[SOLVED] backup failed for non-existing VM

[kyriazis]

Hello Proxmox,

I deleted 2 VMs from our cluster (that had backup jobs on them). Subsequent backup jobs fail on those VMs with "no log available", even though those VMs are not listed in the backup job. I'm getting an email from every single host in my cluster. How can I remove those VMs IDs from being backed up?

Thank you!

Here's an example of the failed backup message:

VMID	NAME	STATUS	TIME	SIZE	FILENAME
114	VM 114	FAILED	00:00:00	unable to find VM '114'
121	VM 121	FAILED	00:00:00	unable to find VM '121'
122	vis-ct-hsw-02	OK	00:40:43	37.21GB​	/mnt/pve/ceph/dump/vzdump-lxc-122-2022_09_10-00_15_04.tar.zst
TOTAL​	00:40:43	37.21GB

Detailed backup logs:

vzdump 163 100 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 112 113 117 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 131 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 144 147 148 149 152 153 154 155 156 157 159 160 161 162 164 165 132 167 158 166 169 168 172 173 176 171 178 180 182 130 174 175 183 185 186 188 189 190 191 114 200 201 202 181 195 196 199 197 192 194 --quiet 1 --storage ceph --mode snapshot --prune-backups 'keep-daily=3,keep-monthly=3,keep-weekly=3' --mailto xxx@yyy.com --compress zstd --mailnotification failure


114: no log available

121: no log available

122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: Starting Backup of VM 122 (lxc)
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: status = running
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: CT Name: vis-ct-hsw-02
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: including mount point rootfs ('/') in backup
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: backup mode: snapshot
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: ionice priority: 7
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:04 INFO: create storage snapshot 'vzdump'
122: 2022-09-10 00:15:05 INFO: creating vzdump archive '/mnt/pve/ceph/dump/vzdump-lxc-122-2022_09_10-00_15_04.tar.zst'
122: 2022-09-10 00:31:42 INFO: Total bytes written: 75150735360 (70GiB, 72MiB/s)
122: 2022-09-10 00:37:22 INFO: archive file size: 37.21GB
122: 2022-09-10 00:37:22 INFO: prune older backups with retention: keep-daily=3, keep-monthly=3, keep-weekly=3
122: 2022-09-10 00:55:38 INFO: removing backup 'ceph:backup/vzdump-lxc-122-2022_04_30-00_15_02.tar.zst'
122: 2022-09-10 00:55:38 INFO: pruned 1 backup(s) not covered by keep-retention policy
122: 2022-09-10 00:55:45 INFO: cleanup temporary 'vzdump' snapshot
122: 2022-09-10 00:55:47 INFO: Finished Backup of VM 122 (00:40:43)

 

[fabian]

they are still included in the job - if you edit it on the GUI and save it without any other changes they will be dropped from the list of IDs.

 

[kyriazis]

They don't appear in the GUI, though, as shown in the attached pic.

Thanks!

George

 

[fabian]

yes - see https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4239

simply hitting "save" there will remove them

 

[kyriazis]

yes, that worked. Thank you!

 

[EllyMae]

I just had this same problem. The work-around worked for me, too. Just putting my vote for a fix. Thanks.
I'm using Proxmox VE 7.2-11.