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    Can't start backup process on PBS

    Hi, Im trying to configure PBS for my PVE. I added the Datastore and connected it to PVE. But here comes the problem everytime i want to start the backup proces i get this error: NFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 101 --mode snapshot --storage PBS --node pve --remove 0 --notes-template...
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    Backup help/questions

    Hey all! Long time "Googler", first time poster. So I'm sure there are tons of threads I'm sure. However, let me tell you the story as short as I can. I had the scare of my life when my sas drive (that came with the used hardware I bought a couple years back) died last night. Now, I'm not 100%...
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    Backup hangs on first VM and cannot be stopped/killed

    Hi folks, My cluster is a set of 4 HP 260 G1s (i3-4030U, 16GB, 240GB boot SSD) connected to a TrueNAS Scale system providing shared iSCSI LUNs on both SSDs and HDDs for VHD storage. Originally I had each node backing up to a separate NAS via NFS. I've now removed that NAS as it was giving me...
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    CR: ignore errors from cd-rom storage for backups

    Hello. I think backup process should completely ignore state of cd-rom drive. Today one backup fails because of: 709: 2024-07-21 01:50:12 INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/709/2024-07-20T23:50:12Z' 709: 2024-07-21 01:50:12 INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task 709: 2024-07-21...
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    new datastore: backup connect failed: command error: Permission denied (os error 13)

    I had two original data stores: /mnt/datastore/2023/ and /mnt/datastore/disk/ I wanted to remove 'disk' and create a new data store with some of the backups from '2023' I ran the following: 1. mkdir /mnt/datastore/backup/{vm, ct} 2. cp /mnt/datastore/2023/vm/<vmids to keep>...
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    Restored a VM from Backup and it has no hard disk

    Recently i had restored a VM from a backup, id restores without hard disk, in addition to this when i try to restore it again it gives the following error "TASK ERROR: command 'set -o pipefail && zstd -q -d -c /var/lib/vz/dump/vzdump-qemu-100-2024_03_17-14_41_03.vma.zst | vma extract -v -r...
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    VMs FS error after backup destination storage is full

    Can it be so - NFS backup storage became full and VMs that was in this backup become with RO root partitions ?
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    backup migrating

    Hello I m using proxmox cluster with 3 servers in it, and i want to move backups between storages in different servers but in the same cluster. Maybe someone knows how to backup vm to another server storage. I also do not use proxmox backup server
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    Backup job failed with err -125 - Operation canceled

    Hi Everyone, I am in the process of migrating the VMs from one proxmox server to another so I can update the proxmox to 8.1. I am creating the backups of VM, then send the backup to the other proxmox server and then restore that VM. The virtual machines are running critical micro-services due...
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    Proxmox Backup

    Hello , I Hope You are well , This Is the second time i make a copy, and This error appears in the same status 86% #uname -r 4.13.13-2-pve
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    Raid on a directory

    So I'm trying to setup a backup solution for my server by using two 2tb hard drives and I want to use raid on them so that its mirrored onto each other. I can create a ZFS drive on them but I'm unable to assign them to be used for the directory, Is there a way to use the drives as storage for...
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    Backup failing.

    Hi guys, I keep getting backup fail on all of my containers/vms. INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 597 --node auriga --storage ftp-newton --remove 0 --compress zstd --mode snapshot --notes-template '{{guestname}}' --notification-mode auto INFO: filesystem type on dumpdir is 'cifs' -using...

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