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    [SOLVED] Windows VM failed to boot after restore

    Hi, i need help. I'm in panic. I want to restore a Windows VM from a backup, the restoration process ends OK but when i try to start the VM it doesn't. I am getting this error: TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 100 -chardev...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt GPT after Restore on PVE 7.0 from Backup on PVE 6.4 | QEMU VM, LVM-Thin Storage, OVMF

    Hello everyone I tested whether I could migrate VMs from PVE 6.4-13 to PVE 7.0-11, using backup and restore, which unfortunately fails. Both PVEs share an equal setup except for their Proxmox version, have an LVM thin pooled storage, were installed from Debian (Buster, Bullseye, respectively)...
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    [TUTORIAL] Proxmox PVE-Host Backup and Desaster Recovery mit PBS

    Hallo Leute, Ich hatte es bereits mit den jüngeren Versionen von PBS probiert, aber nie Erfolg gehabt. Mit der aktuellen Version von PVE 7.0.8 und PBS 2.0.4 funktioniert es endlich. Ziel: möglichst schnelles Restore eines ausgefallenen PVE-Hosts über den Proxmox Backup Server. Voraussetzung...
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    Windows Server 2019 als AD; Backup; Frage zu best practices

    Ich habe testweise einen Windows Server 2019 AD in KVM unter PVE 7.0 installiert und als dritten AD - Server eingerichtet. Ein PBS 2.0 ist ebenfalls vorhanden und in PVe 7.0 verfügbar. Hat jemand Erfahrungen mit dem Backup eines Windows AD Servers und anschließendem Restore? Kann man dazu die...
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    Unable to restore VM

    I removed a VM in PVE 7 and wanted to restore it from the Proxmox Backup Server. then I get this output in the taskviewer: Rounding up size to full physical extent 4.00 MiB Logical volume "vm-103-disk-0" created. new volume ID is 'VM1:vm-103-disk-0' WARNING: gpt signature detected on...
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    [SOLVED] VM Restore Fails "vma: restore failed - blk_pwrite to failed (-28)"

    I am trying to restore a VM from network storage. This is the following error I'm getting: restore vma archive: zstd -q -d -c /Nextcloud.Storage/shared/larger_backups/dump/vzdump-qemu-800-2021_07_05-03_19_07.vma.zst | vma extract -v -r /var/tmp/vzdumptmp2102.fifo - /var/tmp/vzdumptmp2102 CFG...
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    How do I restore or recreate a CT using an exisitng subvol (on ZFS)?

    After doing something very stupid that looks like it may have destroyed my install, it looks like I might have to do a fresh install and create my containers from scratch. I still have the ZFS dataset subvols for the containers from my old, borked Proxmox install (as they were stored on a...
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    Restoring CT backup deletes&recreates non-backuped storage subvolume

    Hi, I tried to restore a CT from a local backup, but while restoration of the CT itself worked fine, my data storage volume (mp1) was deleted in the process. Additionally the 1T storage was recreated on `local` with 1T, but it was obviously empty. My data storage is not in the backup. At the...
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    Would this easy (host) backup-restore method work?

    Hi I am on the lookout for an easy and not too space consuming way to backup of my Proxmox host. I have been looking at Clonezilla but this method isn't ideal for me as my Proxmox is installed on a mirrored zfs pool and thus Clonezilla only supports full-disk (200GB in my case) backups...
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    How to upgrade pbs client in centos?

    Hi, the current version is 1.0.11, May I know how we can update the client? is there any documentation available for Centos standalone server? We have already tried the KB below, https://github.com/sg4r/proxmox-backup-client/blob/main/pbs.build.sh We have tried to rebuild with a different...
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    How to restore from an 'extracted' vma backup

    After backing up a VM what I do is to 'extract' the VMA file to a directory that is then backed up by restic. (This makes deduplication possible with restic). The original VMA is deleted at the end. All this is done automatically with scripts. What I get in the directory is something like this...
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    How to restore previous OSD of ceph?

    How to restore previous OSD of ceph? To study ceph I have a cluster of 3 servers. Having created ceph, ceph osd, cephfs everything is fine. Then I simulate the situation of restoring proxmox ceph through "pvceph purge". Reinstall ceph, monitor. But how do I see the previous OSD? After all, they...
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    [SOLVED] error before or during data restore, some or all disks were not completely restored. VM xxx state is NOT cleaned up.

    PVE 6.4-5 I am trying to restore a VM from backups but get the following error error before or during data restore, some or all disks were not completely restored. VM 900 state is NOT cleaned up. TASK ERROR: unable to restore VM 900 - - protection mode enabled
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    VM Disk zerstört kurz nach PBS Backup

    Liebe Proxmox Community heute Nacht lief eine VM nach dem täglichen PBS Backup nicht mehr. Setup: PVE 6.3-2 PBS 1.0-1 betroffene Windows Server 2016 VM 2 virtuelle Disks auf ZFS Storage OS Disk 40GB Data Disk 1.5TB Backup mittels PBS incremental Snapshot QEMU Bitmap Meine Diagnose ergab...
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    [SOLVED] Restore VMs and CTs without the original Drive

    Hello, my main Hard Disk Drive has gone and all of my CTs / VMs on it. But I have several backups on my Proxmox Backup Server, but can't restore it because my main drive is broken. And if I try it it will delete the vm / ct after the error. /etc/pve/storage.conf (Server-HDD-400GB is broken...
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    Copying a virtual machine onto a pc/laptop

    Thank you so much for this wonderful environment that you have created. I've been reading over the thread and have been unable to find the answer. How can I backup an Ubuntu OS virtual machine onto a drive and run it as the OS of a laptop? My server unfortunately prefers sine wave ups which is...
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    LXC container will not start

    while attempting to setup learning more about containers I made my DNS file on my container immutable inside of the container ( I was trying to get localdomain dns resolution working). After rebooting i now cannot start my container, knowing the issue is the DNS file in the container itself am i...
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    pbs-restore performance optimization (parallelization)

    Hey guys, thanks for the release of Proxmox Backup Server! PBS looks very promising in regards to what our company needs: Incremental backups of our VMs, e.g. every 15 minutes Flexible retention cycle, e.g. keep last 8, keep 22 hours, ... One pushing PVE client, several backup servers pull...
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    failed: storage 'local-lvm' does not exist restore qmrestore local-zfs

    Hello, I try to restore machine (.vma) that not exist on new proxmox machine, error message failed: storage 'local-lvm' does not exist the command qmrestore /media/usb/vzdump-qemu-128-2020_11_05-09_56_08.vma 106 cat storage.cfg dir: local path /var/lib/vz content...
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    Restoring failed

    After trying to restore zst backup I got: TASK ERROR: unable to restore CT 606 - command 'set -o pipefail && cstream -t 41943040 | lxc-usernsexec -m u:0:100000:65536 -m g:0:100000:65536 -- tar xpf - --zstd --totals --one-file-system -p --sparse --numeric-owner --acls --xattrs...

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