

This leaves Veeam in a somewhat troubled state, the flag is set that backup files are locked, but no job is running, meaning that flag will never be removed by what I assume would be part of the job completion process. If the system has an unexpected shutdown during the backup window this flag can remain set. 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.

In the event that you encounter the error in the title while running Veeam Endpoint Backup (Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows) it most likely means that your backups will cease to work, as mine have. How To Fix "Item Is Locked By Running Session Backup Job NAME " In Veeam Endpoint
