Cannot do full clones on a running container without snapshots (Thin LV)

[moxfan]

Hi Guys

I can take as many snapshots as I need of a running Container both in the GUI and CLI, and PBS can make backups of a running LXC in snapshot mode without any issues. So why can't I clone a running LXC residing in a thin pool? I get:

"Cannot do full clones on a running container without snapshots (500)"

Why can Proxmox not take the snapshot and clone the Container?

proxmox-ve: 6.4-1 (running kernel: 5.4.157-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.4-13 (running version: 6.4-13/9f411e79)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11

 

[fiona]

Hi,

Hi Guys

I can take as many snapshots as I need of a running Container both in the GUI and CLI, and PBS can make backups of a running LXC in snapshot mode without any issues. So why can't I clone a running LXC residing in a thin pool? I get:

"Cannot do full clones on a running container without snapshots (500)"

Why can Proxmox not take the snapshot and clone the Container?

proxmox-ve: 6.4-1 (running kernel: 5.4.157-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.4-13 (running version: 6.4-13/9f411e79)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11

you can do

1. snapshot
2. full clone from snapshot
3. (optional) remove snapshot

and the convenience feature you are asking for could be implemented along those lines too I suppose, but it currently isn't. Feel free to open a feature request on the bugtracker.