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    Best way to do encrypted offsite backups with only Proxmox VE

    Hi, I have two Proxmox hosts running in a homeblab setting. I know that with Proxmox Backup Server you can enable encryption, but Proxmox VE doesn't come with encryption out of the box. My goal is to do an encrypted offsite backup in case something catastrophic happens (like fire), preferably...
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    Restore of VMs with no-backup separate disks for temporary data

    For VM performance and backup optimization I use separate disks for temporary data like: - swap - logs - system temp-folders - temporary DBs (like tmpdb in MSSQL) - local backups, software packages and many other not-critical stuff Separate disks allow 4 important things: 1) Efficient...
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    Backup to iCloud

    I have a proxmox backup server but i want to backup my backup server. (in case something happens with the backup server). I have enough iCloud storage and would like to backup the proxmox backup vm's (all of it with incremental backups) to iCloud. Will something like this be possible?
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    ERROR: job failed with err -61 - No data available - How to fix

    Hi Team, I have one NVMe Drive where all the VM disks are saved. I observed the SMART test showed FAILED for NVMe and i started to experience VM Crashing. So to replace the drive, i thought i will backup the VM. but i am unable to back it. i get the below Error. ERROR: job failed with err -61...
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    Backing up local drive content

    Hello, Recently started using Proxmox VE and want to backup now using PBS. It seems like the regular use case for PBS is for backing up your containers/vms to a remote PBS. I have a small home setup which one server. Proxmox is running PBS in a VM. I have my content such as photos, videos...
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    VM frozen after backup

    Hello, I have a backup job running every day backing up my VMs using snapshot mode. Everything is running ok but sometimes one specific VM freezes (I have 4 VMs running but it happens only with one of them). At the exact time of the backup the VM stop responding (even from the console) and I can...
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    when backing up a virtual machine via the web interface, the backup weighs as much as the entire VM disk

    only 1/4 is actually occupied, everything worked fine before and they weighed several times less if you look inside the VM, almost as much is occupied as before the problem appeared Disk type: qcow2, discard enabled
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    Überprüfung von gesicherten Daten auf Tape

    Hallo, die Frage wurde bereits hier schon mal gestellt https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/tape-verification.138552/ und auch im Bugzilla eine entsprechende Anfrage gestellt https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5144 Ich würde gerne wissen, ob es hierzu schon etwas Neues gibt. Oder ist...
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    looking for opinion of more knowledgeable ppl on a new instance

    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...
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    Hardware setup Proxmox Backup

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Retention Policy Design on PBS

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox as NFS NAS, how to offsite backup data drives?

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Backup Restore Fails on New Machine

    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...
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    missing features in Proxmox

    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...
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    [SOLVED] SMB mount not showing in backup storage options dropdown

    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...
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    Proxmox backup queue.

    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...
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    PBS-ZFS Storage is at 100%

    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...
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    Backing up the PVE node - dd, LVM snapshot, or better option?

    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...
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    Bakcup to NAS Storage - How to limit resource access time interval

    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...
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    ERROR: Backup of VM XXX failed - job failed with err -5 - Input/output error

    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...