Windows Services not restarting
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Anyone else having issues with services not restarting after a server reboot?
On 3 separate servers now, a bunch of services that are indeed important for that server haven't restarted. Looking at logs and nothing jumps out. Just curious if this is happening anywhere else?
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Anyone else having issues with services not restarting after a server reboot?
On 3 separate servers now, a bunch of services that are indeed important for that server haven't restarted. Looking at logs and nothing jumps out. Just curious if this is happening anywhere else?
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
If the services aren't restarting, you aren't rebooting. Try pulling the plug.
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does your server have a
rebootnt=true/falsevariable in environment?
if so and it's set to =False
Any remote restarts you do will not restart the server- in my experience at least-
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@Obsolesce said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Anyone else having issues with services not restarting after a server reboot?
On 3 separate servers now, a bunch of services that are indeed important for that server haven't restarted. Looking at logs and nothing jumps out. Just curious if this is happening anywhere else?
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
If the services aren't restarting, you aren't rebooting. Try pulling the plug.
I think he means that the services are not starting automatically after a reboot.
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@wrx7m said in Windows Services not restarting:
@Obsolesce said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Anyone else having issues with services not restarting after a server reboot?
On 3 separate servers now, a bunch of services that are indeed important for that server haven't restarted. Looking at logs and nothing jumps out. Just curious if this is happening anywhere else?
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
If the services aren't restarting, you aren't rebooting. Try pulling the plug.
I think he means that the services are not starting automatically after a reboot.
I have had this issue but isolated to some applications. I end up backing up and reinstalling the application or setting up the Automatic Delay action.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
A little too generic. At this level it's kind of "is the Windows OS just unstable?"
And while pessimistically it feels good to say "yes", in reality, Windows is solid and if you are seeing services have a problem, something is wrong.
First, is this current Server 2019? Are these Windows services or just some services on Windows? Anything in the logs?
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@wrx7m said in Windows Services not restarting:
@Obsolesce said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Anyone else having issues with services not restarting after a server reboot?
On 3 separate servers now, a bunch of services that are indeed important for that server haven't restarted. Looking at logs and nothing jumps out. Just curious if this is happening anywhere else?
This has been going on for quite some time on Windows servers as far as I can tell.
If the services aren't restarting, you aren't rebooting. Try pulling the plug.
I think he means that the services are not starting automatically after a reboot.
Oh, I seen it completely different.
What services are not starting, and have they previously started after a reboot on their own? If it's a third party service, has it been updated recently. If windows, any updates or changes there as well?
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Veeam is one of them. our print audit software is another. Anything that seems to be attached to a SQL instance seems to not want to start up after a reboot.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Veeam is one of them. our print audit software is another. Anything that seems to be attached to a SQL instance seems to not want to start up after a reboot.
I had this issue after upgrading Veeam to update 4 and its SQL services. Let me check my notes to see if I can recall what the cause was.
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@WLS-ITGuy - It had to do with SQL not liking earlier versions of TLS or SSL being disabled.
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@wrx7m said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy - It had to do with SQL not liking earlier versions of TLS or SSL being disabled.
Did it matter on OS? These are 2016 servers that services aren't firing up on.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
@wrx7m said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy - It had to do with SQL not liking earlier versions of TLS or SSL being disabled.
Did it matter on OS? These are 2016 servers that services aren't firing up on.
It may. This was server 2012 R2. SQL server express, either 2012 or 2014.
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We recently picked up a new customer because the users couldn't log in each morning until they had walked over to the server and logged in to the desktop. We came in because the old company couldn't fix it.
We found AVAST installed on the server and AVAST is known for preventing services from starting before certain conditions are met.
Uninstalled it and VIOLA!
Moral: Don't rule out the low hanging fruit....
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@JasGot said in Windows Services not restarting:
We recently picked up a new customer because the users couldn't log in each morning until they had walked over to the server and logged in to the desktop. We came in because the old company couldn't fix it.
We found AVAST installed on the server and AVAST is known for preventing services from starting before certain conditions are met.
Uninstalled it and VIOLA!
Moral: Don't rule out the low hanging fruit....
These are two new VMs, No AV on them except for Windows Defender
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
These are two new VMs
That makes it much weirder.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Veeam is one of them. our print audit software is another. Anything that seems to be attached to a SQL instance seems to not want to start up after a reboot.
Have you tried setting them to delayed start? Maybe SQL Server is taking too long and they are hanging while waiting on it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Windows Services not restarting:
@WLS-ITGuy said in Windows Services not restarting:
Veeam is one of them. our print audit software is another. Anything that seems to be attached to a SQL instance seems to not want to start up after a reboot.
Have you tried setting them to delayed start? Maybe SQL Server is taking too long and they are hanging while waiting on it.
I thought I did that but guess not. We'll start there and see what happens.
