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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows fails to start due to a port conflict
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Error: The remote procedure call failed and did not execute RPC function call failed. Function name: [GetSvcVersion]. Target machine: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]Cause
This error message relates to a failure to establish communication with the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service. If the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service is confirmed as running, there may be a firewall issue.
This article specifically documents a situation in which the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service cannot start, or gets stuck starting, due to a port conflict.
The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service default is port 6183. As the service starts it will check if that port is in use, and if in use the service will increment and check again (6184,6185, etc.). It will attempt to increment up to 10 times before failing. (Logging example available below)
A much rarer scenario is one in which the port Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service attempts to start on is registered in RPC Endpoint mapper by another process but is not actively in use. The service will not detect the port as in use and attempt to start, it will fail to start and will not increment the port it attempts to start on.
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service log location and example
Logging for the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service can be found in:
%ProgramData%\Veeam\Endpoint\Svc.VeeamEndpointBackup.log
Below is an example of the service attempting to start on port 6183 and retrying 10 times to find an available port.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to find usable port.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6183.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6183. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 1/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6184.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6184. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 2/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6185.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6185. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 3/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6186.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6186. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 4/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6187.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6187. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 5/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6188.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6188. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 6/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6189.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6189. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 7/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6190.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6190. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 8/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6191.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6191. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 9/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6192.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6192. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Retrying 10/10
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Trying to open tcp channel on port = 6193.
Info [EpSystemTransportService] Unable to open tcp channel on port = 6193. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permittedSolution
The following registry value may be used to force the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service to start on a specific port.
This registry value should be created on the machine where Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is installed.
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup\
Value Name: EndPoint_Rpc_Transport_Port
Value Type: DWORD (32-bit) Value
Value Data(Dec): <available_port>*
*For the Value data, specify an available idle port.
Start the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service after putting the registry value in place.
If the service is stuck in a starting state, forcibly stop the service process.
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