Backup - iso does not exist

SamTzu

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It seems KVM/Qemu backup's stop if the CD media does not exist.
I think this (warning) should not be allowed to stop the backup.

pve-manager/3.1-21/93bf03d4 (running kernel: 2.6.32-26-pve)

INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 203 --remove 0 --mode snapshot --compress gzip --storage data1 --node proxmox1INFO: Starting Backup of VM 203 (qemu)
INFO: status = stopped
INFO: update VM 203: -lock backup
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating archive '/media/data1/dump/vzdump-qemu-203-2014_02_03-12_11_52.vma.gz'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
ERROR: Backup of VM 203 failed - volume 'data2:iso/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso' does not exist
INFO: Backup job finished with errors
TASK ERROR: job errors
 
the backup is integrated in KVM so if the VM cannot be started due to missing ISO´s, the backup will fail.

I see no way to workaround this, make sure all your configured disks and iso are available.