Add CIFS storage to subdir

[His.Dudeness]

Hi,
I am trying to add a new cifs storage to a subdir inside an existing share. I'd like to use it for backups and maybe ISOs

The share looks like this \\server.domain.local\backup\proxmoxbackup

As the UI has no option for a subdir, I tried the following command:

pvesm add cifs ProxmoxBackup --server server.domain.local --share backup --username backupuser --password secretpassword --domain domain --subdir proxmoxbackup

...but I keep getting the following error:

400 Parameter verification failed.
subdir: invalid format - value does not look like a valid absolute path

Can anybody tell me what's the right syntax for mounting to a subdir ?

cheers
Michael

 

[Dominic]

Hi!

Unfortunately, subdir is not a supported property for CIFS storages. If you provide an absolute path like /asdf you will get a more useful error message: Unknown option: subdir. Please check out the list of available properties for CIFS in our wiki.

Best,
Dominic

 

[His.Dudeness]

Hi Dominic,

thanks for your reply!

To bad – that would be a really nice feature, especially to keep the backup storages separated for different VM backup plans and retentions times. This would make it easier than creating a separate share for each storage

Would it be OK to mount the subfolders via mount / fstab and then add multiple storages as directory? Good idea? Bad idea?

Michael

 

[Dominic]

Hi!

You could file a feature request (explaining why this is useful) on bugzilla.proxmox.com so that your idea does not get left behind

You could, for example, add your CIFS as storage to Proxmox VE which mounts it to /etc/pve and then add subdirectories of it as directory storages.

Best,
Dominic

 

[His.Dudeness]

Hi !

Sounds like a good compromise.
Nevertheless, I have written a feature request. It's certainly not a matter of life and death, but maybe there are others who might find it useful.

Thanks for your help!

cheers
Michael

 

[Dominic]

Nevertheless, I have written a feature request.

Thank you!

It would be great if you could mark the thread as resolved by editing the top post and adding a prefix to the title. This way others know what to expect

 

[Jonathan Tyler]

Hi !

Sounds like a good compromise.
Nevertheless, I have written a feature request. It's certainly not a matter of life and death, but maybe there are others who might find it useful.

Thanks for your help!

cheers
Michael

I've been looking for a way to do this as well. Thanks for posting the feature request

To anyone else that comes across this thread, here's the link to it... https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2641