case. The setting "restore points to keep on disk" = 7 is being ignored. I have check Veeam knowledgebase and it seems i need to run the below queries in SQL. [Warning] Insert a tape to continue Job HKVM Backup to Tape requires a tape to be added to media pool HKVM Media Pool (Library: HP MSL G3 Series 9. 2021 09:37:04 :: Item [] is locked by running session xxxx Offload [SOBR Tiering] so that backup jobs run without immediate copy and offloads interfering Mar 23, 2023 · Before I believe this health-check ran after the backup job natually completed. I modified the setting to 14 days and re-run the job without errors but the amount of restore points was not Sep 23, 2021 · I have a weird one for you. Support responded with the statement, schedule the backup copy job to run at a different time. I’ve tried to add the root folder with the old backups as a new repository in order to import the backup from that repo. backup creation → day one, backup one week later → day 8 for the first backup, backup one additional week later → day 16 of the first backup and it gets deleted. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue with their backup copy jobs? Jan 30, 2024 · Failed to perform backup metadata update Error: Item [Data from 01/22/24 11:00:46 AM restore point] is locked by running session "INFRA - Backup to LTO7 Tape Job" [Backup to Tape] Error: Item [Data from 01/22/24 11:00:46 AM restore point] is locked by running session INFRA - Backup to LTO7 Tape Job [Backup to Tape] Apr 15, 2025 · Before the 3 rd job session, VM 2 is excluded from the job and is not processed by subsequent job sessions. 00). x firmware. I. Leases] delete from [Backup. We recommend running a Backup Copy job as it will allow you to restore backups faster using the local restore points. Things are even weirder (to me) now - Since i set the retention to 2, and set the job off doing an incremental, it has completed the incremental and is now “Merging oldest incremental backup into full backup file”. 281cD2024-08-02T222720_EFBF. An example where 3 tasks are running, but the "Running" view displays completed stopped tasks. Oct 28, 2014 · By backup window you mean schedule? if so , then yes. 0 clusters are placed. 2 in site locations where small ESXI 4. See the corresponding job session in the management console for details. Dec 15, 2010 · we have two VMs running VBR 5. 2 occurs also? Nov 2, 2023 · Enable backup copy job and execute; We did open a support case and the engineer discovered the issue we experienced stemmed from the backup copy job interfering with the backup job. This might fix it. Jul 17, 2018 · Backup job report action show this: Some backup files are locked by running jobs, retry is required. point as some linked jobs are still running. Jan 19, 2016 · Had Support working with me today and we had to delete both the vbm file and the vbm_2_tmp file from StorOnce and then reran the backup job and after some time (lot of Metadata to write) B&R finally hade the vbm file populated from DB and the job could be started. Feb 23, 2023 · - Retired backups attached to the jobs if for some reason they are not processed by job itself (say the job is disabled). Set the immutability flag after a vm backup has been finished successfully, not as soon as it has been started. Jan 18, 2012 · Challenge A job or task within Veeam Backup & Replication displays the following message: File is locked by running session (job_name) Cause When tasks run in Veeam Backup & Replication, the files accessed by those tasks are tracked within the confi Feb 4, 2019 · Full backup file merge failed Error: Item [Backup Job UK-KIN-FS012019-01-09T223023. Oct 17, 2017 · I’m experiencing two different ‘failures’ with my backup copy jobs. Run the following command to view existing shadow storage associations. (note: I forgot I had 1 Job runningoops) For one VM in this Job, doing this disconnect ended up corrupting the backup of it, specifically, the metadata file of the 1 VM. The Jun 10, 2019 · 1. Apr 5, 2023 · We have indeed a limit on task retries with locked source backup files. 2131. During the 8 th job session, Veeam Backup & Replication will remove data for VM 2 from backups in the backup repository since there are no successful and corrupted backups for VM 2 for the last 5 days. Sep 4, 2023 · Hi Lampshade I checked the case from mbcoker. We have secondary targets to a repository and to a usb. Nov 18, 2024 · Hi there, is this issue since installation, or since a few days - nothing has changed? As i can see in your screenshots - you are running v12. Sep 10, 2019 · I've a Job to perform a fileshare backup, but in a few days ago I have some errors in a specific backup shares like: Code: Select all Nov 20, 2024 · I’m pretty sure I know how my issue happened. Jan 11, 2020 · The issue appears to be a flag set in the Veeam database which informs Veeam that a backup is running and the backup files for the job in question are locked. Nov 19, 2014 · Windows File Lock Investigation. A backup should be deleted at the second run after the creation of a backup. Several "Cannot connect to target backup repository" errors followed by 'Item xxxx is locked by running session Retention job [Retention job]' Apr 2, 2024 · Error: Item [Data from 03/23/24 2:30:58 AM restore point] is locked by running session SMB_744 [File Backup] Processing finished with errors at 3/23/2024 2:32:30 AM It seems that the items are locked by a running session named SMB_744 [File Backup]. If no shadow storage exists for any volume, the command response will be “No items found that satisfy the query. According to the user guide “If you use the scale-out backup repository, keep in mind that the Delete from disk operation will remove the backups not only from the performance tier but also from the capacity and archive tier. Nov 6, 2017 · Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Error: Timed out requesting agent port for client sessions. vib" and then "Failed to delete 'x. The target of BCJ are Quantum DXi 4700 with 3. vbk] is locked by running session Backup