proxmox backup server

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    Migrate Proxmox VE Host Installation

    I currently have Proxmox installed on a zfs single disk, and want to move it to a zfs mirror. The tricky part is that the disk it is on now will be one of the disks in the mirror. How would I move the install to a temporary location, create the mirror with the two disks, and then move the...
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    Proxmox Migration via Proxmox Backup Server?

    I would like to migrate from Provider A to Provider B (I think this could be Hetzner, checking some possibilities/ alternatives but should start soon, maybe even today) Currently the following setup is used on Provider A - Dedicated Server 1: Proxmox - Dedicated Server 2: Proxmox Backup Server...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox Backup Remote Sync Error

    I have two onsite Proxmox Backup Servers at two locations. They both sync to an offsite remote (pull). Then there is a cloud proxmox backup server Pulls from the offsite remote and both onsite locations After everything was synced I had a couple backups that had errors saying unable to load blob...
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    Tape job failing with SCSI transport error

    Hello! We are running into an issue when trying to run a Tape backup job of about 9.5TB to our tape library and it fails shortly after starting with the following error: TASK ERROR: write chunk failed - write failed - scsi command failed: transport error Other smaller jobs (~400GB) have...
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    Retrieving backup list from PBS runs into timeout

    Hello, i am running into a minor inconvenience with one of our larger proxmox clusters and the related backup servers. About the environment: i am working with a rather big PVE cluster, including more than 5 nodes with a lot of VMs on each host. Those VMs back up on currently 2 PBS-Servers...
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    Proxmox Backup root filesystem runs out of space

    Hi Guys My root filesystem on my Proxmox-Backup runs out of space. What can I do? ERROR: Backup of VM 100 failed - VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: write failed: No space left on device (os error 28)
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    [SOLVED] 2x PBS, one Enterprise one No-Subscription Repo

    Hi Guys, i have a question related to updates on PBS, i have one (Main) PBS with an Enterprise Repo and a (Slave) with the No-Subscription Repo, the datastore is fully synced to the slave (sync-job initiated via slave). I guess it's not recommended to have these differences on the repos when...
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    Proxmox backup server best practice

    Hello everyone, We have just started testing PBS Server and would like to have recommendations for the best practice possible. We have 20x disks with 16Tb of capacity each. We have few more slots empty for more disks. So adding hot spares won't be a problem. Should we build a hardware or...
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    [SOLVED] PBS Root Disk Full can't sync, backup or run garbage collection.

    A few days ago, my Proxmox Backup Server filled up in the root folder. I managed to delete some large log files then and get functional. Last night during a remote sync it filled up and my job failed. Could somebody please help me diagnose the issue? Thanks, This is out of a 100 GB drive. this...
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    [SOLVED] VM Backup aus Proxmox Backup Server funktioniert nicht mehr

    Hallo, seit ein paar Tagen funktioniert es leider nicht mehr das automatsich nach Zeitplan die Windows 10 Vm´s auf dem PBS gesichert werden. Ich habe einmal den Backup Server neu installiert weil ich dachte das dieser eine Macke hat aber leider ist das nicht der Fall gewesen. Ich vermute das...
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    TRansfer Proxmox backup server to a new server

    Hello, Is there a procedure to transfer promox backup PMB data to a new server? I have 34T to transfer... Thanks very much!
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    Remote backup error - broken pipe

    Hi, I have this problem with a my customer's backups. On my customer's network I installed a PVE with inside installed one virtual machine. I connected one Proxmox backup server storage (a remote datastore into a remote PBS, connected by IPSEC VPN) and configured a schedule backup on it. The...
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    Proxmox backup server migration

    HI, It is possible to migrate backup from one PBS to another PBS server with the same VM details proxmox, the idea is to replace PBS with another one. Thank you
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    Suggestion: hostname in the datastores dashboards

    I would like to suggest to add the hostname to the datastores dashboard next to the machine number.
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    [SOLVED] PBS Repository Tab - 400 Bad Request nach upgrade von 10 auf 11

    Hallo Zusammen, ich habe nach einem PBS Upgrade von Buster auf Bullseye das Problem, dass ich beim aufrufen des Repository Tabs, 400 - Bad Request erhalte. Updates können ohne Probleme weiterhin via CLI durchgeführt werden. root@server:~# proxmox-backup-manager versions...
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    Proxmox Backup Server - Datastore - sshfs - Hetzner storage Box

    Hallo Community, ich versuche mittlerweile seit geraumer Zeit, an einem Virtualisierten Proxmox Backup Server eine Hetzner Storage Box als Datastore hinzuzufügen. Dazu habe ich auf dem Proxmox Backup Server sshfs installiert. Mit dem Root Benutzer konnte ich die Storage Box auch erfolgreich...
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    Windows Server Backup Shows 20+GiB dirty between backups within a couple hours!

    Hi Everyone, Something startling has occurred that I cannot seem to figure out. While reviewing backup logs, a specific Windows Server was backing up more data than expected, so I manually ran my backup task to PBS before today's nightly backup. After a successful backup of 170GiBs, I noticed...
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    Plans to add Backup Storage Usage limit instead of retention numbers?

    Hi Everyone, Recently a thought crossed my mind while tuning a Proxmox Backup Server at one site and a Proxmox Virtual Environment server at another site: sometimes it is difficult to gauge the amount of disk space required while configuring backup retention. Some backup solutions, such as...
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    failed - wait_until_ready failed - got timeout

    Hi we've got HPE StoreEver MSL2024 connected to PBS (Backup Server 2.1-1) via FC we've also got a bunch of tapes int the library, one of them is cleaning! So when i try to make "label all unlabeled tapes" with a proxmox-tape barcode-label --pool 111 i've got an error It's stuck with a...
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    Wiederholtes Backup von 2.2 TB mit Backup Client sehr lange

    Hallo zusammen. Ich benutze Backup Client, um 2.2TB HDD von Linux host auf PBS zu sichern. Der erste Backup hat 20h gebraucht. Das wäre auch ok. Jetzt läuft der zweite Backup und ich habe erwartet, dass es mindestens 10 Mal schneller passieren wird, aber nach 4.5 Stunden läuft es immer noch...