We need a way to reproduce this if we want it fixed.
Maybe more information will lead to a way to reliably reproduce the problem.
pveversion -v
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.2-121 (running kernel: 2.6.32-27-pve)
pve-manager: 3.2-1 (running version: 3.2-1/1933730b)
pve-kernel-2.6.32-27-pve: 2.6.32-121
pve-kernel-2.6.32-28-pve: 2.6.32-123
pve-kernel-2.6.32-26-pve: 2.6.32-114
lvm2: 2.02.98-pve4
clvm: 2.02.98-pve4
corosync-pve: 1.4.5-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-3
libqb0: 0.11.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.2.0-2
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-4
fence-agents-pve: 4.0.5-1
pve-cluster: 3.0-12
qemu-server: 3.1-15
pve-firmware: 1.1-2
libpve-common-perl: 3.0-14
libpve-access-control: 3.0-11
libpve-storage-perl: 3.0-19
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.4-3
vncterm: 1.1-6
vzctl: 4.0-1pve5
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.7-4
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
glusterfs-client: 3.4.2-1
qm showcmd 110
/usr/bin/kvm -id 110 -chardev socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/110.qmp,server,nowait -mon chardev=qmp,mode=control -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/110.vnc,x509,password -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/110.pid -daemonize -name Zabbix -smp sockets=2,cores=1 -nodefaults -boot menu=on -vga qxl -cpu kvm64,+lahf_lm,+x2apic,+sep -k de -spice tls-port=61002,addr=127.0.0.1,tls-ciphers=DES-CBC3-SHA,seamless-migration=on -device virtio-serial,id=spice,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9 -chardev spicevmc,id=vdagent,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -m 2048 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -drive if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=native -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=200 -drive file=/var/lib/vz/images/110/vm-110-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-virtio0,id=virtio0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa,bootindex=100 -netdev type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap110i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,vhost=on -device virtio-net-pci,mac=00:50:56:00:40:54,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=300
VM 110 stopped
vzdump 110 --mode snapshot --compress gzip --storage backup
INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 110 --mode snapshot --compress gzip --storage backup
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 110 (qemu)
INFO: status = stopped
INFO: update VM 110: -lock backup
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating archive '/mnt/backup-server/iBackOffice/dump/vzdump-qemu-110-2014_03_21-20_00_21.vma.gz'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
INFO: started backup task '36b1ef9a-ebb0-43c2-89b1-34c62f3038f4'
INFO: status: 0% (125435904/53687091200), sparse 0% (25870336), duration 3, 41/33 MB/s
INFO: status: 1% (775421952/53687091200), sparse 1% (591761408), duration 6, 216/28 MB/s
INFO: status: 2% (1106116608/53687091200), sparse 1% (681570304), duration 11, 66/48 MB/s
INFO: status: 3% (1619263488/53687091200), sparse 1% (739471360), duration 39, 18/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 4% (2151415808/53687091200), sparse 1% (748359680), duration 71, 16/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 5% (2831679488/53687091200), sparse 1% (883367936), duration 106, 19/15 MB/s
INFO: status: 6% (3230924800/53687091200), sparse 1% (884117504), duration 131, 15/15 MB/s
INFO: status: 7% (3763077120/53687091200), sparse 1% (913559552), duration 162, 17/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 8% (4295229440/53687091200), sparse 1% (932290560), duration 197, 15/14 MB/s
INFO: status: 9% (4983226368/53687091200), sparse 2% (1084465152), duration 232, 19/15 MB/s
INFO: status: 10% (5382340608/53687091200), sparse 2% (1088126976), duration 256, 16/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 11% (5922095104/53687091200), sparse 2% (1102012416), duration 287, 17/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 12% (6442844160/53687091200), sparse 2% (1162391552), duration 308, 24/21 MB/s
INFO: status: 13% (6982598656/53687091200), sparse 2% (1238347776), duration 333, 21/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 14% (7564820480/53687091200), sparse 2% (1407479808), duration 346, 44/31 MB/s
INFO: status: 15% (8069709824/53687091200), sparse 2% (1424343040), duration 368, 22/22 MB/s