Job UK-KIN-FS01 [Agent Backup]. Let backup jobs wait for the retention job to finish, instead of failing the locked vms immediately. Feb 26, 2024 · Edit: I think I figured it out. I’m creating a new job to see if there was an issue with the old job during the upgrade process. This happens if the backup job is still running its merge operation at the end of the previous night's backup job. e. The reason this is a problem is that the Offload to Archive job has already spun up multiple proxy appliances in Azure. The backups from the 7 day retention are present but differently named. vib' is locked by running session 'Sure Backup 2' The 'Sure Backup 2' was a sure backup job that was linked to the job but has since been removed from the sure backup job list Nov 6, 2012 · When I run this rescan manually as you mention, it finds a backup repository and adds 167 backups into the 'imported' folder and I get lots of unwanted records in the Veeam Backup database . vbk' per retention policy However the backup does not exist in our cloud storage. Yesterday copy job of our SQL instance stuck at 0% at "initialising storage". You can’t have an incremental without the active full. Dec 9, 2021 · Under certain circumstances, the Last 24 hours > Running view displays "extra" sessions that are actually in a stopped state. Apr 18, 2024 · Note: All commands below must be run from an Administrative Command Prompt. 1. Probably there is a better way to solve that, but that brings us back to point 1 Mar 17, 2022 · The one that interests me is “Unable to apply retention policy: failed to delete backup files error…is locked by running session xxx-xxx xInstant recovery]. Jan 26, 2024 · Looking at this, and the dates, this looks right. Jun 5, 2024 · Item is locked by a running session. . vib' per retention policy" Apr 4, 2017 · 4/04/2017 10:48:09 AM :: Error: Item [Backup Job (server where agent is installed)] is locked by running session Backup Job (same server) [Agent Backup] All other jobs from the multi-site virtual infrastructure are OK and there is plenty of backup space, with about 2-3TB of selection on the aforementioned server. To remove only the selected restore point and restore points that depend on it (a part of the backup chain starting from this restore point), select This and dependent backups. 4. In version 12, a periodic backup copy session will continue copying a restore point until it is successfully copied. 2. The job is set to run daily at 23:50 everyday including saturday. If the copy job is interrupted by the source job due to locked backup files, the copy job will pause the copy session until the backup files are released. May 5, 2023 · The eror message is something like "Failed to pre-process the job Error: Item [] is locked by running session Backup to WASABI [Backup] x. Keep in mind that uninstall / install always requires a new full backup. Storage 'Backup Job 22011-08-05T180048. Howit can be troubleshoot and resolve this issue to ensure successful backup copy jobs? Jan 25, 2023 · Hey all, While the OP strategy will work, this happens typically because of some issues within the database; the most common reason is that during retention, something breaks the SQL or VBR (or both) servers mid operation and we end up with a situation in the DB that shouldn’t exist: incremental backups that don’t have a full backup at the start of their chain. Jan 19, 2012 · File is locked by running session (job_name) Cause When tasks run in Veeam Backup & Replication, the files accessed by those tasks are tracked within the configuration database to prevent collision. Veeam VMWare Backup Job „File is locked by running session (Jobname)“ Veröffentlicht am Oktober 7, 2013 von weed — Keine Kommentare ↓ Wenn man eine Veeam Backup-Server im falschen Moment (=mitten im Job) neu startet oder der Prozess sich mal unglücklich aufhängt, lässt sich ein Job schon mal nicht neu starten. If I could find the logs then this might help me find out what is going on. delete from [Backup. In the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure, background retention is applied to tenant backups on the SP side. We can restore from B2 with no issue. This will have set the necessary Network Device Permissions for the Retention job so that it can now delete files on your target network device used by your matching File Backup job. Dec 23, 2010 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Dec 20, 2015 · 20. 14 days is the minimum retention. We have a case open with Veeam but no luck so far. Jan 9, 2024 · Backup Copy to Backblaze B2 storage hangs 'failed to process item is locked by running session' We are running Veeam 12. If I re-run the secondary copy jobs manually, they complete; however, my backup to USB job runs for hours before completing, even though the first copy restore point Duration is 2 minutes. The methods described in this article should be performed on the machine where the locked file is located. There are many ways to track down which process is locking a file; see below for examples. I did that and it failed. Jun 23, 2019 · Did you already try to to run a new active full backup? If that does not work, then you could try to remove VAW and re-install it. Oct 19, 2017 · There is also an option to perform this task only in the select Job/Restore Point or do for all for the Forget and Delete options. Nov 17, 2023 · After upgraded to Veeam Data Plateform v12 and Upgrading Backup Chain Formats, backup copy jobs failed with : Failed to preprocess target Error: Unexpected socket shutdown. That is pretty easy to understand, the continuous job has an interval in which it is supposed to complete x number of copies and it didn’t. But the case was closed without a solution because we haven't heard anything back from the customer. The new jobs ran successfully. If the device goes offline during this final phase (power-cut, sudden sleep mode, network connection lost, etc), then the final phase may not be completed. May 20, 2010 · When the job completes it shows the following warning Checking retention policy. Test the Retention job: You can run your Retention job manually now from the Schedule tab in NovaBACKUP by right-clicking on the Retention job that you edited We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Aug 26, 2024 · In addition to applying a retention policy within a job session, Veeam Backup & Replication performs background retention for backups. In the one case it is just a straight failure - usually failed to process within interval. 