On Windows Jenkins has to restart service that is hosting it. What you are
describing will happen when this service executes under account that does
not have enough privileges to restart the service.
Check Jenkins log files (jenkins.err.log). You will probably see something
like this:
29.3.2011 11:59:32 hudson.model.Hudson$18 run
WARNING: Failed to restart Hudson
java.io.IOException: Restarting a service
[service] $ D:\jenkins\service\jenkins.exe restart
WMI.WmiException: AccessDenied
at WMI.WmiRoot.BaseHandler.CheckError(ManagementBaseObject result)
at WMI.WmiRoot.InstanceHandler.Invoke(Object proxy, MethodInfo method,
Object[] args)
at WMI.Win32ServiceProxy.StopService()
at winsw.WrapperService.Run(String[] _args)
at winsw.WrapperService.Main(String[] args)
at
hudson.lifecycle.WindowsServiceLifecycle.restart(WindowsServiceLifecycle.java:131)
at hudson.model.Hudson$18.run(Hudson.java:3074)
Simple fix is to include Jenkins account under which Jenkins executes in
local Administrators group and restart service.
But proper solution is to give Jenkins account just enough privileges to
restart Jenkins service
(http://serverfault.com/questions/187302/how-do-i-grant-start-stop-restart-permissions-on-a-service-to-an-arbitrary-user).
You can test your configuration with Safe Restart Plugin
(https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/SafeRestart+Plugin). If this
plugin is able to restart Jenkins, so should upgrade procedure.
On Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:38:03 PM UTC+2, Ido Ran wrote:
>
> Hi,
> After every upgrade I do from inside Jenkins it get stuck with "Please
> wait while Jenkins is restarting" message.
> I have to manually connect to the server stop and start it.
> I use Windows 7 Pro to run Jenkins (because I build .NET application). I
> run Jenkins as Windows Service.
>
