11639 upgrade - "Failed to connect to the license server" error
Just in the process of upgrading from 11133 to 11639.
Updated the license server without issue, then moved on to updates for Bootable Media Builder, Storage node and Management Console. During the first of these upgrades (Bootable Media Builder), I get 2 reports of 'failed to connect to the license server' in an error box, after which the install fails.
I then decided to un-install license server and install from scratch, but after this, running the BAR 10 updates once again, I am getting the same license server error and the update fails on the first component once more.
On checking, I see there is no BAR10 License server service within the Services MMC in Windows - is this normal? I can connect via the license server console and see all installed licenses along with usage etc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best regards
Paul A

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I cannot start the Acronis Management Server Service after upgrading to 11639, due to logon error??? Are you kidding me? I've been using the same logon account since I've installed it 11 months ago. I seriously hate this piece of shiet software.
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Your software update description suggests that by running the update, you can upgrade existing components without the need for an un-install. I have never managed to do this with any of the updates so far - I have always had to un-install all components and re-install from scratch, re-configuring everything from scratch also. For an enterprise product running in a production environment, this is simply un-acceptable. Fortunately I have only 6 backup nodes so un-installing and re-installing from scratch is only a slightly painful exercise. I simply would not be prepared to roll this out across a larger enterprise as the product has proven time and time again that the Acronis upgrade process does not work.
This is such a great shame as the software has great potential otherwise. As we do not pay for support, the 'contact support' option is not one I can pursue sadly. I will be following this up through the Acronis Sales rep though as we have never managed to get the product working 100% since we purchased it a year ago - and we started with the older Echo Enterproise version before moving to BAR10. With each upgrade we are told that the new version fixes the issues we have - to be honest I feel like a product tester rather than a customer. I was hoping this latest version would include the fix (as advised by Acronis) for the network throttling issue (which doesn't work if backing up to centralised managed vault). I hope that it does.
In the mean time - another round of wiping Acronis off the servers and re-installing everything from scratch.
Regards,
Paul A
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Hi Paul, care to share your story with me regarding Acronis? I'm in the same boat as you. We purchased this software back in May 2009, and here, nearly 1 year later, it's been so buggy and full of problems. My support renewal is up and I've already told the rep that i wasn't planning to renew.
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Hello all,
Thank you very much for your feedback and I would like to apologize for the inconvenience.
To make the update procedure less painful for you, I would recommend to contact our support directly and I am very confident, that our experienced support engineers through a remote session, will be able to update your components without the need for uninstalling the previous version.
Please let me know if you require additional assistance.
Thank you.
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Hi SP
I've had the same issue in regards to updating to the newest version, after updating the license server I was unable to update the rest of the components as it failed at the first object (Bootable Media Component), my solution was easy and quick. Rather than using the update feature, I clicked Install at the main menu (after updating the license server) and went through the step-by-step wizard, selected the products to install, partizipated in CEP, etc. etc. at the summary page you will see the installer finds out which products to install, which to update and which to remove (if any). At this point the installer succesfully completed the update and I'm now running the most recent version smoothly :-)
On another note, as we're running IPv6 locally on some servers to exchange information, connecting to the license server sometimes fails using DNS servers (as it resolves the ipv6 address, which doesn't seem to be supported by ABR, so putting in the IPv4 address seems to resolve this issue if you've experienced it).
- I know this is a bit of an old post, but seeing as it's the top result on a google search it seemed an appropiate place for my post :)
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Hello Rene,
Thank you for your post and welcome to our forum.
I appreciate that you have taken the time to share your thoughts with us. I am happy that the issue was resolved for you.
Should you experience any issues or have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask us.
Thank you.
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