177) as a way of fixing the issue actually added a second issue, as it meant we could no longer use it Oct 5, 2021 · Same here, VBR direct connection to Wasabi storage. There seems to be little value in applying immutability to a failed backup. Okay, here’s where we are. Thanks for excellent help Ilya /M Feb 11, 2015 · Then half an hour later, the job runs again on that workstation successfully. Ont he 22nd I changed my retention to 1 day and ran another active full backup, this removed the active full backup from the 21st but my 90 days increments are still there. Feb 29, 2024 · In the event the files you are trying to back up cannot be snapshot at all, the only recourse you may have is to schedule the backups to run at the least-busiest time of day or, if the other device hosting the files is a Windows machine that meets the technical specifications, install the Backup Agent on that machine and run the backups from there. 3. By sessions triggered you mean if the job was run on any saturday? if so, then yes it did run ok many saturdays until the repository got full. Possible Causes Too many running sessions causes Veeam services to be impacted by the host’s Desktop Heap limitation. This means you would have a local copy of the backup files along with an offsite copy in the 11:11 cloud. Worth mentioning those backup files in the capacity tier were still within the immutability retention period. A Backup Copy job copies the backup files from a local backup job to your Cloud repository. Close the exchange explorer and that restore session will then close. Most of the BC jobs are not failing at all but there are a few that do occasionally. Should I delete the job, and all of its previous backups? I have it set to keep the last four weeks only. When you expand the backup job you can right-click and select ‘Delete from disk’ - this deletes the data held on the storage. Have you ever seen a copyjob fail due to a normal backup running at the same time? I have been running into an issue where a copyjob is running and then a scheduled backup starts while the copyjob is running. Thank you! Dec 17, 2015 · Error: Item [xxxx- xxxx] is locked by running session Retention job [Retention job] Is that normal? Why should a backup fail because of an retention job and at the same time block the retention job? Feb 8, 2021 · You can achieve this by navigating thusly: HOME>BACKUPS>DISK - there you will see a list of backup jobs. I was reconfiguring storage switches and intentionally disconnected the switch for like 30secs during my Backup Job run. Is Veeam just too busy to start the backup because it could not apply retention policy? Looks like your restore session is still open. of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Aug 2, 2024 · Failed to delete 'vm-1042. Then I decided to delete the jobs, rescan the repository, create new backup jobs but not map them to the original restore points. ” Feb 27, 2023 · The retention policy is 10 days, not 10 restore points. This rule however would affect only the part of the chain if you have multiple full backups. 1 - can you check if this issue with the latest version v12. Because it defaults to starting at the same time as the backup job itself, could we perhaps have a script from Veeam that checks all jobs and configures the timing on the health check to run say 2 hours after the backup job starts? Mar 9, 2021 · Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Failed to apply retention policy for VM: xxx_replica Error: Permission to perform this operation was denied of VMware vSphere Oct 4, 2022 · You can also try reseeding the backup chain back to the backup job by editing the job, and in the Target section, where you choose your repository, there’s a Map Backup option under it. I never see this behavior on any of our other eight workstations. --tr:Failed to initialize agent. 04. TrackedActions. It’s converting now. So on the 21st I changed the job to have active full backups and I ran a manual active full backup, this just added to it and did not remove and of the history. x) to the latest (6. May 10, 2019 · Such as "Some backup files are locked" (in Veeam B&R recovery console) or "Item is locked by running session <Job name>" (BEM). If the system has an unexpected shutdown during the backup window this flag can remain set. For example: Retention is set to 5 days Backup chain is [ F1 + I1-1 + I1-2 ] [ F2 + I2-1 + I2-2 + I2-3 ] Backup job is disabled As long as the Storage Vault is not under continuous use with over-lapping backup jobs, one backup job will eventually 'finish last', and will run the retention pass. Prior to this the vSphere cluster copy job run on one VM into errors. Nov 10, 2015 · The problem is, I have all of last weeks incrementals, but haven’t managed to do the synthetic full which combines them all. as available to use due to expired media pool retention may fail with the Nov 29, 2022 · VID550987 Backup job failed to complete with "Item is locked by running session Retention job" The issue is caused by a malfunction in the files lock release algorithm which causes freeze during background retention and leads to the subsequent backup job failure. 0. We can individually push a new backup to B2 with no issue. When this happens, the copyjob will fail and throw the error: ”Source restore point is locked by another The Veeam job could not start due to too many active sessions or jobs running on the host consuming all available memory. Is anybody having this issue? It started early last week. qdnh hjf ztbsc djsxv neqb adw vcoa dplt alqwe dstikgt wizec utyh phsasrz sqqnh nfi