INFO: status: 16% (8594259968/53687091200), sparse 2% (1432915968), duration 396, 18/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 17% (9268887552/53687091200), sparse 2% (1571651584), duration 424, 24/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 18% (9681371136/53687091200), sparse 2% (1576980480), duration 445, 19/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 19% (10202120192/53687091200), sparse 2% (1585278976), duration 472, 19/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 20% (10749083648/53687091200), sparse 2% (1592909824), duration 505, 16/16 MB/s
INFO: status: 21% (11429871616/53687091200), sparse 3% (1745719296), duration 533, 24/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 22% (11824791552/53687091200), sparse 3% (1756463104), duration 553, 19/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 23% (12357337088/53687091200), sparse 3% (1774313472), duration 580, 19/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 24% (12908494848/53687091200), sparse 3% (1802145792), duration 607, 20/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 25% (13581287424/53687091200), sparse 3% (1968594944), duration 633, 25/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 26% (13976600576/53687091200), sparse 3% (1975304192), duration 653, 19/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 27% (14516355072/53687091200), sparse 3% (1991131136), duration 680, 19/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 28% (15048507392/53687091200), sparse 3% (2015571968), duration 705, 21/20 MB/s
INFO: status: 29% (15721299968/53687091200), sparse 4% (2205073408), duration 730, 26/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 30% (16120414208/53687091200), sparse 4% (2253504512), duration 748, 22/19 MB/s
INFO: status: 31% (16652566528/53687091200), sparse 4% (2331492352), duration 772, 22/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 32% (17188519936/53687091200), sparse 4% (2442821632), duration 795, 23/18 MB/s
INFO: status: 33% (17980325888/53687091200), sparse 5% (3100598272), duration 800, 158/26 MB/s
INFO: status: 45% (24421990400/53687091200), sparse 17% (9370972160), duration 803, 2147/57 MB/s
INFO: status: 53% (28644999168/53687091200), sparse 25% (13498294272), duration 806, 1407/31 MB/s
INFO: status: 57% (30750801920/53687091200), sparse 28% (15377985536), duration 815, 233/25 MB/s
INFO: status: 58% (31567839232/53687091200), sparse 30% (16130191360), duration 818, 272/21 MB/s
INFO: status: 61% (32982040576/53687091200), sparse 32% (17430663168), duration 821, 471/37 MB/s
INFO: status: 65% (35072638976/53687091200), sparse 36% (19424493568), duration 824, 696/32 MB/s
INFO: status: 69% (37212651520/53687091200), sparse 39% (21412802560), duration 829, 428/30 MB/s
INFO: status: 73% (39345061888/53687091200), sparse 43% (23374131200), duration 835, 355/28 MB/s
INFO: status: 81% (43636490240/53687091200), sparse 51% (27489861632), duration 842, 613/25 MB/s
INFO: status: 100% (53687091200/53687091200), sparse 69% (37537918976), duration 844, 5025/1 MB/s
INFO: transferred 53687 MB in 844 seconds (63 MB/s)
INFO: stopping kvm after backup task
INFO: archive file size: 5.07GB
INFO: delete old backup '/mnt/backup-server/iBackOffice/dump/vzdump-qemu-110-2014_03_05-00_41_27.vma.gz'
INFO: Finished Backup of VM 110 (00:14:06)
INFO: Backup job finished successfully
VM 110 running
vzdump 110 --mode snapshot --compress gzip --storage backup
INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 110 --mode snapshot --compress gzip --storage backup
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 110 (qemu)
INFO: status = running
INFO: update VM 110: -lock backup
INFO: backup mode: snapshot
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating archive '/mnt/backup-server/iBackOffice/dump/vzdump-qemu-110-2014_03_21-20_23_16.vma.gz'
INFO: started backup task '2feb8937-2f90-43bb-8ef8-8f354320050b'
INFO: status: 0% (136839168/53687091200), sparse 0% (27357184), duration 3, 45/36 MB/s
INFO: status: 1% (789970944/53687091200), sparse 1% (591691776), duration 6, 217/29 MB/s
INFO: status: 2% (1109917696/53687091200), sparse 1% (681500672), duration 10, 79/57 MB/s
ERROR: VM 110 not running
INFO: aborting backup job
ERROR: VM 110 not running
ERROR: Backup of VM 110 failed - VM 110 not running
INFO: Backup job finished with errors
job errors
Results
backup mode: snapshot -> backup crash the VM
backup mode: stopped -> backup runnning fine
Best regards Stephan