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    [WegweiserZumEigenbau] Lösung für hoch verfügbarem PBS (Aktiv/Passiv)

    Für die Forumsleser, die sich nur auf dem deutschsprachigen Bereich rumtreiben, mal eine Verlinkung zu interessanten Beiträgen: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/pathfinder4diy-high-availability-solution-for-pbs-active-passive.171635/
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    Backup-Strategie für TrueNAS → Proxmox Backup Server (ohne direkten Client)

    Hallo zusammen, wir stehen aktuell vor einem größeren Projekt und haben dabei eine kleine Herausforderung, bei der ich mir etwas Input von euch erhoffe. Kurz zur geplanten Umgebung: 3× Proxmox VE Nodes als Ceph-HCI-Cluster 2× TrueNAS-Systeme (repliziert) mit ca. 175 TB usable 1× Proxmox...
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    PBS Gaps in Resource Graphs

    Good morning everyone, I’m trying to understand why there are missing segments in the resource usage graphs. We’re dealing with virtual PBS instances that mount an NFS share on ZFS storage over a 25Gb link. The journal logs show no anomalies during the affected time window, and I can’t...
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    Homelabbing two nodes with PBS in Proxmox Containers with full ZFS access

    I have a couple of nodes, and they're for homelabbing. I'm learning system administration with these. They both use ZFS. One is a PowerEdge 730XD with a PERC H730 RAID controller set to JBOD and a few pools in different configurations (2x Stripes and a mirror), and the other is a ThinkCentre...
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    Ist ECC für den PBS Host nötig? Würden Fehler vom Client erkannt werden wenn diese auf dem PBS Host entstehen oder nicht?

    Hallo zusammen, Ich denke die Antwort zu kennen: ECC auf dem PBS Host ist notwendig um Fehler zu vermeiden, aber bevor ich losziehe und mich nur nach ECC Optionen für den PBS umschaue wollte ich nochmal nachfragen. Es könnte ja auch sein das der Client beim erstellen des Backups abschließend...
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    Proxmox VE Backup über PBS - Namespace konfiguration

    Hallo Zusammen, ich habe ein Cluster und zusätzlich einen PBS, wenn ich nun im Datacenter einen Backup Job einrichten möchte, kann ich dort kein namespace für den PBS angeben. Ich möchte gerne verschiedene Namespaces für verschiedene VM's einrichten, da diese andere Prune Regeln auf dem PBS...
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    PBS 4.0.15 – Retention (keep-daily/keep-monthly) not pruning expected snapshots? (real case with output)

    Hi all, I’m looking for confirmation/guidance on Proxmox Backup Server retention behavior. I’ve read the docs, but in my tests the results don’t match expectations, and I’d like to understand whether I’m misreading the rules or there’s something off. TL;DR PBS 4.0.15, datastore Backup...
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    About once every 1-7 days, authorization stops working on my PBS servers. client error (Connect)","status":400

    About once every 1-7 days, authorization stops working on my PBS servers. If I try login, I have successfully receives HTTP request (hence HTTP 200 OK) but fails to connect to backend daemons. I immediately get an error: {"errors":{},"message":"client error...
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    Crashing API PBS 4.0.11

    Hi, I’m running into a rather strange and specific issue. I have the latest version of PBS 4.0.11 installed on bare metal. It’s connected to an S3 endpoint as the main storage and an NFS share used as cache. The whole setup is configured correctly and works perfectly fine for single backups...
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    backup needs much more space than the LXC itself

    I have a lxc container in pve. The webgui shows me an amount of storage of 12.69 GB. The backup in PBS needs more than 20GB. I cannot afford this amount of storage and would like to shrink the storage of the backup. But how?
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    ERROR: VM 101 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: http request timed out

    Hi. First of all, thanks for the great products! I have a small lab with PVE. The PVE contains two VMs, one of them is a PBS. The storage for the backup datastore is a separate disk which is passed-through to the PBS VM. A few days ago I have set up a schedule to backup both VMs to the PBS. Of...
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    [SOLVED] PBS API keeps returning "authentication failed - invalid token name"

    Hi All, I am using the PVE api without any issue so i am familiar with the basics of creating an API token and using it via tools such as cURL or other command line and scripting methods. However, when I attempt to replicate how I do this with PVE in order to do it with PBS (Backup Server...
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    add pbs to pdm by cli howto

    hi there, unfortunately i am unable to find the command to add a pbs to the pdm as recently announced in the changelog of pdm. (Enable Proxmox Backup Server Integration, CLI only for now.) does someone have a hint for me, please? br kohly
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    Script that checks if the latest backup is fresh

    Hi, i wrote testinfra script that checks for each vm/ct if the latest backup is fresh (<24h for example). Its intended to run from PVE and needs testinfra as a prerequisite. See https://github.com/kmonticolo/pbs_testinfra
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    pbs - Interactive Restores - Not restoring empty directories

    I tried looking, but could not find anything about this. I am running a postgres container that has a health check script. I deleted the persistent data today to try my backup. It went well, except for some empty folders that did not get restored. I did a partial restore using the following...
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    After update PVE 8.4 and PBS 4.0 very slow backup CT

    Hellou, After update PVE to version 8.4.11 (Before PVE 7.4) and PBS 4.0 (Before 3.4) backup CTs is very slow. In version 7.4 this time backup +/- 30 minutes, after update this backup time is +/- 1h15. Attachment actual configuration backup. I investigated all configuration, RAID, network, CPUs...
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    Proxmox Checkscript

    Hello everyone. I created a bash script, that checks for QEMU VMs the (non-)existing backups from PBS. This script is useful, if: multiple users (customers) uses your PVE you own multiple PBS and want to verify retention verify data privacy Example, why this script is useful: Customer A...
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    Best practice setup for Proxmox Backup Server and NAS on the same Node

    Hi there i already have a PVE Server up and running in my HomeLab. Now i plan to expand my HomeLab with a second Server. Actually i use Open Media Vault in a VM on my PVE Server for my NAS Solution. My new Server Rack will have HotSwap Cases so i want to move my NAS to the new Server. The new...
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    Lost GRUB menu on Serial Console after PBS 4.0 / Trixie Upgrade

    After upgrading PBS from 3 to 4 via in-place upgrade, I no longer see the GRUB boot menu in my serial console. This is my grub config: $ cat /etc/default/grub # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this...
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    Subject: Intermittent backup errors and repeated TLS handshake failures

    I am running PBS as a VM on the same Proxmox host where I back up LXC containers and VMs. Backups usually work, but sometimes they fail with errors like: catalog upload error - pipelined request failed: connection closed because of a broken pipe Error: error at...