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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...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox 7.1-8 Backup Probleme - VM Backup + Backup Ziel

    Hallo Zusammen, bin sehr neu in der Proxmox Umgebung (rund 2 Wochen) Test im Privat Umfeld gerade etwas herum mit Container Installieren, eine VM usw. Bisher klappt soweit auch alles, jetzt widme ich mich aber dem Thema Backups zu, hier habe ich aber 1 Problem und 1 weitere Frage. Kommen wir...
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    6.x to 7.x explosion

    Goal: Weekend standalone server upgrade from 6.3 to 6.4 to 7.0 so a German based integrator could install and configure a go live system today at 2pm EST. Background (Short version): The Proxmox sytem resides on a 60Gb SSD. The 6.3 to 6.4 upgrade went terrible. After following ALL steps...
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    Difficulties restoring encrypted Backups in my test LAB

    Hello, I'm very happy with the Proxmox Products and began to play around with them. Especially the PBS is a fantastic Server! But only a tested backup is a good backup and I ran into some difficulties when restoring files from an encrypted Backup. I created a master key as explained in the...
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    [SOLVED] Windows VM failed to boot after restore

    Hi, i need help. I'm in panic. I want to restore a Windows VM from a backup, the restoration process ends OK but when i try to start the VM it doesn't. I am getting this error: TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 100 -chardev...
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    [SOLVED] Corrupt GPT after Restore on PVE 7.0 from Backup on PVE 6.4 | QEMU VM, LVM-Thin Storage, OVMF

    Hello everyone I tested whether I could migrate VMs from PVE 6.4-13 to PVE 7.0-11, using backup and restore, which unfortunately fails. Both PVEs share an equal setup except for their Proxmox version, have an LVM thin pooled storage, were installed from Debian (Buster, Bullseye, respectively)...
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    [TUTORIAL] Proxmox PVE-Host Backup and Desaster Recovery mit PBS

    Hallo Leute, Ich hatte es bereits mit den jüngeren Versionen von PBS probiert, aber nie Erfolg gehabt. Mit der aktuellen Version von PVE 7.0.8 und PBS 2.0.4 funktioniert es endlich. Ziel: möglichst schnelles Restore eines ausgefallenen PVE-Hosts über den Proxmox Backup Server. Voraussetzung...
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    Windows Server 2019 als AD; Backup; Frage zu best practices

    Ich habe testweise einen Windows Server 2019 AD in KVM unter PVE 7.0 installiert und als dritten AD - Server eingerichtet. Ein PBS 2.0 ist ebenfalls vorhanden und in PVe 7.0 verfügbar. Hat jemand Erfahrungen mit dem Backup eines Windows AD Servers und anschließendem Restore? Kann man dazu die...
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    Unable to restore VM

    I removed a VM in PVE 7 and wanted to restore it from the Proxmox Backup Server. then I get this output in the taskviewer: Rounding up size to full physical extent 4.00 MiB Logical volume "vm-103-disk-0" created. new volume ID is 'VM1:vm-103-disk-0' WARNING: gpt signature detected on...
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    [SOLVED] VM Restore Fails "vma: restore failed - blk_pwrite to failed (-28)"

    I am trying to restore a VM from network storage. This is the following error I'm getting: restore vma archive: zstd -q -d -c /Nextcloud.Storage/shared/larger_backups/dump/vzdump-qemu-800-2021_07_05-03_19_07.vma.zst | vma extract -v -r /var/tmp/vzdumptmp2102.fifo - /var/tmp/vzdumptmp2102 CFG...
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    How do I restore or recreate a CT using an exisitng subvol (on ZFS)?

    After doing something very stupid that looks like it may have destroyed my install, it looks like I might have to do a fresh install and create my containers from scratch. I still have the ZFS dataset subvols for the containers from my old, borked Proxmox install (as they were stored on a...
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    Restoring CT backup deletes&recreates non-backuped storage subvolume

    Hi, I tried to restore a CT from a local backup, but while restoration of the CT itself worked fine, my data storage volume (mp1) was deleted in the process. Additionally the 1T storage was recreated on `local` with 1T, but it was obviously empty. My data storage is not in the backup. At the...
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    Would this easy (host) backup-restore method work?

    Hi I am on the lookout for an easy and not too space consuming way to backup of my Proxmox host. I have been looking at Clonezilla but this method isn't ideal for me as my Proxmox is installed on a mirrored zfs pool and thus Clonezilla only supports full-disk (200GB in my case) backups...
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    How to upgrade pbs client in centos?

    Hi, the current version is 1.0.11, May I know how we can update the client? is there any documentation available for Centos standalone server? We have already tried the KB below, https://github.com/sg4r/proxmox-backup-client/blob/main/pbs.build.sh We have tried to rebuild with a different...

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