backup

Hello everyone, I have a 2 node cluster in my current setup. I want to use proxmox-backup-client to backup only the Hosts(Nodes) not the VMs, the VMs are already backed up to a NAS using the backup feature in VE. I already have a pbs setup where I want to backup the host and the VMs in the...

I noticed that the backup of a suspended vm does not work: INFO: Starting Backup of VM 10005 (qemu) INFO: Backup started at 2024-05-27 19:04:37 INFO: status = stopped ERROR: Backup of VM 10005 failed - VM is locked (suspended) Is this a bug or a feature? I don't see a reason why can't we treat...

Hello, I’m experiencing several issues with my Proxmox setup and VM backups. Here are the details: Environment: Proxmox VE with multiple Debian VMs. Backups are scheduled daily at 5 AM using the "stop" mode. Problem: After backups, approximately one in four VMs exhibit strange behaviors...

Recently I noticed that whilst our backups work, there is always an error at the end of the log that reads like the text below: INFO: adding notes to backup INFO: basename: missing operand INFO: Try 'basename --help' for more information. INFO: basename: missing operand INFO: Try 'basename...

how can i add my backup disk that has iso images in another proxmox, cause when i put this disk, normally proxmox ask for delete the disk content and inicialize GPT, but i need restore the iso, what are the steps to perform this task and mount the volume.

I'm having some trouble with backups on my Proxmox cluster and I'm hoping someone can help me troubleshoot. I've been searching for solutions online for a while now, but I haven't been able to find anything that helps. Here's my setup: 3-node Proxmox cluster Backups to both a NAS and a PBS...

Having some issues creating a CIFS share to use as a backup location for Proxmox. I'm relatively new to all of this, but trying to learn as much as I can. I have a SSD attached to my router which I use as a NAS/Plex storage, and I want to use the Backups folder on that drive to upload Proxmox...

This post is to start discussion for a Feature Request I just filed for Maintenance Windows for Backup Jobs : https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5457 I tried to make it as useful a request as I could. If you have anything you want to add to it, thoughts on the matter, or whatever...

Hello guys, I have TrueNas as a VM and i added the storage as NFS to proxmox and i installed LXC on that storage. i had auto backup as snapshot everything worked fine but i wanted to redo it so i deleted the LXC and removed the truenas storage and remounted it and tried to make another LXC now i...

Hi All, Recently I have had my backups failing to my NFS shares, and I am not sure if the issues have been introduced as part of recent updates to my Proxmox nodes or my Synology DSM version. Has anyone else seen this issue before and or may know how I can resolve? NB: I have built new...

Hello, What are the necessary backup files (pbs) required to perform a restore of a VM or container, and where can I find them?

Hello, I can't find the path to the backup files on my computer when accessing it via SSH. i want to copy those files so i want find the path. Best regards,

Hi guys! I wonder how to edit existing pbs job via cli? I can create tasks with pvesh but how abiut editing them? For example I need to transfer couple of hundreds backup jobs from one datastore to another. How do I do that?

Hello, I am using the latest version of PVE without cluster functions and I am facing the problem of file system corruption inside the VM if the backup task (zstd process) fails I found one mention here, but I decided to create a separate topic, as I consider this a critical problem I did not...

Hello everyone, I have a Proxmox VE running on an old PC, and I have some trust issues regarding the security of my backups. I don't want to reconfigure all my containers again in case one of my hard drives stops working. So, I want to know if there is an easy way to sync the backup folder with...

During backups to PBS the hypervisor will do a hard crash, it is not consistent at which point it does it. Sometimes a backup succeeds, and sometimes it will not. But after a few backups 1 will fail and fully crash the hypervisor. Does anyone have any idea where I can start at debugging this...

my name is idiot. I ran tteck's post install script on my ve after having good success with a similar one on the backup server. after the reboot I can't connect to gui. I can start the vm's using the command line as in: qm start ... but I can't connect to them over the network. I can ping ip...

Hi! Everything was ok, but when i upgrade proxmox from 7.x to 8.x, i can not use file restore option in backup. When i'm trying to restore file, i've got message - "VM exited before connection could be established (500)" Log from /var/log/proxmox-backup/file-restore/qemu* Packages version: 1...

Hallo, Ihr Lieben, ich hoffe, ich kann auf diesem Weg hier etwas mehr Hilfe als durch Google & Co bekommen. Und zwar handelt es sich darum, dass ich einen Container (LXC) habe und in diesem ein NFS Share gemountet ist für Paperless Daten. Des Weiteren habe ich ein NFS Share generell...

So I have configured my PBS datastore to use an NFS mount. It took a while but, after disabling ALL NFS caching functions from NFS client on the PBS to get around ESTSALE errors, I was finally able to get back ups working. I have successful VM backups on both of my nodes. However, my dilemma...