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    Exclude entire VM? Or have to mark each disk?

    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...
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    Warnung im BackupJob und Fehlermeldung am Ende

    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...
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    [SOLVED] missing VM disks images

    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...
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    How to Customize the Proxmox VZDump Email Notification Format for Backup Summaries.

    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.
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    Vzdump VM for an another host of the same cluster

    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!
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    network shared storage

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Snapshot issues

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Backup: mount error(16) - was tun?

    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...
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    Scheduled backups are failing suddenly (but work when I do them manually)

    My automated backups fail due to a free space error, but the disks are far from full. When I invoke a manual backup to the same storage, it works fine. Here are the emailed logs from both situations. The backups are heading to a PBS instance running as an unRAID container which has an external...
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    Backup encryption

    I have seen that in Proxmox Backup is an option to encrypt the backups. In proxmox itself i couldn't find a way to protect the containers and vms. LXCs are directorys if somone gets the backup it's easy to get all data stored in the backup archive. Is there a hidden option in Proxmox...
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    Prune simulator

    Hi. I'm playing with the prune simulator and I see something I don't understand. See the attached image. I am doing a daily backup (Monday to Sunday at 14:30). If I set 2 in the keep-hourly retention option, according to the documentation -and the simulator's help- I should keep backups for...
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    Slow backup with PBS

    Hi all, I'm having issues backing up PVE to PBS, it's very slow and inconsistent write speed. To backup a VM with 300Gib disk takes over an hour. PVE - Lenovo P520 Xeon(R) W-2255 CPU 190 GiB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Vms data are stored in ZFS 3x SSD SanDisk X300 DC Raidz1...
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    Backup Schedule Not Working Since 2025

    As the title states my backups in the Datacentre have not been running since the start of this year. I'm on Proxmox 8.3.2 there is plenty of room left on hdd and according to the Next Run tab it should be happening but nothing shows up in the tasks saying it starting backup and I have emails set...
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    [SOLVED] backup mode STOP-how make together correctly backup and boot of Debian

    Hi, i am beginner with proxmox. I solve properly setting backup mode STOP. VM is Debian 33GB and 300GB mount as directory in Debian. Backup job is correctly( first attachment), but boot of Debian end with error (second attachment)-boot begin during of backup. Debian havn´t acces to 300gb...
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    [SOLVED] ERROR: Backup of VM 102 failed - unable to open file '/etc/pve/nodes/server03/lxc/102.conf.tmp.405600' - Input/output error

    Hi, I've been running this proxmox server without any issues for over a year now, but after one night i decided to add a windows vm to my PBS, that night it seem to have ran four hours but managed to finish, but ever since my nightly backups run to an error, almost like there is not enough...
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    PBS n100

    Hello, this is my first post, so please keep that in mind :). I was thinking about choosing an intel n100 to be running as my proxmox backup server. This PBS install should be connected via wireguard to my homenetwork where my Proxmox VE is standing and should running daily backups. I am...
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    Datensicherung verschwunden

    Hallo zusammen, ich habe gestern Abend um 16:51h eine Sicherung von meinem paperless gemacht: vzdump backup status (pve01.fritz.box): backup successful Details VMID Name Status Time Size Filename 217 paperless ok 15m 9s 77.2 GiB...
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    Umstellung auf remote PBS, bitte um Review

    So, nachdem ich jetzt einige Wochen Erfahrung mit Proxmox VE und PBS sammeln konnte, wird es Zeit das Thema Backup zu konsolidieren und auf eine dauerhafte Lösung umzustellen. Ich bitte um Review und Kommentare zu meinem Plan: In den Backup sollen: VMs und CTs eines Proxmox VE Clusters...
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    VM Backup fails on a (Hetzner) SSHFS datastore - broken pipe

    Hello there, I've got an issue with PBS 3.2 and PVE 8.2 VM Backups to SSHFS Storage. I'm experiencing continuous backup failures when backing up VMs to a remote SSHFS datastore. Container backups work fine (4GB backups complete successfully), but VM backups always fail with a broken pipe error...
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    ERROR: Backup of VM <id> failed - PCI device <device> already in use by VMID '<id>'

    I got the following error when backing up overnight: ERROR: Backup of VM 114 failed - PCI device '0000:15:00.0' already in use by VMID '107' Now I know why this is - just as it says, the PCI device (a GPU in this case), is already in use. However, I wonder what the recommended solution is? I...