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    virtiofs shares: automatic backup

    Hello, folks! I'm using some virtiofs-shares on my host. Those are connected to different VMs and I want to know, if those shares are automatically safed by the PBS in a regular backup-job or do I have to take care on those manually? Thanks in advance!
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    4.0.18 S3 storage namespace issues

    Great to see S3 compatible storage support I only starts using PBS recently So far so good on using local storage However I tried out S3 datastore and found out there is namespace (I was using root namespace on local too, switched just today... But I found a few issues which makes it unusable...
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    PBS api call flood and cpu usage when idle

    I noticed constant cpu usage of PBS server even its idle and no operations are in progress. When started investigating, I found that access.log logs are flooded by such kind of lines: GET /api2/json/admin/datastore GET /api2/json/admin/datastore/backup/status and auth.log is full of ...
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    [Script] Proxmox VE & PBS – System, Configuration and Structure and More Backup & Recovery

    Hello everyone :) I've been working with Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server for some time, and after testing many available backup scripts, I realized there's no quick and easy way to save Proxmox system data, configurations, and structures. In the event of an operating system disaster, it is...
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    [WegweiserZumEigenbau] HA 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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    [SOLVED] 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...