backup

hi there im just starting out with my 1st production proxmox instance and id like to ask for your counsel hardware: i have one old server that i need secured and easy to backup and restore, i also have a newer workstation with ample hd space where i want my backups to go, optionally i want my...

Hi All, I am very new to Proxmox but I have a question. I could not really find recommendations on the internet. As Proxmox self can really benifit from Ceph storage due to all its advantages I could not see this for the backup server. The backup server is a standalone host (in our case) and...

We are Plan using PBS and considering to adjust our backup retention policy to balance long-term restore capability with efficient storage usage. Daily Backup Job (Incremental) Schedule: Daily Compression: ZSTD Retention: Keep-Daily = 90 days Weekly Backup Job (Full) Schedule: Every...

Hi I would just like to get some suggestions in what way I should go.. Today I have my main server as a Proxmox host, running a few VMs (hass, unifi, minecraft-server ect.). And I have a few drives (EXT4) just mounted as NFS-share as storage on my home network, mainly for raw data from drone...

Hey everyone, I’m running a Proxmox 8.3.4 server with both LXC containers and VMs. I also have a second system where I want to restore these backups as new VMs to create a duplicate of the original setup. However, most of the backup restores fail with the following message: restore vma archive...

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there are specific reasons why the following features are not implemented in Proxmox. Maybe there are considerations or limitations that I haven't thought of, and I'd appreciate any insights from the community or developers. SSHFS as a storage type under...

Hi all - new to Proxmox. I have single VM configured and running properly. I have mounted some SMB storage that i want to use for backups. I can see the storage in the UI and in /etc/pve/storate.cfg, but it does not show up in the Storage dropdown for the Backup Job. I think that I'm missing...

I have a Proxmox VE server with one VM on it. And I consider to setup a backup job to PBS every hour. But sometimes happen that the backup job is not finnished and a new backup job waits for end of previous backup and when it stops the new backup start immediately and then another backup job is...

Hi Our PBS today ran out of storage, it's sitting at 100% and "zpool status" outputs "no pools available" We've been getting (os error 28) Full error log: "ERROR: Backup of VM XYZ failed - VM XYZ qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: No space left on device (os...

I need to install some software on my PVE node because I cannot use dual GPUs via PCIe passthrough on my VMs. In case this messed something up how can I backup the root node (just a debian machine, right?) so I can restore it if I mess something up. I was first thinking of doing dd on the whole...

Hello, I am writing this thread to ask some questions about my backup system in my Home Lab: First of all, I have a Mini PC with Proxmox VE running, an LXC container with PBS installed with Helper Scripts. I also have an old Synology DS215j NAS used for backups. Following the instructions in...

Hello, I've got a bit of an issue. I'm running Proxmox 8.3 on a MinisForum NAB9. Power went out the other day but I didn't notice any issues when it came back and turned the machine back on. That was unitl I tried to make a backup of one of my VMs (VM 100 - it's a Windows 10 LTSC machine) and...

I know we can exclude an individual disk from getting backed up to PBS by unchecking the "Backup" checkbox in the Hardware tab... What I was wondering is: is there a way to completely exclude ALL disks (aka entire VM) from being backed up? (even new disks which might be added later) E.g. a way...

Bitte um Eure Hilfe. in meinem BackupJob habe ich eine Warnmeldung erhalten. Was kann ich machen? Hoffe ihr könnt mir weiter helfen. Danke euch. Ist sicher weil der Data Store zu klein ist oder? Das Backup geht auf die Storage des Proxmox Backup Servers meiner Synology NAS. wo schalte ich die...

Hello, My Proxmox lost all VM disk images. Folder /mnt/vm-storage/images/ contains only last created machine. All other machines work, but after stop/start I have f.e. "volume 'vm-storage:104/vm-104-disk-2.qcow2' does not exist". Machines wosrks, but I can't shutdown, backup. Haw can I rescu...

Hi, I want the email notification to include only the VM table results, without attaching log data. The email should provide a summary of the backup results, such as: All backups succeeded. All backups succeeded except for specific VMIDs or VMNames. All backups failed. Thank you.

Hi everyone, Is it possible to back up a VM using the vzdump command to another host within a Proxmox cluster? I found the --node parameter in the documentation, but it doesn’t seem to work, likely because of this note: Thanks for your help!

so ive been using PVE for a few months and decided to take the plunge and get proxmox backup server installed as everyone has been telling me how amazing it is. after installation it looks very familiar to PVE, however, i noticed there is no option in the GUI to add network shared storage, i...

Hi there, I encountered a problem while deleting a snapshot. The error was: VM 106 qmp command 'blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync' failed - Snapshot with id 'null' and name 'pre-2025_01_22-01' does not exist on device 'drive-scsi0. I use Nakivo B&R v11 to backup the VMs and it was unable...

Hallo Miteinander, Heute habe ich mein Proxmox installiert und wollte als eine der ersten Handlungen ein Backup einrichten. Das habe ich gemäß dieses YouTube-Videos auch getan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_MSJ7YjWdU Nur, dass ich kein CIFS verwende, sondern SMB, in Verbindung mit meiner...