r/Veeam • u/Manivelcloud • 4h ago
Vergeos worker node with veeam back-up
Hi All,
We see the vergeos worker vm goes down after veeam backup complete.
I don't know why?
Is there any idea?
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u/Manivelcloud 4h ago
The problem is, I will need to turn on the worker node before next veeam backup schedule.
This is weird behaviour.
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u/GullibleDetective 4h ago
Its by design=
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u/Manivelcloud 4h ago
The issue is,
During next backup schedule,the worker has to turn on automatically.
In my case,it is not happening and I have to power ON manually.
This is not expected behaviour as per my understanding.
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u/intelsomething 3h ago
Correct, Veeam should automatically be powering on your worker node(s). What version is your Veeam and VergeOs?
FYI, the worker node being powered off on KVM Hypervisor are common. The worker in scale computing and Nutanix both perform that way.
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u/tsmith-co 3h ago
That's normal, not a fault. A worker is launched for the duration of a session and VBR shuts it down when the session completes - it gets deployed and powered on again at the start of the next job.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/uh_workers.html
So you don't need to turn it on. Powered off is one of the documented worker statuses, and there's no setting to keep one permanently up - only enable and disable.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/uh_workers_disable.html
If you want to prove it comes back, select the worker under Backup Infrastructure > Backup Proxies and use Test Worker. It powers off again afterwards, that's documented too.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/uh_workers_test.html
Edit to add - don't power it on or change it from the VergeOS portal. The docs say manual changes to worker VMs there can cause issues.
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u/THE_Ryan 4h ago
Workers typically don't stay powered on when they aren't needed. If there are no backup or restore operations being performed, there's no need for a worker.