Guest without backup jobs as an entry in the Selection mode for new backup popup menu

[Fathi]

Hi,
I find it useful that proxmox shows me which guests have no backup job definded.
Could this information be made available to another menu ? When adding a new job, we have four menu items: "include selected VMs, ALL, Exclude selected VMs, Pool base". I think it could be useful to add an entry selecting VMs and containers that doesn't already have a backup job defined, so one wont have any forgotten VM/container with no backup job. Then he could add/substruct other VMs/Containers as needed.

 

[bbgeek17]

For now you can utilize API to get this information:
https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/#/cluster/backup-info/not-backed-up

pvesh get /cluster/backup-info/not-backed-up

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[jfraf]

Hi,

While pvesh get /cluster/backup-info/not-backed-up lists the VM that are not included in any backup job, it does not report VMs that are only included in disabled backup jobs (tested in PVE 8.3.2).
I wonder if this behaviour is intended or if it is an oversight?

 

[bbgeek17]

I wonder if this behavior is intended or if it is an oversight?

It's somewhat "expensive", in API view, to mash together multiple sources of information. I would recommend making two API calls (backup list and VM list) and then cross-check those.

Cheers

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[jfraf]

Agreed. Still would be interesting to me if the PVE developers intended it that way. If so, it would be nice if this caveat were mentioned in the API documentation.

 

[hevisko]

@jfraf I actually abuse that disabled backup job method to clear the guests without backups

But yes, an API/etc. call to see/fetch where VMID are included in backups etc. to report on would be great.