backup

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    [TUTORIAL] FabU: I have two (or at least one) additional HDDs in spare - how can I use them to create Backups of my VMs and Containers?

    Target audience: Beginners There are no secret tips-n-tricks here, just basic knowledge. Precondition you have an intact PVE installation, be it a single computer or a cluster with several nodes; I am using the current 9.x release you have HDDs which may contain old data - that data will get...
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    Is there a way to debbug S3 post/request to endpoint?

    Since the release of Proxmox Backup version 4.0 I'm trying to use a S3 storage brasilian provider (https://magalu.cloud) which is full S3 compatible. But I'm getting the following error while check for bucket: root@pbss3:~# proxmox-backup-manager s3 check mgc-s3 my-bucket-name Error: head...
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    Veeam error Failed to map disks (since upgrade v8 to v9)

    We did the upgrade from v8 to v9 in our test lab. So far, everything is working fine, but the backup jobs with Veeam are now failing. (We use a VM Veeam worker in Proxmox, which is tied to an external Windows server that host the Veeam backup jobs). I get the following error: "Failed to...
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    Proxmox Neuling mit ein paar Fragen ( Monitoring / USV / Datensicherung )

    Hiho, wir wollen in Zukunft von Mircrosoft HyperV weg und hin zu Proxmox wechseln. Nach möglichkeit sollten die "Funktionalitäten" so ähnlich wie möglich sein. Aktuell: - viele Kunden mit Einzelserver(Hardware) + 2-5 Virtuellen Maschienen mit Microsoft HyperV - Atera wird als Monitoring...
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    Are multiple backups at the same time possible?

    Hi! Tried searching, but found it difficult to uncover. We are trying to have multiple backup jobs: Backup job #1: Time: 22:00 Occurence: Daily Scope: Most of our VM`s with some exceptions Backup job #2: Time: 03:00 Occurence: Daily Scope: Pool ABC Backup job #3: Time: 05:00 Occurence...
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    mehrere Proxmox Backup Server -> Probleme mit der bitmap?

    Hallo zusammen Mein System: kleines PVE-Cluster im Rechenzentrum erstes PBS Backup auf PBS und Speicher vom RZ zweites Backup auf meinen lokalen PBS mit smb-Storage auf NAS Gedanklicher Hintergrund: PBS-Storage im RZ hat eine sehr schnelle Anbindung an meine PVE-Server und kann dadurch schnell...
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    Ceph: VM-Backup hängt, rbd info läuft in Timeout

    Moin zusammen! beim betroffenen Cluster handelt es sich um einen 8-Node Proxmox-Cluster, bei dem 6 Nodes davon einen Ceph-Cluster bereitstellen. Auf einem der Nodes (vs4, stellt keine Ceph-Dienste bereit, nutzt aber den Ceph-rbd-Pool für VMs) habe ich das Problem, dass sich die darauf...
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    PBS with NFS

    Hi everyone, I have installed PBS on a VM and have NFS mount with the NAS storage, and I run the backup job for all VMs , the backup moving smoothly with the VMs with Max disk 600 Gib, but the VMs with 1 Tib or more it getting failed with error timeout, command error write_data upload error...
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    Multiple node nas system

    Hi all, firstly I know this is going to be an essay to read but I figured better off answering as many questions as possible upfront. I wanted to get some feedback and suggestions on how to make best use of my setup. I'll list my setup information and what I'm trying to achieve below. I do have...
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    Log for currently running backup job

    Hello, I have manually started a backup job and it seems there is no way in the GUI to have a look at the running job. Only after the job is finished, I can see the log in "Task History". Would expect to find it there while it's still running (with a status of "running"). Am I missing...
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    Proxmox vm backup and Ubuntu vm timeshift on one USB HDD

    Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible to have one USB drive (multiple partitions) to backup the VM's in Proxmox and also use the HDD as a TimeShift backup from my Ubuntu VM. I have enough USB HDD's but one drive would occupy also only one USB port. Thank you, Greetings Tom
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    [SOLVED] Fortnightly deposit

    Hello, can you help me back up the definition? I need to run a backup once a fortnight on Sunday at 2:00. Thank you.
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    Vinchin Support for Proxmox VE

    Hello Proxmox VE community friends! I’m part of the team behind Vinchin. Today, I would like to introduce Vinchin Backup & Recovery, an enterprise-grade data protection solution focused on virtualized environments. We deeply support Proxmox VE and aim to provide PVE users with stronger data...
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    NFS configuraton on PBS is not backing up

    I have a pbs server using a nfs share Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 953M 0 953M 0% /dev tmpfs 197M 756K 197M 1% /run /dev/mapper/pbs-root 29G 2.4G 26G 9% / tmpfs 985M 0...
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    [SOLVED] How to recover from boot drive failure

    Hello, I am thinking about installing proxmox VE on a server with a small boot SSD for the OS itself and a nvme ZFS mirror for the VMs. What I would like to ask about is how I can restore the server in case of a boot drive failure. I can probably import the ZFS pool but will the VMs then just...
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    Backup errors using rclone to MS Onedrive

    Hello, trying to sync VM backup files to MS OneDrive through rclone, but errors. See log below. Additional info: 1) rclone seems to be properly configured, creating folders into /mnt area immediately sync them to oneDrive 2) backups to another cloud storage (Google Drive) through another rclone...
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    Proxmox Host Backup

    Hello together, the proxmox-backup-client is also able to backup a standalone host. In our case we decided to move physical host backups to PBS. To make backup easier I wrote a backup script which collect all mount points and creates a backup for each. This script can be triggered by cron or...
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    PBS in a VM on PVE: Suspending/stopping it when not used

    I have PBS running in a VM on PVE. Backup runs once a day during night. Normally there's not mucht to do as not much has changed and dedup does a good job. So PBS returns after 15 to 30 mins. Altough it does not consume much CPU and RAM during the rest of the day, I still wonder if it makes...
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    Sanity check for remote ZFS backup strategy

    I'm drawing up plans for remote backups of a few ProxMox servers, non-cluster single machines in different locations. After reading through the forum, AI tools and other sources, it seems like using ZFS send/receive to a remote server also running ZFS ( rsync.net or my own server) would be the...
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    PBS Errors? Backup not successful

    I have a lab setup at home. Have a little n100 PC doing PBS backups of a PVE server and everything has been going great and just starting recently getting this error. Ive reviewed things and chatgpt said do a few things to check for free space and space isn't an issue but the backup continues to...