backup

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    Link Backup Jobs

    Hello I'm new in Proxmox I've 2 backup jobs and I want to start the second job after the first finish. How can I obtain this goal ? My best regards
  2. D

    Proxmox lockwait

    Good Day All. I would like to increase my lockwait timeout from 180 mins to 600 mins Noone says exactly where to edit some say add --lockwait to vzdump However i have nothing in that file. Chat gpt says to edit nano /etc/pve/datacenter.cfg backup-lockwait: 600 however another post says it...
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    Backup based on tags

    Hi Proxmox community, Is ist possible to control the PBS backup based on tags for vm's? Example: vm101 - tag: debian, fileserver, weekly vm102 - tag: windows, ad, daily vm103 - tag debian, test, none Our idea: PBS shall read the tags of the vm's automatically and perform the backup of the...
  4. taich

    list all backups

    Hi, I run Proxmox Backup Server 3.2-3 and want to know how to list all backups of a certain VM on command line. Even more how to delete a backup from command line.
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    VE Backup to multiple USB drives

    Hi all. I'm currently using the backup mechanism of VE to backup my containers and vms to a NAS and to my Proxmox backup server. I was wondering if there is a (simple) way to also backup to a pool of USB connected drives. In detail this means, that I could have, let's say 5, USB drives and every...
  6. powersupport

    Unable to backup to disk

    Hi Team, We are getting backup failure, the error message is ERROR: VM 158 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: unable to create backup group "/datastore/inpx/vm/158" - Permission denied (os error 13) INFO: aborting backup job Please advice us to resolve this issue
  7. jsterr

    Veeam Support for Proxmox VE

    Today was a demo of the upcoming veeam support for proxmox ve. Does anyone have new information on what can be done and if there are any limitations? I saw a video on linkedin and did a quick review of what I could see from that clip: Also some links there are currently there for more...
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    Help recovering backups from failed boot drive

    Hello, I am recovering from a failed boot drive due to a power outage. My VMs and backups were on the boot drive; I plan to change this moving forward. I have a new Proxmox installed on a new disk and the old boot drive plugged in as well. So far, this post has been very helpful, but I am...
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    Backup job with several VMs fails when using GPU passthrough

    I have a backup job set up in my data center that backs up 4 of my VMs to a Proxmox Backup Server. 3 of those 4 VMs are set up to passthrough the same GPU (hence, they can't be run in parallel). This seems to be an issue when backing up as the backup for the first VM with that GPU succeeds but...
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    [HELP] Backup Failing

    Hi. I have a brand new four-node Proxmox cluster up and running. I've configured a CEPH pool called "StandardStorage" (3:2) where the two VMs are stored. The target for the backup is called PLFS2Storage, an NFS mount. Running "Backup" from the node -> Virtual Machine page fails because it...
  11. V

    Wie kann ich ein VM außer Backup auf anderen Proxmox VE wiederherstellen?

    Ich will VM von Proxmox1 auf Proxmox2 wiederherstellen. Ich habe Folgendes versucht: * vm mit ID 112 erstellen * Backup als unused0 Disk importiert mit "qm importdisk 112 vzdump-qemu-112-2024_05_29-01_54_27.vma.zst HDDs (mit und ohne --format raw) * Disk resize als multiple von 4 MiB (virtual...
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    Can proxmox-backup-client restore a host to another drive?

    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...
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    Suspended VMs do not get backed up: bug or feature?

    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...
  14. Z

    VM High CPU Usage and Strange Behavior After Backups in Proxmox

    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...
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    Backup error - basename: missing operand

    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...
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    add backup disk in other proxmox

    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.
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    Backup issues with Windows VMs - 100% active time

    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...
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    Issue connecting to CIFS share

    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...
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    Feature Request - Maintenance Windows for Backup Jobs

    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...
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    Some volumesd do not support snapshots

    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...