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    Proxmox Backup client - restore directory with subdirectories and all files

    Hi there, I want to restore a directory from a backup and all its containing subdirectories + all files. So far I have tried: find Victor\ Bart\ \-\ Retro\ Machines --select restore-selected "/path/to/Victor Bart - Retro Machines" (path on original host where it was and is supposed to go again)...
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    Problems with backups (very long, no snapshot possible)

    Hello everyone, for three days now, my PVE host has had some weird issues with backups. Some containers take over 2 hours instead of only 17 minutes as normally while VM backups cause a backup output like: INFO: trying to get global lock - waiting... ERROR: can't acquire lock...
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    Unexpected Ceph behaviour from unused Ceph installation

    Hello everyone, I honestly don't really know or remember how i got myself into this situation. What i remember is: quite some time ago (early/mid 2020) I installed Ceph on my now only PVE node to take a look at it. After some time I uninstalled it; most likely with apt as i wasn't aware of...
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    Proxmox not using new kernel

    Hello everyone, for some nefarious reason, one of my nodes (3 node cluster with external VM storage) will not boot into a newer kernel after kernel version 5.4.78. While booting up, the only options in the Proxmox-boot tool screen are kernel verison 5.4.78 and 5.4.73. An ls in /boot however...
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    [SOLVED] Error by Proxmox-backup-client when trying to backup to new PBS

    Hello everyone, the other day I had to reinstall my Proxmox backup server. The only thing I migrated from the old installation to the new one is the datastore.cfg file. VM and CT Backups work Fine, but this morning my scripts for backing up data in my ZFS storage pool threw an error that I...
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    [SOLVED] PVE can no longer connect to PBS

    Hello everyone, Yesterday i replaced my motherboard to use a new CPU for my Proxmox Backup Server. Therefore, the Network interface names changed and PCIe devices. No big deal, i made some changes to access the web interface. However this morning i got an email from my PVE server that the...
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    [SOLVED] Debian 10.X LXC systemctl problem

    Hello everyone, quiet some time ago i have encountered a very weird problem with Debian 10 LXC containers. Every time i create a new LXC container, systemctl commands do not seem to work very well. What i mean by that: systemctl restart ssh or nginx or whatever else does not give me any...
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    [SOLVED] backup Storage pool

    Hello everyone, I tried to find information about this, but apparently my setup seems to be exotic in this aspect because no one else has done this. I have a small 2 node cluster and plan to add another node with PBS installed to back up all VMs and containers. But also: a whole storage pool...
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    Backup data storage pool

    Hello everyone, I have a question regarding backups, that doesn't seem to be too common. I use proxmox at home on my own little server / in a 2-3 node cluster. Since the server is a home server, it houses quiet some files that i would like to back up one way or another. These files are stored...
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    Can not access proxmox web interface from second nic

    Hey everyone, i have a little "problem" with my setup. Initially i installed proxmox with two ethernet nics, one built into the motherboard and the other as extra pcie card. BUT: i only plugged one ethernet cable into the pcie ethernet port during the installation. So, right now i reach my web...
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    [SOLVED] Crontabs/cronjobs not working

    Hello everyone, i am currently facing a problem where I have some entries in my crontab (crontab -e) and in /etc/crontab. These lines or commands work on their own when I execute them via the web shell, but cron just does not execute them. there is no mail in /var/mail and no other indication...
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    How to organise drives (passthrough, snapraid, etc)

    Hello Dear Forum, i am still very new here and have only lurked before, but now i have encountered a problem that i can't seem to solve. I plan to build a server with Proxmox as a main OS and OMV (openmediavault) as a NAS VM. (specs if this is relevant that i want to use: 8GB RAM, 250GB m.2...

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