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    Restore VM qcow2

    I've restored a machine that initially has a qcow2 format disk, but when I restored , it was restored with a .raw format, now I can't make snapshots on a directory pool, when you restore a VM you can't select the format of the disk , there is some configuration in backup server that sets the...
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    [SOLVED] How to restore a VM from encrypted PBS via CLI?

    Good morning, this is for preparation of a desaster recovery, I am just evaluating ways to handle a problematic situation. Let's assume I have a dead PVE a working PBS another PVE Node (in another unrelated Cluster) to run a restored VM; already connected to PBS - but with a different...
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    Question about restoring from backup (not Backup Server)

    I wanted to know about backup and restore of a VM (or container), as I am evaluating a plan to create a cluster for my two NUC devices both running Proxmox. So, I wanted to do this after the fact, which requires me not to have VMs to join a cluster. If I make a backup of the VMs (option on the...
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    Container storage sub volume disappeared

    On Sunday I manually shut down my proxmox ve server for a planned power outage. During this process I did the following: 1: shut down my samba file server container (#107) 2: deleted an old test VM (VM105) -there was an option to included purging unreferenced disks, I wanted to recover the...
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    Restore the VMs in ZFS storage after reinstalling the PVE system

    I'm doing a test Simulate a scenario The PVE system crashes without preparation But the data in the ZFS storage is intact I want to know How to Restore the VMs in ZFS storage after reinstalling the PVE system. I have done the following: 1.Reinstall the PVE system 2.Restore ZFS storage use “zpool...
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    move Nginx proxy manager to new proxmox then get 502 bad gateway

    Hi I'm new here I have installed ct turnkey-core and installed nginx proxy manager by docker docker run -d \ --restart=always \ --name=nginx-proxy-manager \ -p 1280:80 \ -p 1281:81 \ -p 12443:443 \ -v /docker/nginx-proxy-manager/data:/data \ -v...
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    Proxmox VE: restore job using all memory and other VMs will crash

    Hello, We have Proxmox VE 6.3-2 with two VMs (one Windows Server 2019 and one Ubuntu) When we try to restore another machine on this Proxmox it uses all memory and the VMs that are running both crash. What can be the reason for this behavior or how can we configure the restore to not use so...
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    backup Proxmox

    Im running Proxmox 7.2-11 with an SSD (system), a 4TB HDD (data) and a 5TB HDD (backup). (all in one pc) I'm currently just backing up my lxcs to the hdd, but if the PC or SSD fails, the data on the backup disk is lost too (, isnt it?) is there a way to back up the files to the disk with the...
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    [SOLVED] How to restore VM using thin ZVOLs

    I have a PVE node with some CT & VM on ZFS. The second ones with thin provisioning on ZVOLs. Now I have installed PBS in another computer to learn how to backup my CT/VM. Everything works flawless. The problem it's when I go into PVE GUI -> PBS storage -> Backups -> SomeVMwithBigVirtualDrive ->...
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    Load backups from PBS disk on PVE

    Hello! I have a disk coming from my now disfunctional PBS server with the following file structure: root@proxmox:/mnt/backup# tree vm .chunks | head -n 20 vm └── 115 ├── 2022-09-17T23:35:07Z │ ├── client.log.blob │ ├── drive-scsi0.img.fidx │ ├── drive-scsi1.img.fidx │...
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    PVE very slow restore vm

    I have a fresh install on two sata SSDs on ZFS - Raid1 which performs very slow on restore from NAS (via NFS) NAS is connected to 100mbps link, even on such link backup durations is about 3 mins but restore is about 30 mins (vm is new about 1.7GB) My observation was that on restore NAS was...
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    [Solution in 1st answer] Error: error extracting archive - error at entry "random": failed to create device node: Operation not permitted (os error 1)

    Hi, Ich bin beim Testen des pbs und pve auf folgendes Problem gestoßen: Beim Widerherstellen eines LXC Containers bekomme ich folgende Meldung: recovering backed-up configuration from 'pbs1-srv-home:backup/ct/1100/2022-08-31T11:24:15Z' Using encryption key from file descriptor.. Fingerprint...
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    [SOLVED] Backup Restore // TASK ERROR: unable to restore CT 102 - no such logical volume pve/vm-102-disk-0

    Hello all, unfurtunately, I've had some issues while upgrading from PVE 6.4 to PVE 7, so I decided to install PVE 7 from scratch. I created backups of all LXCs and VMs and saved them on a PBS (V 2.0-4). Of course, I saved network configuration, storage.cfg and the config files of the LXCs and...
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    [SOLVED] [Backup & Restore] How to create a CT from an existing volume (disk-image)

    Concern: Backup & Restore I restored a volume (from ceph RBD), and want to start a CT from it. How should I create & start a CT from which I have the disk image ? Preferably without re-creating the /etc/pve/nodes/{node}/lxc/{vmid}.conf config file from an existing one. (Consider I lost the...
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    Edit Backup File

    Hi guys, I got new hardware for my home server environment this weekend. I reinstalled the current version of Proxmox and was able to restore almost all backups. However, I am encountering problems with one, as my setup has changed slightly. In my last environment, I had a USB drive plugged...
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    Restore from non zfs

    Hi there, I needed to rebuild my ZFS pool as is was running out of space 91% full. This was also the time I switched from TrueNAS Core (FreeBSD) to Proxmox (Debian) I had al my data on older disks on a proxmox but with MergerFS . I want to restore my data and I use rsync -aSHPrvv --progress...
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    Restoring a backup with disks from different storages?

    Hey, I have a VM with 3 disks. The disks are distributed over 3 different storages. When I select "Restore" in the Backup tab, I can only restore to one storage. Is it possible to select where each disk is supposed to be restored? (Same with moving to another node) Sincerely Ray_
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    [SOLVED] Tape restore failed with API tokens [solved in 2.2]

    Hi Proxmox lovers ! I have some Proxmox VE and just discover PBS. As I have a LTO-4 tape reader, I thought it was time to make "real" offline backups ! ;-) As I have multiple PVE instances, I have multiple Datastores. And to protect all that, I create multiple API tokens, one per PVE...
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    Server Hardware ändern/umziehen

    Hallo Leute, ich habe aktuell einen Proxmoxserver 7.0-11 laufen(1xSSD(Host), 1xHDD(Speicher). Darauf laufen 3 lxc´s(Nextcloud, Wireguard, PiHole) und eine VM(Windows10). Diese 4 Maschinen habe ich über die backup/restore Funktion auf meinen übers Netzwerk verbundenen RaspberryPi(OpenMediaVault)...
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    pct - selektiver Restore mit allen Meta-Daten

    Wie kann man aus einem Backup auf dem Proxmox Backup Server einen selektiven Restore einzelner Verzeichnisse mit allen darunter liegenden Daten und Verzeichnissen samt Meta-Daten (owner,group,acls,xattrs,...) in einen laufenden Container bewerkstelligen? Also etwas vergleichbares wie z.B...